Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-14
STATE CONVENTION.

~" o"e"ohe he CONSTITUTION of
this State, and for other purposes
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informed in rh,, manner IN. n,ano,.d cnxsan ~ y, ~
organized:
/. Be IL therefor, enacted Thu, :, .h. h. an. a,,v Al
the officers authorized to conduct election. within hi.
Common wealth. M an, i'm. ,,5 &c.. ~ ~.
in the month Of April next to open po. for ,bs
purpose OF taking sense OF the people upoo IN.
tion whether they drsrc C,nyeo,on or no, The MI
TO be opened shall columns one for the
OF those who in the srma tive the other for IN,
Of those who in the NJ ratiye and sh, be-
ed thus "Shall there be onyenton 10 amend an. CO..,
stituton Of this Commonwealth :"
| CONVENTION" .No CONVENTIONS
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the question aforesaid of ex.rv n.,.,n on,I,6a a.s;
| =, - -, " e'ev Pefs"h qushneo according
delegates 10 The Esns,i x.SI 70 so'e TOR
ward during ,ncb eI.c,;a, ~ -; = 80 s"I, sy'e 'V'
| the names 81 iii ,hs. - 80 -. 80 49, s.' 80 nus
| x,,,,.n IN a.. g., - w 'e III '"e s'.,'nau'e 20 DC
and the names of an ,hoss .ho vo,. i, s ., y,
| written in ,l, second ,,In,,, ,,s.r ~ is..N " W
yenton" No ner.on shall n. ,a,,,;',J ~ ~
question aforesaid who /. M, c,,i,I.d IN x,s f i,
TO the General Assemble ma, ,;,; -, ~, , rs 60
monw,al,b nor shall any an. he ,ssJ =, ms :; In
county, city, town or hnron,h W sh.I ,,..,ns, -
voted upon The sam, :, n..,,,, !, .,o,L, f' ~
! p IL shall be the duty 81 IN, o,,;ca,s h.c ,hv 1900
mence taking the pplls nroy led f,r j.; ,h 80, -, -
anIf
| the following oath or nf;rm,,i,n ..w. A a e.. 49,
| lemnly swear Tor sf;,,n y g., l., >,, =, - ~
and against Convention. ". will IN The hs. -, M
aud Judgment admit MI persops ,o xo,. .,,,.J q, a., -
and reject all not SO entitled and thar =, q, ~ d.n.J -
will make Just true and fair return of The rcs,
according 10 law. So help Us God" And the Justice OF
the Peace before whom the said oath or ,t sh,
be taken and subscribed shall roprn the sam. dv
ed Clerks of the Court. Of their sevrr, conn. 81
ties boroughs TO be by the said clerk. lied and
preserved.
The officers conducting the eec,,n. n, tho l,.es Of
hold ng the same, shall sppoint writers who shall make
oath, Srmsiion before some Justice Of the Peace thai
they will take the pole Faithfully ana imparay and thew
shall deliver 10 poll book. prepared in m. name, nc
scibed by this act after the names Of all the electors
who will give their shall have been entered they
shall conclude poll: whereupon the said ofra,s con
dLenng the elections shall certify nj the foo, thereof an.
polls and forthwith deliver the ,aue
to the clerks their counties. cities towns or boroushs
case may be- to be by them safely ken, and n,esr
IA their said Offices.
l. IL hall be the duty OF the several clerks aforesaid to
whom the said polls shh be delivered within ten DAYS
alter the reception thereof, mail the Exc
cu'ive OF this CONNIE duly certified copies thereof
- IL shall be the duty the said Executive 10 ascertain
the result exhibited by copirs Of the said polls on or
before the INST day Of June next aud within i've DAYS
thereafter declare the by proclamation IT, upon
sseerSinng the said result msIoriY Of the whole
Der OF shall found 10 have hre cast in ,,vn, f
the Convention the said shall b, published
IN such newspapers the different sections OF this Com
monwealth as IN the opinion OF the Executive shall be
best calculated to dfuse general information thereof to
the good people of this and the said pub
cation snail be repeated least once in every week
until the last day OF July next.
o. In order TO the forming and assembling OF the said
convention should the same be required:
Be Il further enacted, That the persons qualified ac-
coruing 10 law 10 tor members of general assem-
bly, within each county, city, iowa. borough and election
district, entitled to representation established by
law shall assemble their respective places appointed by
law for holding elections for members the general as
town or borough in the month OF August next and then
1890 w e 0l as many discreet ana proper persons as
town borough or eIec,ioo di.c, o, b. , .I?'
choose as members Of the house OF delegates
a. The persons appointed and authorized by law to SUI