The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-09-05

The people, has been agreed to by ma jority of
the members elected to each house Of the Le-
gislature, at two successive sessions OF the
same.
AND WHEREAS, the Constitution of the said
Common wealth requires that any amendment
so agreed spon shall be submitted to the peo
Pile, in such manner and at such time, at least
three months after being agreed 10 by the
honses, as the Legislature shall prescribe.
AND WHEREAS, by an Act OF the General
Assembly of the State, passed the ninth day
of April, Ammo Domini, one thousand G ght
hundred and fifty; it is provided that for the
purpose of ascertaining the sense of the citi-
Zens of this Commonwealth, in regard to The
adoption or rejection of t he said amendment,
the G Governor of this Commonwealth shall Is
sue writ of election directed to the sheriff of
each and every county of this Commonwealth, +,
commanding them 10 i've notice in the usual
manner, that election will De held in each
of the townships, wards and districts therein,
on the second Tuesday in October, in the year
of Lord thousand eight hundred and
fifty for the pur pose of deciding upon the adop-
tion rejection of the said amendment; VIII ich
said election shall be held at the places, and
be opened and closed at the time at and within
w hich the general elections of this Common
W ealth are held, opened and closed.''
Now THEREFoRE, in obedience to the re-
quiremcnts of the tenth article of the Consti-
tuition, and IN accordance with the true intent
and meaning of The aid Act of the General
Assembly of this Commonw ealth, Nv LILLIAN
r. JOHNSTON, Governor of the said Common
wealth of Penn sylvania, do issue this VIZ it
commanding and requiring you the said JOHN
BRAwLEY, Sheriff of Cambr ia county, to give
notice in the usual manner that an election
will be held according to the terms of the Con-
sttution, and provisions of the act of the Gen.
eral assembly aforesaid, in each of the town
ships, wards and districts therein, on the Sec
ond Tuesday in October, in the year of
Lord ono thousand eight hundred and fifty,
for the purpose of deciding upon the adoption
or rejection of said amendment.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, this twelfth day of
August. in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, and of the Common
wea 9TH the seventy-ff
By the Governor,
A. L. RUSSELL,
Sec retary of the Commonwealth.
SEC. /. Be IL enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania IN Gen.
eral assembly met, and ii IS hereby
enacted by the authority Of The same.
That for the purpose of ascertaiDng the
sense OF the citizens of this Commonwealth in
regard TO the adoption or rejection of the said
amen dment. the Governor of this Common
wealth shall issue writ of elect ion, directed
to the sheriff of each ard every ounty of this
Commonwealth, commanding them to give
notice in the usual manner. that an election
will be held in each Of the townships. wards
and districts therein, on the second Tuesday
in October in the year of our Lord, one thous-
and eight hundred and fifty, for the purpose of
deciding upon the adoption rejection of the
saio amendment, which said election shall be