Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-26
Convention eflLe State Of Mississippi,
An Act to provide for ConUentlon Of The People Of h,
State Of Mississippi.

a. At IN 1ropide for a Convention of the People Of H.
State Of Mississippi.
WHEREAS. The Legislature of the Congress Of III.
limited States controlled, as 1t was, at its last session
NV dominant majority regardless of the constitutional
;yb,s of the slaveholding States and rejecting ,b
win of section whose population are hostile in feel
mos and opposed in principle to long established and
cherished institution of the States of the South AZ
lords alarming evidence of a settled purpose On tho
mart of said majority to destroy said institution and
nbvert the sovereign power of this and other slave
holding States and whereas It is becoming and prom
or that sovereign State should promptly 10 the
most efficient means for the maintenance Of it ssoy.
ere;gntv and the preservation of its constitutional
r;pbfs as member of the confederacy when assaiIed
Inv the exercise of the highest power recognised under
our Republican form of Government; the expressed
will of the sovereign people :-Threfore,
SECTION l. BE a. enacted by the Legislature Of he
Stote of MiSsissippi That election for Delegates Il,
a Convention of the People of the State of Missi,-
sppi shall be held in the several counties thereof on
the LIST Monday and day following III the month Of
Sentember in the wear eighteen hundred and ftv-0na
that said election Shall be held at all the precincts g.
tablished by law, and shall be managed and conducted
by the sherfs or other proper officers oil the counties
respectively in the manner and according the
same rules and regulations prescribed bv law
for the election of members of the Legislature And
il is hereby declared be the duty of the Governor
issue his proclamation to the several shers Of the
State at least ninety days before the time appointed
for holding said election requiring them to hold and
conduct the according Jaw, ana tne SdI Sher
ifs shall advertise the time and place Of holding said
election for at least twenty days by publishing the
same in the several newspapers o. their respective
counties and by posting notices II, ~ least four public
places in their counties.
SEC ?. b Il FURTHER ag4c'eg, That each county
shall be represented in said convention 1y tla .a..
number of delegates as such county has q. ar-.a-
fatives in the House OF Representatives. including -a
representation of any city or town IN any county
SEC. g. b ii flTtt-r enacted, That uo person Hlt
q citizen of the State % Mississippi who shall u.. at
the time OF said election have resided lar twelve ryu--
previous thereto in the county and aHail ng nave er
tanned the age Of twenty-five years shall be eligible %
seat in the Convention.
Sec A. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty Of the sheriff proper returning officer OF each
and every county within twenty days after said cleo
ton to make complete returns to the Secry OF State
of the votes for delegates in his county and th
certificate of election of the returning officer of th
proper county of the Secretary of State in favor
any delegate, shall be evidence of his right 10 a sea
in said Convention, subject, if contested, to decision
4 by said Convention in such manner they ma
prescribe
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, That the delegate
elected under the provisions OF this act shall assembl
the Capital of the State, the I'd Monday of No
vember, A. ID. eighteen hundred and tftyone. and or
game themselves into Convention by the election
5 of President and such other officers they ma
deem necessary, and the appointment of suitable
number of assistants and shall proceed TO consider tn
D then existing relations between the Government O
d the United States and the Government and people
the State of Mississippi, to devise and carry into eec
the means of redress for the past and obtain
security for the future and adopt such measures e.
vindcating the sovereignty of the State, and the pro
i lection of its institutions shall appear to them
P be demanded Said Convention shall adopt such rule
and regulations for its government and for the prope
transaction of business they shall think proper
: The officers. members and assistants of said Conven
ton shall receive the compensation Is n0g
Z. allowed by law to the officers members and assistant
| of the Legislature. and the Auditor of Public Ac
shall issue his the Treasury therefor
upon the certificate of the President. of the amour
# due.
d SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in case Of an
vacancy occurring in said Convention by the dcat
resignation removal of any member, it shall be tn
f duty of the Governor to such vacancy to be fl
led by issuing his writ of election the sheriff of tn
proper country, requiring him, ten DAYS notice,
ar hold election according to law to fill the
SEC. 7. And be 1t further enacted, That the acts
the Convention proposed to be held by this act. be
n fore they become binding this State shall be sui
Of mitted to the people at the ballobox for their az
prevail, such time, and such manner as the CONVEX
n ton may determine
\ JOHN J. McRAE.
il Speater Of the House Of Representatives..
p JOHN l. GUION,
" President Of the SRate.
;r Approved November Both, 1850
N JOHN A. QUTTlIAN.
O. Foreign Publications.