Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-07-19
Convention of the State of NIississIpn,
An Act 10 provide for Convention Of the Poem. :,
State of Mississippi Ty


An Act 10 provide for Convention of the peon,. ,
State of Mississippi. F~y &
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the Congress. ~,
limited States controlled, it was, its last al ae
bv dominant majority, regardless of the constu;aoA
rights of the sayeholding States and refectns y
will of a section whose population hostile inss@
;nos and opposed in principle to long establsbadr
cherished institution of the States of the Sou,l
fords alarming evidence of settled purpose on q
mart of said majority to destroy said instituor we
subvert the sovereign power OF this and other sls
holding States and whereas it is becoming and e
or that sovereign State should promptly resor, ,pP
most efficient means for the maintenance of i, s
ereipnty and the preservation of its constut~.'
RIGHTS. as member of the confederacy when assaaS
nv the exercise of the highest power recognised my
onr Republican form of Government; the exprass5
will of the sovereign people :-Threfore,
| SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the Legisot,re ofa
STATE of Mississippi, That election for Deleps,s,
a Convention of the People of the State of MIS-
spp shall be held in the several counties thereof Az
the LIST Monday and day following in the month :,
September in the year eighteen hundred and 6fv.o,.
that said election shall be held at all the precincts
tablished by law, and shall be managed and conduI
by the sherffs other proper officers of the couns
respectively, in the same manner and according 10 H.
same rules and regulations as are prescribed BY g
for the election of members of the Legislature Ana
il is hereby declared to be the duty of the Governo
issue his proclamation to the several sherfs Of tho
State at least ninety days before the time appointed
for holding said election requiring them hold and
conduct the same according to law, and the said she,
ifs shall advertise the time and place of holding sa
sIeeon for or at east MeeRt{ SsYs BY ggbshng The
counties and by posting notes at, at least four pubHr
places in their counties.
SEC 2 BE 1t further enacted, That each cour,v
shall be represented in said convention by the same
number of delegates such county has of RepreseD
tatves in the House of Representatives, including the
representation of any city town in the county
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That no person not
citizen of the State of Mississippi, who shall not al
the time of said election have resided for twelve months
previous thereto in the county, and shall not have az
tanned the age of twenty-five years shall be entitled
a seat in the Convention.
SEC. 4. Be IL further enacted That it shall be the
duty of the sh riff proper returning officer of each
and every county, within twenty days after said eec.
ton to make complete returns TO the Secy of State
of the votes for delegates in his county, and the
certificate of election of the returning officer of the
proper county of the Secretary of State in favor
any delegate shall be evidence of his right to seat
in said convention, subject if contested, to decision
l by said convention in such manner they may pre-
} scribe.
, Sec. 5. BE at further enacted, That the delegates
elected under the provisions of this shall assemb
the capital of the State, the I'd Monday of No
vember, A. ID. eighteen hundred and fftyone and or
ganize themselves into convention BY the election
of President and such other officers as they Ma
, deem necessary, and the appointment of a suabl
number of assistants, and shall proceed to consider Oh
: then existing reatisns between the Government
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 certa
security for the future, and adopt such measures
vndicating the sovereignty of the State, and the pr
Il lection of its Institutions shall appear to them
be demanded Said convention shall adopt such ruiz
and regulations for its government and for the prop
transaction of business they shall think proper
The officers, members and assistants of said cOnye
= ton shall receive the compensation is no
allowed by law to the officers members and assisten
of the Legislature, and the Auditor of Public A
counts shall issue his the Treasury there
upon the certificate of the President of the amou
/ due.
Sec. 6. BE it further enacted, That in case of a
> vacancy occurring in said convention by the deaf
resignation or removal of any member il shall be
" duty of the Governor to such vacancy to be
" ed by issuing his writ of election to the sheriff of
proper county, requiring him, on ten DAYS notice
hold an election according to law to fill the same
II Sec. z. Be 1T fin Their enacted That the acts
= the convention proposed to be held by this act,
- fore they become binding ON this State shall be
mitted to the people at the ballot-box for their
prova, at such time, and such manner as the Conye
ton may determine.
JOHN J. McRAE,
Il Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
~ JOHN /. GUION
~ President Of the Senate
y Approved November Both, 1850.
JOHN A. QUITMAN