Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-23

thereof. 10. BELL Sec o. 0'''''
AN C,r nronosinp an amendment TO the Constitution
of the State of Mississippi
s,rcr1oN l. Be 1t enacted By the Legislature % He
STATE of Mississippi (two-thirds OF eacn pra r
currinG0 That the sixteenth section OF Tue !oi "a -
tiI f the Constitution of the State OF MlsssslpPi'
he stricken ont and abrogated, and in lieu thereof the
following article shall be inserted . g..
:. Section l6 In proceedings in said Circuit court
there shall be no distinction between legal ana a
bic remedies, and uniform course OF PROCEDURE '
in all cases, be established
SEC q Be 1t further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State, at least SIX months
preceding the general election, to give nouce Dy aa-
vertisement, in three or more newspapers printed III
this State of this act and the amendment proposed
thereby to the existing Constitution of the State
and at said election the qualified voters OF the state
voting for members of the Legislature shall also vote
for or AGAINST said amendment, in manner following
The managers or of them, at each ana every
election pTecnct shall ask each voter whether he is
for or against said proposed amendment and shall eX-
plain the same to him, and shall cause the votes so
pyen to be recorded in separate book to be Kept Tor
that purpose, under the heads OF Chancery Amend
ments and Chancery no Amendments; and the Sher-
i of each county is hereby required to furnish the
managers of each precinct in the county with copy
of this act
! SEC s. Be 1t further enacted That the Sherifs of
the different counties shall make returns of the votes
taken for or against said amendments and Also OF the
whole number of votes given for members OF the
Legislature, in their respective countless to the Secre-
tary of State in the manner, and under the same
rules and regulations prescribed by law IN rela
ton to members OF Congress and shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State to lay all the returns so
made before the next succeeding Legislature and if
it shall appear that majority of the qualified electors
voting for members of the Legislature, shall have vo
ted for said amendment the alteration contained in the
first section of the shall be inserted by said Legis
ature in lieu of the section abrogated part of the
/ Constitution of this State.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Auditor of
Public Accounts shall issue warrant the Treasury,
in favor of any printer publisher of newspaper en-
ployed in pursuance of the second section OF this act,
on the certificate of the Secretary of State that the
account of such printer publisher is correct.
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted That this act shall
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 9th, 1851.
A RESOLUTION to amend the Constitution of the
! State of Mississippi.
Be resOlUed bg the Legislature of the State of MiSSiS-
S1Pp That the following article be added to the Con-
stitution amendment thereto
ELECTROMAGNETIC VIII.
SECTION 3, The Legislature, at a regular session
thereof in the year thousand eight hundred and
ty-two, shall pass law fixing the time of holding
the election for Governor Secretary of State Auditor
of Public Accounts State Treasurer, Attorney Gener-
al, Members of the Legislature and Representatives
in Congress- which law slal provide that said election
shall not be held at the time when the other public Of
fCers are elected.
SEC 9 That the Secretary of State shall give pub
lie notice of the foregoing amendment, at least six
months previous to the next general election, accor-
ding to the provisions of the Constitution.
SEC s. That it shall be the duty of the several Of
fcers holding the next general election, to ask the
qualified voters as they present their tickets, whether
they for against the amendment, and the sever
al clerks shall make record thereof as the answer may
be, and the shall be returned by the Secretary
State, in time and manner prescribed by law.
Approved March 8, 1850.
Jackson, Miss, April %, 185I-l4-27t