Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-06-07
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution
nf The State of MISSISSIPPI.

AZ ,r,r, rronosfnr an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Mississippi.
Srrr1oY l. BE al enacted by the Legislature q tbe
state of Mississippi (two-thirds OF each orahch con
curring1 That the sixteenth section OF Ie iourl ar
ticlp Of the Constitution of the State OF MISSISSIPPI,
be stricken and abrogated, and IN he" thereo 'e
following article shall be inserted
:. Section rs. In proceedings in said Circuit Court,
there shall be no distinction between legal and eqta
bic remedies, and uniform course OF procedure snail
i'm all cases be established
SIC > Be If further enacted, That it shall be the
duty Of the Secretary of State, at least SIX mohlhs
preceding the general eeetion' to give ho'ce ny ao
yertiscment in three or newspapers printed N
this State, of this act and the amendment proposed
Ie-ebv to the existing Constitution OF the state
and at said election, the quaed voters OF Ie oIaJe'
VOTING for members of the Legislature sall also vote
for or AGAINST said amendment in manner following
The managers or some of them, at each ana every
election ,recnct shall ask each voter whether he Is
for or against said proposed amendment ana sal eA-
plain the to him, and shall cause the votes so
oven to be recorded separate book TO De kept LOT
that purpose. under the heads OF thancery Amend
ments and Chancery no Amendments and the Sher-
if of each county is hereby required to furnish the
managers of each precinct in the county with copy
of this act. - r =
SEC s. Be al further enacted That the Sherhs OF
the different counties shall make returns of the votes
taken for or AGAINST said amendment and also, OF the
whole number of votes given for members OF the
Legislature, in their respective countess to the Secfe
tary of State in the same manner and under the same
rules and regulations prescribed by law IN rea-
ton to members of Congress and 1t shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State, to lay all the returns so
made before the next succeeding Legislature and II
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 act shall be inserted by said Legs
ature in lieu of the section abrogaed as part OF the
Constitution of this State.
SEC 4. Be 1t further enacted That the Auditor of
Accounts
in favor of any printer publisher of newspaper, en-
poved in pursuance of the second section of this act
on the certificate of the Secretary of State, that the
account of such printer or publisher is correct
SEC 5. And be ii 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 1t resolved by the Legislature Of the State Of MiSSS-
S1pp That the following article be added to the Con-
stitution amendment thereto:
ELECTEONS--AKTEC VIII.
| SECTION s. The Legislature, at a regular session
thereof in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-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 sal provide that said election
shall not be held at the time when the other public of
| ficers are elected.
! SEC. 2. That the Secretary of State shall give pub
lie notice of the foregoing amendment, at least siH
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
cers holding the next general election, to ask the
qualified voters, as they present their tickets, whethe
they for against the amendment and the sever
al clerks shall make record thereof the may
be, and the shall be returned by the Secretary
State, in time and manner prescribed by law.
Approved March 9. 1850.
Jackson, Miss, April %, 185I-14-27t