Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-16
Convention of the State Of MississInn,

An Act tc Drouide for Convention Of the Peonl. r.
State of Mississippi.
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the Congress os
limited States controlled, it was, at its last NE
by dominant majority, regardless OF the Constitutes
rights of the slaveholdng States and relectinnO
will of section whose population are hostile in s e
ings and opposed in principle to long established
cherished institution of the States of the Soub
fords alarming evidence of settled purpose ON -
part of said majority to destroy said institution s
subvert the sovereign power OF this and other ssu
holding States and whereas it is becoming ana e
er that a sovereign State should promptly resort !, "
most efficient means for the maintenance of il eu
ereignty and the preservation OF its Constitute,
rights, as member of the confederacy when ass;lql
by the exercise of the highest power recognised nsa
our Republican form of Government the exnr rOi
will of the sovereign people :-Threfore, 'U
SECTION /. BE IL enacted By the Legislature ,fo
State of Mississippi, That election for Deleoas.
Convention of the People OF the State of NJ.
sppi shall be held in the several counties thereof
the LIST Monday and day following in the MONT VI y,
September in the year eighteen hundred and 6ftr.'
that said election shall be held all the precinc,sa
tablished by law and shall be managed and condu,s
by the sherifs other proper officers of the sybs
respectively, in the same manner ana according h n
same rules and regulations Us are prescr bed H. -.
Tor the election of members o the Legislattr- A.
it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Govern
issue his proclamation to the several sherfs ri ~
State at least ninety days before the time apno,as
TEnI
conduct the same according to law, and the said b
ifs shall advertise the time and place of holding 3
election for at least twenty days, by PUBLISHING III
same in the several newspapers of their resper,To
counties, and by posting notes at, at least four MIR
places in their counties.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further enacted That each con.
shall be represented in said convention by the sam.
number of delegates such county has of Represen
tatves in the House of Representatives including tho
representation of any city or town in the county
Pc Eyrfbor T,o..
citizen of the State of Mississippi who shall not
the time of said election have resided for twelve months
previous thereto in the county, and shall not have A.
tanned the age of twenty-five years shall be enledtO
a seat in the Convention.
Sec A. BE 1T further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the sheriff proper returning officer of each
and every county, within twenty days after said eec
ton, to make complete returns to the Secry of State
of the votes cast 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 Of
any delegate shall be evidence of his right to seat
in said convention subject, if contested to decision
by said convention in such manner as they may pre-
scribe.
SEC 5. Be 1t further enacted That the delegates
elected under the provisions of this act shall assemble
at the capital OF the State the I'd MONDAY of No.
vember, A ID. eighteen hundred and ity-one and or.
ganize themselves into convention by the election
OF President and such other officers as they NAV
deem necessary, and the appointment of suitable
number of assistants and shall proceed TO consider the
then existing relatsns between the Government of
the United States and the Government and peope of
the State OF Mississippi to devise and carry into effect
the means of redress for the past and obtain certain
security for the future, and to adopt such measures for
indicating the sovereignty of the State and the pro-
tecuon OF Its institutions shall appear to them TO
be demanded. Said convention shall adopt such rules
and regulations for its government and for the proper
transaction of business as they shall think proper
The officers, members and assistants of said conven-
ton shall receive the same compensation as is now
allowed by law to the officers members and assistents
OF the Legislature, and the Auditor of Public Ae-
counts shall issue his warrant on the Treasury therefor
upon the certificate of the President of the amount
due.
SEC. 6. BE 1t further enacted That in case of any
vacancy occurring in said convention by the death
resignation or removal of any member it shall be tn
duty OF the Governor to such vacancy to be eli
ed by issuing his writ of election to the sheriff of tn
proper county, requiring him, on ten days notice. t
hold an election according to law, to fill the same
SEC. Z. Be 1t fat tier enacted. That the acts O
the convention proposed TO be held by this act be
fore they become binding ths STATE, shall be sub
mitted to the people At the baliot-box for their al
proval, at such time am such auez, as the Co.lvcn
ton may determine.
JOHN J. McRAE,
Speaker Of tie House Of Fse-es-ntzti,ee
JOHN l. GUION.
f~sadsgt Of TIE S.7a:s
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