Southern standard., 1851-05-31


ffha-eof " JO BELL, Sec. of State.
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the CONSTITUTION
/ of the State of Mississippi:
| srcr,on1 Re 1t enacted bv the LEGISLATURE g IRE
State of Mississippi (two-thirds OF each Drahc co
curring9 That the sixteenth section OF tn e,;oea;n
tcle Of the Constitution of the State ol Lnos H.
be stricken out and abrogated, ana III hoo '''o-00
following article shall be lnserteo =, f,i+ Court
e Section is In proceedings in said CIRCUIT our
there shall be no distinction between legal anu Ill
BILE remedies, and an uniform COURSE u
/ in all cases. be established :. hall bo tho
g. o r. n further enacted, That 1t snail DC t,e
dutv of the Secretary of State, at !edSt M .: ~ "a
preceding the general election 10 give ho.le :;
vertisement, in three or more he" iP+ nronosed
this State. of this act and the alhehuin s..
tborabv IN the existing Constitution OF tne ota1e
and at said election, the quallfed Vo'ers VI 'i 80
voting for members of the Legislature shair ui'o o
for or against said amendment IN iliaei 1 IA a,as
election precinct shall ask each voter "he.hel ne 10
for or against said proposed amendmeht' anu ati ga
plain the same to him, and shall cause uIe 1ote %
gven be recorded in separate Door, " "
that purpose under the heads OF Chahcery AitInu II
ments. and Chancery no Amendments ana the oher-
iff of each county is hereby required 10 lu[nsh e
managers of each precinct in the county "l'h ooPy
of this act. ,u ~, cLo;a. &c
tho different COMMITTEES shall make returns OF the votes
taken for or against said amendments and aso OF the
whole number of votes given tor nemDeIS % Inc
Legislature in their respective counties, to the oecre
tary of State in the manner, and under the same
niles and repuatons as are 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 II
shall appear that majority OF the quahed 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
latre in lieu of the section abrogated, part OF the
Constitution of this State
SEC. A. Be it further enacted That the Auditor of
Public Accounts shall issue warrant on the Treasury,
in favor of any printer or publisher of newspaper
poyed 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 itresoIUed By the Legislature Of the State Of MiSSs-
Sappl, That the following article be added to the Con-
stitution amendment thereto:
ELECTIONS--ARTICL VIII.
SECTION 5. The Legislature, at a regular session
thereof in the year thousand eight hundred and
ifty-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 sall provide that said election
shall not be held at the time when the other public Of
fcers elected
Sec. g That the Secretary of State shall give pub
lie notice of the foregoing amendment, at least six
months previous to the next general election,
ding to the provisions of the Constitution.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the several of
cers holding the next general election, to ask the
qualified voters, they present their tickets, whether
they for against the amendment, and the
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 %, ls5l-l4-27t