Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-02
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution

AM /. Cr nronosinp an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Mississippi.
SECTION /. BE 1t enacted 6y me Legss,asa ~
Sote Of Mississippi (two-hirds OF each brancn con-
curr;nGA That the sixteenth section OF the iourtn ar
tcle Of the Constitution of the State OF isslssiPPl'
he stricken out and abrogated, and In lieu thereo INC
following article shall be inserted O..
Section TO- In proceedings in sad CIRCUIT ooun
there shall be no distinction between legal ana
BILE remedies and uniform course OF procedure s
lin all cases, be established. f"
SIC o 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 notice by aa
yertisement, in three more newspapers printed IN
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, of them, at each ana every
election precinct shall ask each voter whether ne is
for or against said proposed amendment and shall ex-
plain the same to him, and shall cause the votes so
even to be recorded in separate book to be kept Tor
that nurpose under the heads of Chancery Amend
ments and Chancery Amendments; and the Sher-
r of each county is hereby required to furnish the
managers of each precinct in the county with copy
of this act. :
SIC. 3. BE it further enacted That the Sherifs of
the different counties shall make returns OF the VOTES
taken for against said amendment ana also, OF ue
whole number of votes given for members OF the
Legislature, in their respective countess to the 0ecre
tarv of State in the manner and under the same
rules and regulations as are prescribed py law IN Iea
ton to members of Congress and it 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 shall be inserted by said Legis
ature in lieu of the section abrogated part OF the
Constitution of this State
SEC A. Be 1t further enacted That the Auditor of
Public Accounts shall issue warrant on the Treasury,
in favor of any printer publshero 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 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 resolved by the LegiSlatareof the State Of MSSlS
Sppi That the following article be added to the Con-
stitution as an amendment thereto
LECTIONS--ARTICLE VIII.
SECTION 5. 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 sla provide that said election
shall not be held at the time when the other public Of
fcers are elected.
SEC 2 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
fcers 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 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-14-27t