Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-06-07
Conyeption Of the State,of Mississippi.
An Ac to provide 1or ConnenIion q NE Ieoe d ts
,StqLe of Mississippi.

An Act to groUide for Contention Of the Peoe Of ns
STATE of Mississippi.
wurRrAs. The Legislature of the Congress Of Tho
Tinted states controlled, it was, at its last session
he dominant majority, regardless OF the constitutional
;gbts of the slaveholdng States and rejecting Tho
win Of a section whose population are hostile in feel
inns and opposed in principle TO long established and
cherished institution of the States of the South a.
e,rds elarnng evidence of a settled purpose on ,b
part Of said majority to destroy said institution and
subvert the sovereign power OF this and other slave
holding States and whereas it Is becoming and pror
or that a sovereign State should promptly resort 70 M
most efficient means for the maintenance of it ssoy
ereirnty and the preservation of It's constitutional
rights, as a member of the conederacy when assalel
by the exercise of the highest power recognised under
our Republican form of Government; the expressed
will of the sovereign people :-Threiore,
SECTION L. BE II enacted by The Legislature Of d,
State of Mississippi That election for Delegates 70
a Convention of the People of the State Of Miss.
sipp shall be held in the several counties thereof On
the lst Monday and day following in the month o,
September in the year eighteen hundred and fv-.ra
that said election shall be held at all the precincts o.
tablshed by law and shall be managed and condu~e
by the sherifis other proper officers Of the c0un
respectively, in the manner and according 10 the
same rules and regulations prescribed by LAW
for the election of members of the Legislature And
is hereby declared to be the duty of the Governor
issue his proclamation TO the several shers of the
State, least ninety days before the time appointed
for holding said election requiring them to hold and
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ifs shall advertise the time and place of holding said
election for least twenty days, by publishing the
same in the several newspapers OF their respective
counties, and by posting notes at at least four public
places in their counties.
SEC 2 BE ii further enacted, That each c0untr
shall be represented in said convention by the same
number of delegates such county has OF Represe-
tatves in the House of Representatives, including the
representation of any city or town in the county.
SEC. 3. BE al further enacted, That no person not
of he OF mt
the time of said election have resided for twelve months
previous thereto in the county, and shall not have
tanned the age of twenty-five years shall be entitled
a seat in the Convention.
SEC a. BE ii further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the sheriff proper returning officer of each
and every county, within twenty days after said cleo
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
any delegate shall be evidence of his right TO a seat
in said convention subject, if contested 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 shall assemble
at the capital of the State, the ID Monday Of No
vember A. ID. eighteen hundred and fiftyOne and
ganze themselves into convention by the election
of a President and such other officers as they NAV
deem necessary, and the appointment of a suitable
number of assistants and shall proceed to consider the
= then existing rclatisns between the Government Of
the United States and the Government and people Of
the State of Mississippi to devise and carry into effect
the of redress for the past and obtain certain
security for the future, and to adopt such measures m
indicating the sovereignty of the State and the pro-
lection of its institutions shall appear to them L
be demanded. Said convention shall adopt such rule
and regulations for its government and for the propc
transaction of business they shall think proper.
The officers, members and assistants of said COWen
ton shall receive the compensation Is now
: allowed by law to the officers members and assstcnt
n of the Legislature, and the Auditor of Public Ac
shall issue his the Treasury therefor
upon the certificate of the President, of the amour
due.
d SEC 6. Be 1t further enacted, That in case of an
vacancy occurring in said convention by the dealt
resignation removal of any member it shall be til
duty Of the Governor to such vacancy to be ST
ed by issuing his writ of election the sheriff of TIL
proper county requiring him, ten days notice, t
hold election according to law, to ill the same.
SEC. 7. BE 1t further enacted, That the acts
the convention proposed to be held by this act, b.
fore they become binding this State shll be sui
mitted to the people at the ballot-boy .- .,..-.-
prevail, at such time and such nanne ~ t.. -.....
ton may determine.
JOHN J. Hf.DtE
d Speaker Of the Houss If Il
Il JOHN |. GJIgh.
President Of III Sa1E