The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1856-02-16
4 PROCLAAiATIO\.

FsE IsIs ExcELLEScY TI4olAs BRAGG.
I:EHnSo's ois- ,iIaE STATE OF MORT"
CAROLISA.
WHEREAS, all act was passed by the last Gen
cral Assembly of this State, by u vote of three
ilths of all the members thereof a duly certi-
fed copy Of which is as follows:
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of the
State of North Carolina.
WHEREAS, \ large number of the people are
diSfranchised by the freehold qualification now
required of voters for members of the Senate,
Therefore,
SEC. l. BE II enaclrd 5y the General -1sum51y
of the Sfnfe Of -NorIh Coroiina, and u IS hereIy
e"neted By the o~hh"rtty Of the same, (thrce-lftls
Of the whole number of members of each ii ouse
concurrng,) That the 2d clause of the lst sec
ton of the lst article of the amended Consttu-
tion ratified by the people of North Carolina
on the second Monday in November, in the
year of lord eighteen hundred and thirty
five, shall be amended to read follows:
Every free white man of the age of twenty one
years, being II native or naturalized citizen of
the United States, and who has been an i,l-
habltant of the State for twelve months imme-
diately preceding the day of any election and
shall have paid public taxes, shall be entitled
to vote for a member OF the Senate for the
district in which he resides
SEC, 2 BE II further cnactcd That the Gov
ernor of the State be, and he is hereby directed
North Carolina, at least six months before the
next election for members of the General \ s.
sembly, setting forth the pnrpOrt of this act,
and the amendment to the Constitution herein
proposed, which proclamation shall be accom-
panied by a true and perfect copy of the act,
authenticated by the certificate Of the Secretary
OF State, and both the proclamation and the
copy of this act, the Governor Of the State
shall cause to be published in ten newspapers
OF this State, at least six months before the
election Of members to the General \ Assembly.
Read three times and ratified in General
Assembly this Sd day Of February, 1898.
SAM'L p HILL.
.Spcaher Of the HouSc of Comn.ons
WARREN WINSLOW,
Speaker Of tie Senate.
State of North Carolina
Office of the Secretary of State
l, William Hill, Secretary of State. in and
for the State of North Carolina, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the
original as ratified and file in this office.
Given under my hand this 24th day Of Janu
airy, 1856.
w. HILL, Secretary Of State
Now therefore, in conformity to the Const-
tuition of the State, and the requirements Of
the aforesaid act | do Issue this my Proclama-
tion making known to the people of North
Carolina the provisions of said act and the
amendment thereby proposed to be made to
the Constitution of the State, and do the
same to be published in ten newspapers of this
State six months before the election of mem
bers of the next General Assembly
In testimony whereof / Thomas Bragg
Governor OF the State of North Caro-
lima. have hereto set my hand and
IL. S. caused the great seal of the State to
be hereto affixed. Done at the CITY of
Raleigh, this the 24th day of January
\. D., 1886, and in the S0th wear OF
Independence.
THOS. BRAGG
BY the Governor:
Pulaski CowFER,
Prlcate .Secref0ry
EaIerh ,Tantlary 81 1885 Scer,