The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-07-17
THE NEW KANSAS BILL.

Of Kansas TO form ConstitGtiOn and Sal
Government preparatory to their admission
into The UniOn Uhen tey haze tie rsquisil
population.
I Be IL enGeted By The SenOre and HOus
Of Representatives. of The United State
Of America in Congress assembled, That
for the purpose Of making an enumeration o
the inhabitants authorized to vote under rh,
provisions Of this act, an apportionment ant
an election OF members of a convention tC
form State Constitution for Kansas, a:
herein provided, FIVE competent persons shal
be appointed by the President, by and with
the consent Of the Senate, to be commission
ers, majority of whom shsll constitute ,
quorum for the purpose Of carrying into ef
feet the provisions Of this act, each Of whom
before entering upon the duties Of his office
shall take and subscribe an oath or afirma.
ton thst he will support the constitution o.
the United States, and faithfully and impair.
tially exercise and discharge the duties en-.
Joined on him by this act, according to the
best of his skill and judgement, which oath
or affirmation shall be administered to them
severally, and be duly certified by Judge
clerk, or commissioner Of court of the
United States, and led and recorded in the
office of the Secretary OF the Territory oI
Kansas.
SEC. 2. Be ii further enacted, Thut il
shall be the duty Of said commissioners, un.
der such regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe, to cause to be made
"a full and faithful enumeration of the le.
gal voters resident 10 each county in the said
Territory on the fourth day July, eighteen
hundred and fiity-six, and nuke returns
thereof during the month Of August next, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, one Of
which returns shall be made to the Office of
the Secretary Of the Interior, and one to the
Secretary Of the Territory of Kansas, and
which shall also exhibit the names Of all
such legal voters, classed in such munner as
shall be prescribed by the regulations Of the
Secretary Of the Interior.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary Of the
Interior, Immediately after the passage of this
act. 10 prescribe regulations and forms to
be observed in making the enumeration afore-
said, and to furnish the sumo with all ne.
cessary printed blanks to each of the com.
missioners as soon as mny be after their ap-
pointment; and the commissioners shall
meet without delay at the seat Of govern.
ment of Kansas Territory, and proceed to
the discharge Of the duties herein imposed
upon them, and appoint secretary of tn,
board and such other persons as shall be ne
cessary to aid and assist them in taking the
enumeration herein provided for, who must
also be sworn faithfully, impar,ially, and
truly to discharge the duties assigned them
by the commissioners.
SEc. 4. And be ii further enacted, That
said board OF commiss toner's shall, 30 soon
as said census shall be compipted aud re.
turns made. proceed TO make an apporion,
ent Of the members of convention, ataonp
he different counties of enid Territory, in the
ollowing manner: The whole number of Ie
.al voters shlIlbe divided5y fifty two, and the
product ftuch divisions, rejeclieg any rac-
ion Of unit, shall be the ratio or rule of ap
nf kor ho
'oun,ies; and if any cornty shall not have
lumber of legal voters, thus ascertained, e.
uai to the ratio, it shall be alta cbed to some
djoning county und thus form a representa-.
i've district the number OF said voters in
ach county or district shall then be divided
y the ratio, an! the product shall be the
lumber of representatives appor,oned to
uch county or district: Provided, That the
Dss in the number of members caused b,
ractions remaining in the several counties,
n the division OF the legal voters thereof,
ha II be compensated by assigning to SO
'any counties us have the largest fractions
n additional member for it's fructior, as may q
re necessary TO make the whole number o
representatives. iIty-two. "
Sec. 8. And be ii further enacted, That Il
,e said board, Immediately after the appor
onment Of the members of said convention.
hall cause q sufficient number Of copies
Iereof and Of the returns of the censu.
'pecifying the name Of each legal voter ir
ach county or districD to be published and
attributed among the inhabitants of the sew
'ai counties, and shall transmit one cop, q
said dapportionment ard census. duly au ,
enticated by them, to each clerk off cour, -
record within the Territory, who shal 4
9 the same, and keep open to the inspec y
On Of every inhabitant who shall desire t. t,
famine it, and shall also cause other copies !
be posted up in at least three of the mosi a
'blic places in each voting precinct, to tn. II
ID that every inhabitant may inspect thu ii
me, and apply to the board to correct any "a
ror he may find therein, in the manner til
reinafter provided. al
SEC. 6. And be ii furt.ef enacted, That in
id board shall remain in session each day, to
'nday excepted. from the time of making fe
i'd apportionment until the twentieth day
October next, at such place as may be if
'st convenient to the irhabitnhts of said or
'rritory. and shall proceed to the inspec. re-
n, OF said returns, and hear, correct and f :. an