The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-02
State Of North Carolina.

WHEREAS, THE LAST GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY,, by an act entitled, "A supplementary
act to take the sense of the people of the
State relative to the proposed amendment
of the CONSTITUTIONS did enact as follows ::
Whereas, bill to amend the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina, has been
read in each house of the present General
Assembly on three several days, and agreed
to by two-thirds of each house respectively,
in the precise words following: "A bill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina -
Whereas, at the session of the last Gen
eral Assembly, begun and held in Raleigh,
on the third Monday of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty four, BILL entitled "a bill 10
amend the Constitution of the State of North
CarOlina.'' was read three times in each
house of the said General Assembly, and
agreed to by three-fifths of the whole num-
Der of members of each house respectively.
And whereas, the bill so agreed to hath
been duly published six months previous to
the election of the members of this present
General Assembly, according to the clause
of section one of article four of the amend
ed Constitution, and the directions con-
tanned in the second section of the said bill
and it is the intention, by this bill, to agree
to the preamble and first section of the bill
aforesaid, containing the said alteration of
the Constitution of this State: And whereas,
large number of the people are disfran-
chised by the freehold qualification now re-
quired of voters for members of the Senate;
therefore, Be 1t enacted by the General As
sembly ofhe State of North Carolina. and 1t
IS hereby enacted by the authority ofhe same,
toco thirds o the whole number Of members of
each house concurring, That the second
clause of the third section of the first article
of the amended Constitution, ratified by the
people of North Carolina. on the second
Monday of November, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and thirty five, shall
be amended to read as follows '.Euery free
s0hite man ofhe age oftwenty- one gears, be-
ing a m0tice or maturalized citizen of The
United States, and acho has been an inhabi-
tdnt of the State for tacelue months Immediate
iy preceding the day Of any election. and
shall hare paid public tares, shall be entitled
to cote for member Of the Senate for The dis
rict an uhich he resiIes.''
And whereas, it was further provided by
the said act, ''that the foregoing amendment
to the Constitution of this State, as embodi-
ed in the preceding section, be submitted
by the Governor to the people on the first
Thursday IN August, 1857, sixty days no.
tice having been given in ten newspapers:
NOW. THEREFORE, do hereby give
notice to all persons entitled to vote for
members of the House of Commons, that
polls will be opened on the first Thursday in
August next, by the Sheriffs of the respec-
tive Counties, at the election precincts
within the same, to take the sense of the 1
said voters as to the ratification of said
amendment to the Constitution of the State;
those for ratification to vote with a written
or printed tieket-"Approued;" those OPP
posed thereto to vote with similar ticket
mot Approved"
Given under my hand, as Govern
or of the State of North Carolina, at
lis the Executive office in the City of
Raleigh, on the 18th day of May,
A. D.. 1857.
By the Governor: THOS. BRAGG.
PULASKI CowPER, Pr. Sec'y.
May 26, 1857. 2m