Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-23
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
FOR CONGRESS:
l.. OBJ. b AN CHI,
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA.

"HEREAs, THE LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
w by act entitled "a supplementary act to take
amendment of the Constitution" did enact as follows:
Whereas bill to amend the Constitution of the State of
General Assembly three several days. and agreed to by
whirds of each house respectively precise words
following "a bill to amend the. Constitution of the State
Whereas at the session of the last General Assembly,
begun and held at Raleigh, the third Monday of Novc
ber the year of Lord thousand eight hundred
and iftyour BILL entitled ga bill TO amend the Consti-
tuition Of the State of three times
each house of the said General Assembly, and agreed
bv threehs of the whole number of members of each
house respectively And whereas the bill agreed to
tom Of the members of this present General Assembly,
according to the clause of section of article four of the
second section Of the said bill and is the intention by
this BILL to agree to the preamble and first section of the
bill aforesaid containing the said alteration of the Consti
people DISTINGUISHED by the freehold qualification
required of voters for members Of the Senate therefore
BeH enacted By tile General assembly Of tile State IF North
Croliaa and it is hereby enacted By the authority Of the
snue, trthirds of the hoie nu'a5r Of members Of each
concurrng That the second clause of the third
ton of the first article of the amended Constitution ratified
by the people of the second Monday of
November the year of Lord eighteen hundred and
thrty-lve shall be amended to read as follows: "Esery
free whde man Of the age Of oentyone gears, being a
natire or natu,a;td e;es Of tie titea ets and ~ho
RID public tazes shan be entitled to cote member Of
TIE Senate for the district in achick he resides"
And Whereas it further provided by the said act.
ha the foregoing amendment to the Constitution of this
State embodied in the preceding section, be submitted
by the Governor to the people the first Thursday in
August 1857, sixty days notice having been given in ten
Nspapers"
Now THEREFORE, do hereby give notice to all persons
entitled to vote for members of the House of Commons
that polls will be opened the first Thursday in August
next by the Sherfs of the respective Counties at the
election precincts within the take the of the
said voters the ratification of said amendment the
Constitution of the State those for ratification vote with
written printed ticket" ApproCed" those opposed
thereto to vote with similar ticket-"Aot Approoed"
Given under my hand, Governor of the
RI Ct State of North Carolina the Executive Office
01 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 lS 1857. 11s5-6Odw.
- The Democratic Pioneer Goldsborough Tribune
Wilmington Commercial North Carolina Standard Raleigh
Register Greensboro Times Charlotte Democrat Western
Sentinel, Asheville News and Rutherford Democrat, will
publish the above weekly for the space of sixty days. and
send copy of paper containing advertisement with bill
for same to the Executive department.