The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
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 Constitution" 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 resne ctivelv,
! 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 to
| 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-ffths 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
cd Constitution, and the directions CON
| tanned in the second section of the said bill :;
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 a. enacted by the General As
Scmbiy OfHe State ofNorth Carolina. and 1t
as hcreby enacted 6y The authority ot the same,
tLrO thirds fAtc whoic number Of members of
each house COncurrtng, 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
achite man Ofhe age 0ft'centy-One gears. be-
ing q Ratire or naturdLized citizen Of the
United States, and acho has been an inhaJi-
t0nt OtHc State for treLUe months Immediate
Ly preceding Tie day Of any election. and
shalt hare paid PUbtjc tares, shall be entitled
TO cote for a member Of the Senate for The dis
trict an lchich he reSides.''
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
ItOf, SlAlN no-
tice having been given i'll 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 SheritF< of the respec
tive Counties, at the election precincts
within the same, TO take the sense of the
said voters as to the ratification of said
amendment tn the Constitution of the State;
those for ratification to vote with a written
or printed ticket-''APProred;' those OPP
posed thereto to vote with similar ticket
Not APProred."
Given under my hand, as Govern
or of the State of North Carolina, IT
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 %, 1857. ON