Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-10-07

tween Allegheny ana washington townships,
thence along Washington township line to divis-
ion line between Cambria and Blair counties, to
meet at the school house in the town Of Gallitz
in in said district, and Nicholas Nagle will be
Judge, and Charles O'1Iagan and James Cronan
inspectors Of said election till others duly cleo
ted.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
I also hereby make known that at the same
time and place the following proposed Amend
ments to the Constitution will be voted upon, in
accordance with an Act of Assembly, approved
the 18th day of May, 1857, as follows WHERE
AS, 4 Joint resolution proposing certain Amend
merts to the Constitution of this Commonwealth
has been agreed to by majority of the members
elected to each House of the Legislature, at two
successive sessions of the same, the first session
commencing the first Tuesday of January, in
the Y ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and filfy-six, and the second session commencing
on the first Tuesday of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
seven:
Ind WheredS, 1t is provided in the tenth arti-
Gle of the Constitution, that any amendment so,
agreed upon shall be submitted to the people in
such manner and at such time, at least three
months after being so agreed TO by the two Rotl-
ses rs the Legislature shall prescribe therefore,
SEC. l. By it enacted by he Senate end House
Of Representatives. Of the Commonwealth Of Penn
syluala in General Asse0aJy met. and 1t Is hereby
eaacted 6y tie authority Of the sane, That for the
purpose of ascertaining the sense of the citizens
of this Commonwealth III regard to the adoption
or rejection Of said amendments or either of them
the Governor Of this Commonwealth shall issue a
writ OF election directed to the Sheriff of each and
every county of this Commonwealth, command
ing them to give notice in tho usual manner, in
not less than two newspapers in each county,
provided that many published therein,
that an election Will be hold in each of the town
Iii atc
ond Tuesday of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. for
the purpose of deciding upon the adoption or
rejection of the said amendments, or any Of them;
which said election shall be held at the places
and opened and closed at the time at and within
which the general elections of this Commonwealth
arc held, opened and closed and it shall be the
duty cc thc judges. inspectors and clerks Of each
&C said townships wards and districts to receive
at the said election tickets either written pru-
It'd, partly written and partly printed, from
citizens duly qaliicd to vote for members of the
General Assembly, and to deposit them in box
or boxes to be for that purpose provided by the
proper officers; which tickets shall be respectively
labelled on the outside, ''tirSt amendment" !" ''sec-
oni Amendments s. third amendments" and
fourth amendment aud those who are favors-
bic 70 said amendments, any Of separate writ
ten or printed, or partly written or printed bal
lots or tickets, containing on the inside thereof
the words, g for the amendment" and those who
are opposed t. such amendments, or any of them,
may express their opposition by voting each
many separate written printed ballots tick
cts containing on the inside thereof the words,
- against the amendments"
SIC. .. That the election on the said proposed
amendments shall in all respects be conducted as
the general elections Of this Commonwealth are
now conducted and it shall be the duty of the
return judges re the respective counties and dis
tricts ttiereof, first having carefully ascertained
4 Al
| said amendment III tho manner foresaid to make
out duplicate returns thereof, expressed in words
! at length and not in figures only, one of which
returns SO made shall be lodged in the prothono-
! tary's office of the court of common pleas of tic
proper county, and the ether sealed and directed
| to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by
one Of said judges deposited forthwith in the most
| convenient post Office.
| SEC g. That it further be the duty of the Sec
| rotary of the Commonwealth, on receiving the
| said returns for and against said amedments, to
! beliver the same to the Speaker Of the Senate on
| or dcforc the frst Monday after the organization
of the next Legislature atier the said returns shall
| so be received who shall open and publish the
some in the presence of the members of the Senate
and House of Representatives on the next Tuesday
| thereafter; and when the number of votes given
/ for and against said amendment shall have been
summed up and ascertained, duplicate certificates
thereof shall be signed by the Speaker of the Sen
| ate and Speaker of the House of Representatives,
one of which shall be fled in the office of the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth, and the other de
! livered to the Governor, whose duty it shall he
| to declare by proclamation whether the amend
ments, or any of them, have been or have not
been approved and ratified by the citizns of this
| Commonwealth.
SEC 4. That the Sheriff and Commissioners of
the city and county of Philadelphia and the sew
! eral counties of this Commonwealth shall do and
perform all the duties and acts necessary by them
to be done to give effect to and carry out the provi-
sions of this act.
| J. LAWRENCE GETZ,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,.
DAVID TAGGART,
| Speaker Of the Senate
| AppRovEE-The twelfth day of may, Ammo
] Dornini one thousand EIGHT hundred and fftY-