The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-12-05
PROCLAMATIONS
For Elections Under the Bogus Consultation
PROCLAMATION


that on Monday, the 21st day of Decem-
Der, 1857, an election shall be holden in
all the counties of said Territory, to deter
mine whether the Constitution to be sub
mitted for the ratification of the people,
shall contain clause authorizing the in
PRODUCTION of slavery into the State of
Kansas under said Constitution, or not,
and requiring of me, further, to appoint
three Commissioners in each county of
the Territory, whose duty it shall be to
appoint three Judges of the election in
each existing election district, or such
other election districts as may by said
Commissioners be established, to enable
the people to vote thereon.
Now, therefore, be it known, to the
people of Kansas Territory, that On the
said 21st day of December, 1857, polls
will be opened in the several election dis
tricts of said Territory, at which the &C
tual bona fde white male inhabitants, res
ident in said Territory, on said day afore-
said, shall vote for or against the future
introduction of slavery into said State OF
Kansas, in the manner following, as re-
quired by said Constitution:
The voting shall be by ballot, and
those voting for Kansas as slave State
shall vote ballot with the words "Con-
stitution with slavery" and those voting
for Kansas to be free State, shall vote a
ballot with the words, Constitution with
no slavery"
The Judges of election, are, by virtue
of the authority aforesaid, required to
open polls in their several precincts and
appoint two clerks to keep proper record
of the votes polled. and within two days
after said election, make return thereof
to one of the Commissioners herein APP
pointed, whose duty it shall be, within
eight days from the closing of said polls,
to deliver to me at LeeomptOn, the seat
of government of said Territory, true
statement of the votes cast at said cleo
ton, and to retain copy thereof for IL
spection in each of said precincts.
| The Commissioners appointed in and
for each county of the Territory, are re-
quired to appoint Judges of election fol
each precinct now by law established in
their respective counties, and for sueh adj.
ditional precincts as, in their Judgment
they may deem advisable for the conve-
nience of the people. and for full, fail
and honest expression of the popular
will.
| The Commissioners, appointed by the
authority aforesaid, in the several coun.
| ties of the Territory, are as follows:
In the County of Doniphan-S. P
Blair, C. B. Whitehead, B. O'Driscol.
For the County of Atchison-J. T.
Hereford, Eli G. Mason, James Adkins
For Leavenworth County-Oliver DEF.
endorf, Robert Thompson, Marion Todd
For Johnson County,. III. Danforth
A. j. Campbell, James Evans.
| For the County Of Lykins-Henry N
Peck, James Beets, L. ID. Williams.
| For the County of Bourbon-Thos. B
Arnett, Samuel A. Williams, John II
Little.
For the County of McGee-W. a. Fra.
zier, j. C. Head, William Hinton.
For the County of Dorn-James NJ
Linn, John Lemons, W. j. Godfrey.
For the County of Linn-Briscoe Da-
Wis. Willis NJ. Sutton, C. S. Fleming.
For the Counties of Shawnee and Rich.
ardson-Edmund L. Yates, John Martin
James Gorden.
For the County of Davis-C. L. San
ford, Fox Booth, Robert Reynolds.
For the County of Douglass ohm Spi.
Ger, William s. Wells. Parish Ellison.
For the Counties of Breckenridge and
Wise-A. J. Baker, William Grinsley
H. w. Fisk.
For the County of Anderson-Samue
Anderson, James H. Howser, Ephrain
Coy.
For the County of franklin osepl
Merit, Jesse B. Way, Jacob Marcolle.
For the County of Coffee-Hiram Hoov
or, John Woolman, Hardee McMahon.
For the Counties of Madison, Butler
and Hunter-G. D. HUMPHREYS, C. Bunch
S. G. Brown.
For the Counties of Allen and Green
wood-B. W. Cowden, T. H. Bashaw, J
johnson.
For the County of Riley-George Mon
tague, S. B. White, j. s. Randolph.
| L VI iuc OOuiltN vi lObJONOllOt1Ic-h
J. Chapman, G. W. Gillespie, Rober
Wilson.
| For the County of Calhoun-Samue
Boydson, John Christy, Henry ID. Ogden
| For the County of Jefferson-H a
Lowe, James Haddox, George NJ. Dyer
For the Counties of Marshall, Wash
ington, and Arapahoe-F.J J. Marshall, Pc
ter Valentine, j. P. Miller.
| For the County of Nemaha-Cyru
Dolman, David N. Locknane, A. A
| Brown.
For the County of Brown-Henry Smith
L. Whitehead, Sam Brown.
The Commissioners aforesaid are re
quested to meet in their respective Coun
ties at as early day as practicable and ar
range the precincts, appoint the Judge
of election, and give notice of the tim
and place of holding such election.
j. CALHOUN,
| President ftbe Constitutional ConUeation.
| Lecompton, Nov. 81, 1857.
! PROCLAMATION.
1t is required by the Constitution, re
Gently adopted by the Delegates to Con
/ Il,