Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-09-17
Constitutional Amendments.
M HEREAS, joint resolution propo

M HEREAS, a Oint resolution propo-
w sing certain amendments 10 the constitution of
this Commonwealth, has been agreed by u majority of
the members eced 10 each House of the legislature
successive sessions of the same, the first session
commencing the first Tuesday of January, A. D 1856
and the second session commencing the Tuesday
Of January, A. d. 1857. And whereas provided by
the tenth article of the constitution that any amendment
agreed upon shall BE- submitted the people, snch
mauneF aud such time least three months after be-
ing agreed to by the Houses, the Legislature
shall prescribe. And whereas, by the I.egisla
of this Commonwealth entitled, prescribing
time and Of submitting people sr their
ratification riecticn The proposed To tIr
constitution, approved May H. 1851 Aud wheteas. b,
virtue Of OF election to directed by the Cover
ofihs Commonwealth, am commended give pub.
lie notice of the said act OF Assembly.
Now therefore !, Jacob Mutersboueh High Sheriff of
county Of Militia, do hereby proclaim give public
the qualified electors of Ain county aforesaid
that election VIII be held In each township and bor
ouah in said county, on TUESDAY the 18Th dav of O-
next; for thc purpose of deciding upon the adoption
or rejection Of the said amendments any of them
That the said election shall be held place hold
ing the general elections this Commonwealth and shall
opened the hours of eight and clock in
the forenoon and continue without interruption or ad
journment until seven O'Clock, when it shall be
And shall be the duty of the Judges Inspectors
clerks of elections of each Of said townships
oughs to said elections tickets either written
or printed or partly written and partly printed from
ens duly qualified TO vote for members of the General
Assembly, and TO deposit them in box boxes, be
for that purpose provided by the proper officers; which
tickets shall be respectively labelled the oulsde
First Amendment" "Sscond Amendment, - Third
! Amendments" and Fourth Amendment and those
who are favorable said Amendments any of them
NAV express their desire by voting each many sepa
rate written or printed partly written and printed
ballots or tickets containing the inside thereof the
words: For the Amepdments' and those who ire op
posed 20 such Amendments any of them, may express
their opposition by voting each many separate written
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ing on the inside hereofthe words Against Amend
mens which said amendments shall be voted for sepa.
rGtely.
That the election the said proposed amendments
shall in all respects be conducted General Eiee-
tions OF this Commonwealth now conducted, and il
be the duty of the Judges of the respective
townships and horoughs in said county, first having
fully ascertained the number of given for against
each of said amendments in i,e aforesaid TO
make duplicate hefeof, expressed in words
length and in figures only ofwlch returns
made shall lodged in the Pruhonotary's Office of the
Court of Common Pleas of said county, aud other
sealed and directed TO the Secretary of the Common
wealth. and by OF said Judges deposited forthwith in
the convenient Post Office
Given under my hand at Lewistown, this 9th day OF
September in the year of Lord thousand eight
hundred and fifty six, aud of the independence of the
United States, the eighteth.
septic JACOB MUTTHERSBoUGH, Sheriff