Squatter sovereign., 1857-12-05


on him, the President pro ten,pore of this
Convention. shall perform said duties; and
in case of absence, refusal or disability OF
the President pro tesapore, a committee
consisting of seven, or a majority of them
shall discharge the duties required of the
President of this Convention.
Before this Constitution shall be sent
TO Congress, for admission into The Union
as a State, il shall be submitted to all the
white male inhabitants of this Territory
for approval or disapproval. as follows !:
The President of this Convention shall by
proclamation, declare thai on the 21st day
of December, 1857. at the different elec.
ton precincts now established by law, or
which may be established as herein pro-
vided, in the Territory of Kansas an
election shall be held, over which. shall
preside three judges. or majority of them
TO be appointed as follows The President
of this Convention shall appoint thre e
Commissioners in each county in the Ter
ritory, whose duty it. shall be to appoint
three judges Of election in the ,severa:
precincts of their respective counties, and
to establish precincts for voting. and to
cause polls to be opened at such places as
they may deem proper In their respective
counties; at which election the. Constiiu.
ton framed by the Convention shall be
submitted to ali the white male Inhabitants
of the Territory of Kansas in said Terri
tory upon that day, and over the age of
twenty-one years, for ratification or re-
lection, in the following manner and form.
The voting shall be by ballot. The Judges
of said election shall cause to be kept two
poll books, by two clerks, by them appoin-
ted. The ballots cast at said election
shall be endorsed, Constitution with
Slavery" or Constitution with no Slav-
cry" One of said poll books shall be re-
turned within eight days tollhe President
of this Convention. and the other shall be
retained by the judges of election. and
kept open for for suspection. The Presi-,
dent, with two or more members of this
convention, shall examine said polls books,
and if it shall appear upon said examina-
tion that majority of the legal voters cast
at said election be in favor of the - Con-
stitption with Slavery" he shall Immediate
ly have the same ira ransmitted TO the Con-
gress of the United States as hereinbefore
provided. But, if upon such examination
of said poll books it shall appear that a
maj ajority of the lega! votes cast at said
election be il favor of the Constitution
with "no Slavery" then the article provi-
ding for slavery shall be stricken from this
Constitution by thePresident of this Con-
yention, and slavery shall no longer exist
in the State of Kansas, fexcept that the
right OF property in slaves now in this
Territory, shall In no manner be interfer-
red with, and shall have transmitted the
Constitution so ra,eficd to the Congress of
the United States as hereinbefore proyi-
ded. In case of the failure of the Presi-
dent of this Convention to perform the
duties imposed upon him IN the foregoing
section by reason of death. resignation or
otherwise. the same duties shall devolve
upon the President pro teaa.
Sec. 3. There sh1!l bc general election
upon the first Mon lay in january, 1883, to be
conducted as the election provided for in the
seventh section of this article, at which elec
! ton there shall be chosen Governor. Lien
| tenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor
| of State. State Treasurer aud members or uhe
Legislature, and also member or Ceone.t a.
Sec. g. Any pc. son oiffrssfd saffd coustitntior
III T enaiiehgsd, take IN oath to support the
Constitut ion of the United States, and to sup
port this Constitution if adopted, under the
penalties Of perjury uuier the Territorial laws.
execution the provisions of the foregoing sec
tions shall, before entering upon their duties
be sworn to faithfully. perform the duties Of
their Offices, and in failure thereof, be subject
to the same charges and penalties as pro-
vided in like cases under the Territorial laws.
Sec. IL. The officers provided for In the pLe-
eeding sections shall receive for their services
the same compensation as is given TO officers
for performing similar duties under the Terri
toriat laws q t 81 tt+-@
Sec. 12. The Governor and all other officers
shall enter upon the discharge of their spect-
| I'VE duties soon after the admission of the
State of Kansas of the independent and
sovereign States of the Union, as may be con-
/ yenient. f
| "a Sec. i3. Oaths of office may by administered
| by any Judge, or Justice of the peace, or clerk
of any court of record of the Ter ritory State
| of Kansas. until the Legislature of the State
may otherwise direct
Sec IA. That after the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty -four, whenever the
Legislature shall think it necessary to amend,
| alter and change this Constitution, they shall
i recommend to the electors, at the next general
| election, two thirds of the members of each
House concerning, to vote for or against calling
a Convention; and if it appears thata major
l;ity of all the citizens of the State have voted
/ for Convention, the Legislature shall, at its
next regular session, call Convention, to coh-
sist OF as many members as there may be In
the House of Representatives at the time, to
be chosen in the same manner, at the sa me
Iplaees and by the electors, that chose the Rep
] resentatiyes; said delegates SO elected shall
meet within three months after their election
FLOR tie purpose of reversing, amending OF
changing the Constitution, but Attenuation
chall be maze to effect the rights Of property il
the ownership of slaves. -s--.,.-., -. !. :
j Sec. 15 Until the Legislature elected in ac.
cordance with the provisions OF this constitu.
I ton shall otherwise direct the salary of tn.
i Governor shall be three Thousand dollars De
annurn and the salary of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor shall be double the pay Of State Sena
I tor and the pay Of members of the Legislator,
shall be five dollars per. diem until otherssis
provided by the first Legislature, which shal
fix the salaries Of all officers other than those
elected by the people at the first election
Sec. 10. This Constitutions shall take efec
and be in force from and after its ratification
by the people as hereinbefore provided.
Done in Convention at Lecompton this tn
seventh day of November, In the year of ou
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ffty-sey
EN-, and Of the Independence of the Unite
States of America, the eighty-secend.