White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-29

lands By disinterested pssons. sndno lsnds shall
be sold at 9 less price tran The valuation.
ARTICLE XvII-Bxsxs axD Cuaazcr.
SECTION /. No Bank skall be sslahiishsdcsh-
ervise than under gsnssul Banking Law
- II the General ksssnbiJ shsa enact :
General Banking Law. snsh law shall provide
for the registry and eoantssigning b. the An
ditor Of the State Of all B<nk Notes or paper
credit designed 70 b. eiroulsfsd e money.
So. Il shall Be fursher provided that nsh
Bank Notes or paper credits, shah Be amply Sc
cured BY the deposit With the proper officers Of
State. Of bonds Of Interest paying States or the
United States.
~ All bilis or notes issued a. money, shall
be at al times redeenabie In gold or silver.
s3Holders of Bank Notes shall be entitled
in case Of insolvency, 70 preferences Of specie
payment over al Other eseditcFs- oFCG
Sc. The State shall not be ssOekholder in
any Bank or Banking Institution.
81. All Banks shall be required to keep on
Gers and proper Offices for the issue and rsdemp-
ton Of theirspaper. ~ some convenient point
SO. Any general Banking Law passed BY the
General Assembly Of this State, may at any time
be altered, amended, OF repealed.
So. No general Banking Law shall have any
force or effect until the same shall have been
submitted to voteof the electors Of the State, at
some general election, and have been approved
by majority Of all the votes given on that sub
ject, at such election. .1ll .'-fs 4- -'
ARTICLE XvIII-AnEsDnEErs.
SECTION l. Propositions for the amendment
of this Constitution, may be made BY either
branch Of the General Assembly; and II three
ifths Of all the members elected 10 each House
shall concur therein, such proposed amendments
shall be entered on the journals, with the yeas
and nays; and the Secretary Of State shall cause
the same 70 be Published in at least one news
Irsper in each County Of the State where news
pzper is pablished, for three months preceding
the next election for Senators and Representa-
tives, at which time the same shall be submit
ted to the electors for their approval or rejec-
ton; and IL anajority Of the electors voting on
said amendments, at said election, shall adopt
such amendments, the same shall become part
of the Constitution. When more than one
amendment shall be submitted at the same time,
they shall be so submitted as to enable the cleo
tors to vote on each amendment separately.
So Whenever three-fifths Of the members
elected to each branch Of the General Assembly
shall think il necessary to call Convention to
revise, amend or change this Constitution, they
shall recommend to the electors to vote at the
next election for members Of the General As
sembly, for or against Convention; and II .
majority of all the electors voting at said cleo.
ton, shall have voted for Convention, the &C.
neral Assembly shall, at its next regular session.
provide by law for calling the same. The Con-
vention shall consist of as many members as the
House of Representatives, and shall be chosen
in the same manner, and shall meet within three
months after their election, at the Capital Of the
State, for the purpose Aforesaid.
SO. At the general election to be held in the
year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty
Three, and in each tenth year thereafter, the
question, "Shall there be a Convention to re-
wise, alter or amend the Constitution shall be
submitted to the electors Of the State; and in
case majority of the electors voting at such
election shall decide in favor Of Convention,
the General Assembly, at its next regular SEES
sion, shall provide, by law, for the election Of
Delegates, and the assembling Of such Conven--
ton as provided in the preceding section; but
no amendment or re, iSion Of this Constitution
agreed upon by any Convention 10 pursuance Of
this article. shall take effect until the same shall
have been submitted to the electors Of the State,
and adopted by majority ofthose voting thsrson.
e. i9e' SCHEDULE.
SECTION /. In order that no inconvenience
may arise from the change from Territorial to
a State Government, Il is declared that no exis-
ting rights. SUITS prosecutions, Except for polit-
ical offences,) claims or contracts, shall be afee-
ted by change in the form Of Government, ex-
cept as otherwise declared in this Constitution.
But no debt of the Territory shall be assumed by
the State, except by law passed by vote Of
two thirds Of each branch Of the General As
sembly.
SO. This Constitution shall be submitted to a
vote Of the people for approval or rejection, on
the third Tuesday Of May, one thousand eight
hundred and 6fty-eight Thevote shall be BY
ballot, and those in favor Of the Constitution,
shall write or print upon their ballots the words
"For the Constitution" and those opposed TO
the Constitution, shall write OF print upon their
ballots the words Against the Constitution"
Said election shah be conducted according to
the provisions Of section thirteen, Of an Act Of
the Legislative Assembly Of the Territory of
Kansas, passed February =, one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-eighs, entitled "An Act TO
provide for the election Of Delegates toa Con-
vention to frame State Constitution"
SO. A: the same time and place, and under
the provisions Of the section aforesaid, Of the
Act aforesaid, an election shall be held for mem
bers Of the General Assembly, for State OHicers,
for Judges, and for members of Congress to rep
resent the State OF. Kansas in the thirty-ffh
Congress ofthe United States.
"a. If this Constitution. upon being submit
ted to the people, shall be approved By q major
ity of the legal votes cast thereon, copy Of the
same, certified by the President and Secretary
Of the Convention, together with q memorial
framed BY the Convention, asking admission in
to the Union, and certified statement Of the
vote on the ratification thereof, shall be trans
mitted, as soon as practicable, BY the Governor,
President Of the Council and Speaker of the