Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-22

ted, the President Of tho United States, rs
soon as the fact is duly made. known to him.
sh9il announce the same by proclamation
and thereafter and without any further bro.
ccedihgs on the part of Congress, tho odmis-
SION OF the State of Kansas mto tho Union
u!pon, an equal footing withthc original States
in all respects wbatcyer shall be complete and
absolute. and said State sl,all be entitled to
one member in the House of fRepreSentatiyes
IN the Congress of the United States until the
next census be taken by tho Federal Govern
ment But should q majority of tho votes
cast be for Proposition rejected, lit shall bc
deemed and held that the people of Kansas
do pet'desitc' admission into the Union will,
SAID constitution under the conditions set
iQrtp IN the sud proposition; and in that
event tho people of said Territory arc hereby
authorized and empowered to form for tlc,f;I-
selves aoonstitutionntd State government.
ny tie name of the State of Kansas, accord
RS tothe EqdcraL Constitution, and may elect
9cteSates Tor that purpose whenever, and not
before it is asccrtained BY u census duly and
lcSelly taken that the population of said Tere
ritory equals or exceeds the ratio of rcpTcscu
tatioh required for n member of tito House of
Representatives. of the Congress of the United
Statosj and whoncvcr thcroaftor such. dele.
gates shall assemble in convention, they shall
first determine by vote whether it is tho
hc adhI'ttcd int tile Union at that time and.
II so, shall proceed to form acpnstitution,and
take all necessary steps for the establishment
OF state government, in conformity with
inc Federal Constitution, subject to such linz
nations and restrictions as to the mode and
manner of it's approval or ratification by the
people OF the proposed State as they may
have prescribed by LAW, and shall be entitled
TO admission into tho Union as a State under
CII. = al. ~ =
made, with or without slavery, as said cony'ss.
tuition may prescribe.
SIC. >. And he it further enactcd, That
tor the purpose of fihSufing, az far as possible
tITot the elections authorized hy this act may
! be fair md free, the Governor, United States
District Attorney. and Secretary.of the pcrri5
tory OF Kansas, aud the presiding officers of
the two branches of Legislature, namely, the
President OF the Council and Speaker of the
uouScot Representatives, arc hereby conSti-
tuted aboard of Commissioners 60 carry into
neutrality-suspicious. Of this act, and to use Ill
the' means necessary aud proper to that end.
And three of thcm shall constitute a board
and the board shall have power and authority
t0designate and establish prcc nets Gorvoting,
on =? adopt those already established: to cause
polls tu>bc opened at such places as it may
deem proper IN the respective counties and
precincts of said Territory to appoint as
julSesof election at each Of tho several. pla-
ccsof voting three discreet and respectable
persons, any two of whom shall DO eoniue-
tent TO act to require the shoriffs of the sSv-
elRl counties, by Themselves or deputies, TO
attend the judges vt each Of the places ofvot-
ing for tho purpose Of preserving peace and
good order;. or tho said board may, instead of
sala n!i Shepifs ana their deputies, appoint at
tlrcir discretion, and IN such Instances as they
may ehoose, Other ri persons for tic same
purpose. The election horeby authorized
shan continue onc'day oply,p and shall not
he colttinscd later than shutdown on that day.
The said hoard shall appoint the day for hold
ing said election, and the said Governor shall
anhouhcc the same by proclamation and tho
day shall be as carly ono as is consistent
with ne'hotiec thereof TO the people of said
Territory, subject to tho provisions of, this
act. The spia bard shall have full power
to prescribe the time. manner, and places of
said election, and to direct the timewhen the
returnsSliaH be made TO the said board, whose
duty 1t shnllib to announce the result by pro-
clamaton, and the said Governor shall certi-
ly theisamc to the PRESIDENT Of the United
States without delay.
Sec. 8. And lic it further enacted, That
IN tho e!ecti0n hereby authorized Ai white
observation-disclosures Of said Territory, over the
age oftweuty-onc years, who possess the quail
itiossi0ag whioh were required by the laws of
said Territory for.a legal voter ~ tue last
general election for the members, of the Ter
ritorial Legislature, and none others shall be
allowed to vote; and this shall be tho only
qualification required to entitle tile voter to
the right'of suffrage in said election. And
if any person not so qualified shall vote OF of.
ter TO vote, or iiany person shall vote moro
thanSopcc at said clection,or shall make or,
cause tobe, made amy false, fictitious, or frau
flnlcnt rct,frns, or shall altcr or change any
retdrfs OF said election, sichShail, upon corE
ytGtiOu thereof before any court of competent
Jurisdiction ho kept at haril labor nat loss,
than six mouthsj and not more than. three
years. a r. ,.-,.~,. ..-r
Sec. 4. Andbc II furtl,or enaeted, That
tloinoni jefs of tho afbrcsaid board OF COM
n'isssioners, and all persons apppiated by them,
to carry i0nte effect the provisions of this aet,
shall, 6oforeschtorins upon tifeip duties, .takS
an oath topcrter,n faithfully tho duties, of
tor respective, oAces; and .oH failnre tbero-
of they shall DO liable aud subject TO the
same charges and penalties as are provided
i'll like cases under the Territorial laws.
Sec o. And be il further enacted, That the
ceacefs mentioned in the preceding section
shall;teceiyo for tlloir services the same com
pepsatian as y given fr like .servioess, unde1
the TerritoFial laws.
Approved, May 4 1853.
GoSrEssIoN-A sailor died recently in
Tc2as, and on his deathbed confessed that he
was ono of tho crew who murdered Mrs. Al
ston Of South Caroline, forty years ago. Mrs
Aston was the daughter of Aaron Burr. She
sailed from Charleston for New York, in a
brig, and on the trip the crow mutined and
murdered all the officers and passengers, Mrs.
Aston bs,ng the last one to walk the plank