Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-15
The Crittenden Kansas Bill.
AS AMENDED AND PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REP
RESENTATIAES.


AS AMENDED AND PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REP
REsENTATIAEs.
{" SEC l. That the State of Kansas be and
is hereby admitted into the Union Oh an equal
footing with the original States in all respects
whatever; but, inasmuch as it is greatly dis
puted whether the constitution framed at Lee
compton on the eth of November last and now
pending before Congress, was fairly made, or
expresses the will Of the people of Kansas, this
admission Of her fundamental condition pre-
cedent, namely That the said constitution in
strument shall be first submitted to a vote of
the people of Kansas, and assented to by thcm
or majority of the voters, at an election to be
held for the purpose and, as soon as such as
sent shall be given, and duly made known, by
IL majority Of the commissioners hereiu appoin-
ted, to the President of the United States he
shall announce the same by proclamation, and
: thereafter, and without any further proceeding
IN the part of Congress, the admission of the
said State of Kansas, into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States in all re-
spects whatever, shall be complete and ALSO
Lutte. At the said election the voting shall be
by ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, as
each voter may please, for the constitution or :
tutin be rejected at the said election by Il MAORI
ty Of votes being cast against it, then and in that
event the inhabitants of said Territory are here
by authorized and empowered to form for them
selves constitution and State government 10y
the name of the State of Kansas, according to
the Federal Constitution, and to that end may
elect delegates to u Convention as hereinafter
provided.
:" Sec. 2 And be ii further enacted, That
the said State Of Kansas shall have concurrent
Jurisdiction on the Missouri and all other rivers
and waters bordering on the said State OF Kan
sas So far as the same shall form common
boundary, to said State or States now or here
after to be formed or bounded by the same and
sud rivers and waters, and all the navigable
waters of said State shall be common highways
and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of
said States without any tax, duty, impost, or
toll thcrf0r.
+" SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That,
for the purpose of insuring, as far as possible,
the elections authorized by this act may be fair
and free. the Governor and Secretary of the
Territory of Kansas, and the presiding officers
of the two branches of its Legislature,
namely, the President of the Council and speak
er of the House of Representatives, are hereby
constituted Board of Commissioners to carry
into effect the provisions of this act, and to use
all the means necessary and proper to that end.
any three of them shall constituted board and
the board shall have power and authority, in
respect to each and all of the elections hereby
authorized or provided for, to designate and es-
tablish precincts for voting, or to adopt those
already established; to cause polls to be open
ed at such places as it may deem proper in the
respective countries and election precincts OF
said Territory; to appoint, as judges of election
at each Of the several places OF voting, three
discreet and respectable persons, any two o.
whom shall ba competent to act to require the
sheriIs of the several counties by themselves
or deputies, to attend the judges at each of the
place Of voting, for the purpose of preserving
peace and good order or the said board may
instead Of said 8herifs and their duputlcs, ap'
point at their discretion, and in such instances
as they may choose, other tit persons for the
same purpose; and when the purpose OF tn,
elections is to elect delegates to a convention tC
form constitution, as herein before provided
t. the number Of delegates shall be sixty, anC
they shall be apportioned by said board among
the several counties of said Territory, accord
ing to the number of voters : and in making
this apportionment the board may join two OF
moro counties together to make an election OF
representative district where neither of the sait
counties has the requisite number of voters t.
cntitle it to delegate, or to join smaller to ;
larger country having surplus population
where it may serve to equalize the representa-
ton. The elections hereby authorized shall
continue one day only, and shall not be contin
ucd later than shutdown on that day, The sait
board shall appoint the day of election for cacl
of the elections hereby authorized, as the sam
may become necessary The said Governo
shall announce, by proclamation, the day APP
pointed for any one of said elections, and tn
day shall be as early one as is consistent witt
due notice thereof to the people of said Terri
tory, subject to the provisions of this act. TIL
said Board shall have full power to prcscrib
the time, manner, and places of each of SAT-
elections, and to direct the time manner of til
returns thereof, which returns shall be made I
the said Board whose duty it shall be to an
nounce the result by proclamation, and to az
point therein, at as early day as practicabl
for the delegates elected, (whore the electio
has becn for delegates to assemble in CONVEX
ton at the SCAT of government Of said Terrific
Try. When so assembled the convention sha