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tive In Congress.
Sec. IL. All persons having the qualif-
cations of electors, according to the provi-
sions Of this Constitution, at the date Of
each of said elections, and who shall have
beeh duly registered according to the pro-
visions Of the registry law of this Terrific !
ry, and none others, shall be entitled to |
vote at each of said elections.
Sec. IL. The persons who NAV be
Judges of the several voting precincts of
this Territory at the date of the respec-
tive elections in this schedule provided |
for, shall be the Judges of the respective
elections herein provided for.
Sec. Il. The said Judges of election, |
besore entering upon the duties of their
office, shall take and subscribe an oath |
faithfully to discharge their duties as
such. They shall appoint two Clerks of
election, who shall be sworn by one of
said Judges faithfully to discharge their
duties as such. In the event of a vacancy
in the Board of Judges, the same shall be
filled by the electors present.
Sec. 10. At each Of the elections pro-
yided for in this schedule, the polls shall
be opened between the hours Of nine and
ten o'clock A. NJ, and closed at sunset.
Sec. 10. The tribunals trausacting coun-
ty business Of the several counties, shall
cause to be furnished to the Boards of
Judges in their respective counties two
poll books for each election ,hereinbefore
provided for, upon which the clerks shall
lrscribe the name of every person who
may vote at the said elections.
Bee. IL. After closing the polls at each
OF the elections provided for in this sched-
ulo, the judges shall proceed to count the
votes cast, and designate the persons or
ooJecss for which they were cast, and
Shall make two correct tally lists of the
same.
Sec. Is. Each Of the Boards of Judges
shall safely keep one poll book and tally
list, and the ballots cast at each election :;
and shall. within ten days after such cleo
ton, cause the other poll book ard tally
list to be transmitted, by the hands of
sworn officer to the clerk of tho board
transacting county business in their respec-
tive counties, or to which the county may
be attached for municipal purposes.
Sec. 10. The tribunals transecting couu-
ty business shall assemble at the county
seats OF their respective counties on the
second Tuesday after each of the elections
provided for in this schedule, and shall
canvass the votes cast at the elections held
IN the several precincts in their respective
counties, and Of the counties attached for
municipal purposes. They shall hold in
safe keeping the poll books and tally lists
OF said elections, and shall, within ten
days thereafter, transmit. by the hands of
sworn officer, to the President of this
Convention, at the city of Topeka, a GER
titled transcript of the same, showing the
number OF votes cast for each person or
object voted for at each of the several pre-
clncts in their respective counties, and in
the counties attached for municipal pur-
poses, separately.
Sec. 20. The Governor of the Terrific
~, and the President and Secretary of this
Convention, shall constitute a Board of
state canVassers, any two of whom shall
be quorum; and who shall, on the fourth
Monday after each of the elections pro.
Vlded for in this schedule, assemble ut
said city OF Topeka, and proceed to open
and canvass the votes cast at the several
precincts IN the different counties of the
Territory and declare the result and
shall Immediately issue certificates of
> election to all persons Gf any thus elect
ed.
Sec. 81. Said Board of State Canvass.
ers shall issue their proclamation not less
than twenty days next preceding each of
the elections provided for in this sched-
ule. Said proclamations shall contain an
announcement Of the several elections, the
qualifications of electors, the manner Of
conducting said elections and of making
the returns thereof, as in this Constitution
provided, and shall publish said procla-
nation IN one newspaper in each of the
counties of the Territory in which news
paper may be then published.
Sec. %. The Board of State Canvass
ers shall provide for the transmission of
authenticated copies of the Constitution
to the President Of the United States, the
President of the Senate and Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Sec. %. Upon official information hav-
ing been by him received of the admis-
sion of Kansas into the Union as a State,
1t shall be the duty of the Governor elect
under the Constitution, to proclaim the
same and to convene the Legislature and
do all things else necessary to the COM
plete and active organization of the State
Government.
Sec. 24. The first Legislature shall have
no power to make any changes in county
lines.
Sec. 25. At the election to be held for
the ratification or rejection Of the Consti-
tuition, each elector shall be permitted 10
vote on the Homestead provision con-
tanned in the Article on miscellaneous. -
by depositng a ballot inscribed For the
Homestead" or against the Homestead, !"
and if a majority of all the votes cast at
said election shall be against said provi
sion, then 1t shall be stricken from the
Constitution.
RESOLUTIONS.
ResolUsCl, That the Congress of the
United States is hereby requested, upon
the application OF Kansas for admission
into the Union, to pass an act granting to
tho State forty-five hundred thousand
acres of land to aid in the construction of
railroads and other internal improve
ments.
Resolved, That Congress be further re-
quested to pass an act appropriating fifty
thousand acres of land for the improve
ment Of the Kansas river from its mouth
to Fort Riley.
Resolved, That Congress be further re-
quested to pass an act granting all swamp
lands within the State for the benefit Of
common schools.
Resolved, That Congress be further re-
quested to pass an act appropriating five
hundred Thousand dollars, or in lieu there.
Of, five hundred thousand acres of land
for the payment of the claims awarded to
the citizens of Kansas by the Claim Com
missioners appointed by the Governor and
Legislature Of Kansas under an act of the
Territorial Legislature, passed 7th Febru-