The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-02-12
AN ACT

Providing for the Formation Of a Constitution and
State Government for the State of Kansas
Be it enacted by the Governor and Legis-
latiue Assembly cfthe Territory Of Kansas:
SECTION l. That an election shall be
holden at the several voting precincts in
the Territory of Kansas, on the fourth
Monday of March, A. D. 1859, at which
the qualified electors of the said Territory
shall determine for or against the forma-
ton of Constitution and State Govern
ment for the State of Kansas, in the fol-
lowing manner, to wit All legal voters
under the provisions of this Act, who may
be in favor of the formation of said
Constitution and State Government, shall
be entitled to vote a written or printed
ballot inscribed "For a Constitution"
and all legal voters, as aforesaid, who
may be opposed to the formation Of a
Constitution and State Government, shall
be entitled to vote written or printed
ballot inscribed Against Constitution"
Sec. 2. That if, upon counting the re-
turns of said election in the manner here
matter prescribed, it shall be found that a
majority of the leagal voters of said Ter
ritory shall have voted against the forma-
ton of Constitution and State Govern
ment, the Governor of the Territory shall
issue his proclamation declaring the fact,
and that the following provisions of this
Act shall be imperative and void but if
upon counting the returns of said cleo
ton, in the manner hereinafter prescribed,
it shall be found that a majority of the
legal voters of said Territory shall have
voted for the formation of a Constitution
and State Government, the Governor of
the Territory shall issue his proclamation
in accordance with the facts, and that the
remaining provisions of this act shall be
in full force and effect.
Sec. 8. That an election shall be holden
on the first Tuesday of June, A. D. 1859,
in the several votin g precincts of the
Territory of Kansas, for delegates to a
Convention to frame a Constitution and
State Government for the State of Kansas.
/. SEC. 4. That said Convention shall be
composed of fifty-two members, to be ap-
portioned among the several districts Of
the Territory as follows, to wit /: The
county of Wyandott shall constitute the
first district, and shall elect two delegates;
the county of Leavenworth shall consti.
tute the second district, and shall elecl
seven delegates The county of AtchisoI
, shall constitute the third district, and shall
elect three delegates the county of Don.
! iphan shall constitute the fourth district
and shall elect four delegates the county
of Brown shall constitute the fifth district
and shall elect one delegnte; the county
of Namaha shall constitute the sixth dis
q trict, and shall elect one delegate tn,
counties of Marshall, Washington and Ar
appahoe shall compose the seventh dis
trict and shall elect one delegate; tn,
r county of Jefferson shall constitute tn,
eight district, and shall elect two dele
n gates the county of Calhoun shall con
stitute the ninth district, and shall cleo
one delegate; the county of Riley shal
J, constitute the tenth district, and shal
: elect one delegate; the county Of Pota
8 watome shall constitute the eleventh dis
trict, and shall elect one delegate tn
county of johnson shall constitute tn
: twelfth district, and shall elect two dele
Il gates; the county Of Douglas shall cor
stitute the thirteenth district, and shal
elect seven delegates; the county Q
u Shawnee shall compose the fourteent
g district, and shall elect three delegates
y the counties Of Richardson, Davis, Diek