Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-12-19
A BILL

To authorize and require the Governor Of the State
Of North Carolina to call a Contention Of the
people Of this Stats, and for other purposes therein
named
WHEREAS, The present crisis in our national at.
fairs, in the judgment of this General Assembly,
gravey imperils the rights and equality of the State
Of North Carolina in the Union; and aehereqS it is
the privilege Of the sovereign people to determine
upon the mode and measure of redress therefore.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, cf the State Of North Carolina, and IL is
hereby enacted By the authority Of the same, That
upon the passage Of this act, his Excslency, the
Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised and re-
aured to issue his proclamation ordering an election
to be held in each and every county in this State
Thursday, the seventh day Of February, 1861, upon
the federal basis, for delegates to convention Of
the people of this State to convene at the seat of
government in Raleigh on Monday, the 18th day of
February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand,
eight hundred and sxty-oEe.
Sec 2. Be 1t further enacted, That the said cleo
ton for delegates shall be held and conducted in
the same manner and at the same places elections
for members of the General Assembly are now held
in this State and the vote shall be counted and the
scrolls compared and certificates issued to the dele
gates elect in the manner prescribed by law in the
case of an election for members of the House of
Commons
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That in case any
vacancy shall occur by the death, resignation, or
removal from the State or by the refusal to of
any person elected a delegate to said convention,
the presiding officer of the convention shall issue
his writ directed to the sheriff of the county in
which such vacancy may have occurred after giving
such notice as may be ordered by the convention,
to open poll and hold an election to fill such
vacancy, in the same manner and under the same
rules and regulations as herein before prescribed
for the election Of the original delegates.
II. Al
vention shall consist of one hundred and twenty DEL
ega:es, and each county in the State shall be cnti
tied to elect the same number Of delegates to said
convention the several counties are now entitled
respectfully to members of the House of Commons
under the last apportionment
Sec. s. Be 1t further enacted, That no delegate
elect shall be permitted to take his seat in the said
convention until he shall have taken and subscribed
The following oath affirmation before any Judge
of the Supreme Superior Courts or any justice Of
the peace of Wake county, to wit: /, A. B. do SOL
emily swear, Tor affirm, as the case may be) that
will not do any act contrary to the act of the Gen.
erai Assembly under which this convention is called;
and that l will truly and faithfully discharge my
duties as a member Of this convention according to
the best of my knowledge and ability: So help me
God
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said con-
vention when assembled may consider all grievances
mpairing or affecting the equality and rights Of the
State of North Carolina as member of the United
States, and determine the mode and measure and
time of redress.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted That no ordinance
Of said convention dssolving the connection of the
State of North Carolina with the Federal Govern
ment or connecting it with any other, shall have
any force validity until it shall have been submit
ted to, and ratified BY majority of the qualified
voters Of the State for members of the General As
sembly to whom it shall be submitted for their ap.
proval rejection according to the mode prescribed
for holding elections for members of the House of
Commons.
Sec. 8. Be 1t further enacted That the said ordi-
nance or ordinances shall be advertised for at least
thirty days in the newspapers of this State before the
| people shall be called upon to vote on the same.
Sec. .. Be it further enacted That the members
of said convention shall be entitled to the same mile
age and per diem pay received by the members of
the present General Assembly, to be paid out of the
| treasury in the same manner as the said members
are now PAID and said convention shall by vote fix
the pay Of all their officers and of any delegates or
representatives whom they may appoint to any con-
vention State and shall provide for all other ex
penses incurred by said convention, to be paid out
| of any moneys in the treasury in the manner they
may direct
Sec 10. Be 1t further enacted, That the said
convention shall have power to elect such officers as
they may deem necessary to their organization, and
TO 90 and perform all such acts and things as they
may consider needful to carry out the true intent
and meaning of this act and the acts and purposes
of said convention.
SEC II. Be it further enacted, That this act shall
be in force from and Immediately after its ratih.
cation
TO THE FARMERS AND PLANTERS OF
VIRGINIA & NORTH-CAROLINA,