Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24
mAN ACT
To prorjIe for the taiti,g ofh Coarention of TIE
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To prorjde for the coitiy oJ:ht Conrcnti0n of tie
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SIC. l. Be- t 'eadttcibg the Senate and Housc
Of Representatives. 'tfo,u metdnd sitting ja Gcnerqi
AS@nbiY. dad bY The d,pb2rUy IF. The Sni,,c, That
Convention of the people OF the State of South
Carolina is hereby ordained to bc assembled in the
City of Columbia, on the 18th doy-of December in
the year of Lord ono tnousanl eight hmn,lred
and sixty, for the purpose OF taking into consider
alton the dangers incident TO the position of the
State in the Federal Union, cStabS!lr by the Cor
stitution OF the Unite,l States. anil the measure
which may be necessary ami proper Tor providing
against the same. and thcrcupon take care thai
the Commonwealth of South Carolina shall suffer
no dctrimcnt.
SIC. . That on the Glh'day of December. in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, the Managers OF Elections for tho several
Districts in the State shall after giving public no
toc as in cases of elections for Mcmbcrs of the
Legislature, open the Polls and hold elections in
their respective Districts for Delegates to the said
Convention. in all respects in the same nancr and
form. AMI ut tho same places. aS elections are now
conducted foe Members Ot the Legislature. And
all persons who are qualified cu,l entitled by the
Constitution and laws of this State. to vote for
Members OF the Legislature shall be qualified AMI
entitled to vote for said Delegates to said Conven-
tion; aud in case of any vacancy occurring bv
death, resignation or removal from the State OF
refusal to serve of amy person elected ~ Delegate to
the said Conventions the Presiding Officer of the
SAIL Convention shall issue his writ authorizing
hn' rc'IlVin3 tle MlnlSurS Ot Elections in the
Election Districts in which such vacancy may have
"a:Irrcd, after giving due notice thereof to open
Poll aud hold I'M election to fill such vacancy as
in cases Tor the election OF Members of the Lcgs-
lnturc; thu the Managers in the several Election
Districts anl Parishes, shall meet on Frii,y the
lth day of December, lSGQ, count the votes and
declare the election = -
SEC 3, That each Election District throughout
the State shall he cnitle to elect and send TO the
said Convention a number of Delegates equal to
the Whole number OF Senators and Representa-
tivcs which such District is now entitled TO send
to the Legislature; and the Delegates to the said
Convention shall be entitled to the same freedom
OF arrest in going to- returning from, and whilst
in Attendance on, said Convention, as is extended
othc Members of the Legislature.
Sc. y That all TIN free white male citizens of
this State, or the age OF twenty one years and up
wards. shall be eligible to seat in the said Con
vcution. ..,uY.
In the Senate House. the thirteenth day of No.
Nember, in the year of our Lord one tiolisanI
eight hundred and 81 t.. ID in the eighty.
tittl ycnr oNt sovtr 'ignty and Independence
of"the United States of Am'r 'rica
WILLIAM b. PORTER,
President of the Senate
JANIS SIAiONS.
Speaker House Representatives
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