Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-12-20
GILES MEBANE,
NATHAN NEWLY,
DAVID OUTLAW.
Respectfully submitted,

BILL to Authorize and Require the Governor OF the State
of North Carolina call Convention of the People of
TINS Stat e ana Tor other purposes therein named
WHEREAS The present affairs, in the
judgment of this General Assembly, gravey mperl. the
rights and equality OF the State OF North Carolina in the
Union dnd ooeedS Is the privilege of the sovereign
people to determine upon the mode Of redress;
therefore,
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of
the State Of North Carolina. and 1t is hereby enacted by
the authority Of the same, That upon the passage this
act his Excelency, the GOVERNOR and he hereby
thOrzed and required to issue his proclamation ordering
election to be held in each every county in this State
on thursday the seventh day OF February 1861, upon
federal basis for delegates convention Of the people
this State the government in Raleigh
on Monday the 18th day OF buary il the year of
Lord one thousand eight hundred and siXty-one.
SEC BE further enacted That the said election for
delegates shall be held and conducted in the manner
and at the same places elections for members of the Gen
era Assembly held in this State shall
be counted and the scrolls compared certificates issued
to the delegates elect in the prescribed by law
the case of all election Tor members OF the House of Com
mons.
SEC. 8. Be further enacted That in case any vacancy
shall occur by the DEATH resignation removal from the
State by the refusal to serve of any person elected del
egate to said convention the presiding officer the
ton shall his directed to the sheriff of county
in which such vacancy may have occurred: after giving
such notice be ordered by the convention open
poll and hold election to fill such vacancy the same
manner and under the rules and REGULATE ms
herein before prescribed for the election the original
delegates
SEC And be 1t further enacted That the said conven-
ton shall consist OF hundred and twenty delegates
each county in the State shall be entitled same
number of delegates to said convention the
of Commons under the last apportonmeut.
SEC o. BE 1t further enacted That delegate elect shall
De permitted TO take his seat in the said until
shall have taken and subscribed following oath or ar
NATION before any Judge of the Supreme Superior
or any justice of the peace of Wake county, wit A.
b. 40 soemny swear Cor affirm, the case NAV be- that
Will not do any act contrary to the of the General
semby under which this convention caed and that
will truly and faithfully discharge my as member of
TINS according to the best of my knowledge and
ability: So help me God.
SEC. g. BE 1t further enacted That the said convention
when assembled consider all grievances impang or
affecting the equality and rights of the North Caro-
lima member of the United States and determine the
mode and measure and time of redress.
Sec T. BE u further enacted That ordinance of said
CnVehon dssoVlng the connection of the State of North
Carolina with the Federal Government connecting
with any other shall have any force or validity until if
have been submitted to, and ratified by, majority of the
qualified voters of the State for members of the General
semby to whom it shall be submitted their
ecuon according to the mode prescribed holding
ton for members of the House of Commons
SKC g. Se a. uT1er enacted, That the
shall be advertised for least thirty DAYS the
newspapers OF this State before the people shall he called
upon to vote on the same. ~
SEC g. BE 1t further enacted That the memh.rs of said
snail De entitled to the mileage and pei
diem pay received by the of the present
to be paid out of the treasury in the same man
ner as the SAID members paid and said
snail by vote hx the pay of their officers and of any del
eeas OF whom they may appoint any
convention State and shall provide for ali other
incurred by said conventions to be paid out of any
| III the treasury IN the manner they may direct. =
oEC ~. be tJurther e4Gced, That the said convention
sna nave power to elect such officers they NAV deem
necessary TO their organization, and to do and perform
ao ana lnngs as they may consider needul to carry
out the true intent and meaning of this act and the
purposes of said convention. ~ Ao
Sec IL BE further enacted That this act shall ha IN
lorse rom ana Immediately after its ratification.