Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-07
From the Raleigh Standard.
The Convention Act.

we puDllsu beio" Iuo aC1 paoecu W Ibo
Legislature of this State on Wednesday
last, calling Convention. 1t was passed
on the first day of the special session. The
House of Commons voted for it unanimous
ly, and but three votes were cast against it
in the Senate.
North Carolina is u unit in defence Of
her rights and liberties. She hurls defiance
at Abraham Lincoln and his black Repub.
lican cohorts, and she will make common
cause with Virginia and the other slave
holding States:
A BILL
To authorize and require the Governor Of
North Carolina to call Convention OF
the people Of this State.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of North Carolina,
and it ia hereby enacted by the authority Of
the thirds of all the members
of each House coucurring-that upon the
passage of this act, His Ezcelleucy, the
Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized
and required to issue his proclamation or,
dering an election to be held in each and
every county in this State, on Monday the
thirteenth day of May, A. D. 1861, upon
the federal basis, for delegates to Conven'
tiou of the people of this State, to convene
at the seat of Government in the City Of
Raleigh, on Monday, the twentieth day Of
May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand,
eight hundred and sixty.one.
Sec. 2. That the said Convention shall
consist of one hundred and twenty dele.
gates, and each county in the State shall
be entitled to elect the same number oil
delegates to said Convention as it now has
of members of the House of Commons uu.
der the last apportionmsnt.
Sec. 3. That the said election Of dele.
gates shall be held and conducted in the
same manner and at the same places as elec'
tions 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 delegates elect
in the manner prescribed by law in the case
of an election for members of the House Of
Commons.
Sec. l. That in case any vacancy shall
occur by the death, resignation or removal
from the State or by the refusal TO serve Of
any person elected delegate to said Con
vention, the presiding officer of said Con.
vention shall issue his writ directed to the
sheriff of the county in which such Vacancy
may have occurred, after giving such no
tice as may be ordered by the Convention
to open pol! and hold an election to fill
such vacancy, in the same manner, and un'
der the same rules and regulations as are
hereinbefore prescribed for the election o1
original delegates.
Sec. 5. That the members Of said Con
vention shall be entitled to the same mileage
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 repre-
sentatives whom they may appoint to any
Convention or Congress, and shall provide
for all other expenses incurred by said Con
vention, to be paid out Of any money in the
Treasury in the manner they direct.
SEC. 6. That this act shall be in force
from and Immediately after its ratification
ARREARAaEs DUE REsIGNING OFFI
cERs.-The following letter has been ad'
dressed to the accounting officers of the
United States Government:
WASHINGTON, April, %, lS6l.-Cn'teo
States War Department, AdJutant Gene
rats Office. Special Order No ll5.-The
amounts found to be due resigned officers
FROM the States which claim to have sece
ded will be paid them from the United
States funds heretofore sent to or deposited
in those States. By order.
L. THOMAS, Adjutant-G General.