Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-19


AM Act to Provide for ElcCting Mem.
bers OF n Convention, and 60 Con-
YeMe the Same.
PASSED AT RIcuMoHDI JANUARY, II, 4s6I.
/. BE it enacted blythe General Assem-
bly,, That it shall be the duty of the COM
missiOners md officers who were appoint
cd to superihtend and conduct the cleo
tiOns for county and corporation officers
inr May last, at tue places established for
holding elections for members of the Cen
eral- Assembly, to open polls for electing
delegates t0ia. Epnye pti0ns The aid cleo
ton shall be held on the fourth day of
February, in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and sixty-One. At the same time
the said commissioners and officers shall
iiopen o separate poll Ito taiSesthe sense fuf
the qualified voters as to whether any ac-
itionOf tho said Convention dissolyiug our
connection with the Federal Union, or
changing the organic law of tho State,
shall be submitted to the people for ratiti-
cation or reieCtiohj aud in order to nsccr-
tain the sense. oft voters upon the gues-
ton aforesaid the said officers shall cause
to be kept poll, to be headed 'sUpon the
question of referring such action to the
people for their decision !" which said poll
book shall have two columns-thc one
headed ''FOr referring to the people," and
| WV ONuGl BaAuSt StnECIGEEluKE Tue peO-
Iiplei and the names of those who vote for
the former shall be written under the for
mcr heading, and those who vote for the
latter, under the latter heading. When
the said officers meet us herein provided
they shall ascertain and make return of
the number of persons voting for each
proposition. They shall forthwith send to
the clerk of their respective counties or
corporations GcoPy thereof, whose duty it
shall be to transmit Immediately copy
thereof to the President OF the Convention
Mt Richmond, and also to the Governor of
the Commonwealth. In case any officer
appointed as aforesaid should fail to act,
his or their place sball be supplied in the
mode prescribed by law for general cleo
tions.
2. The Convention shall consist of. one
hundted and tlfty-two members, to be
chosen for by the several counties aud
cities of the Commonwealth, MS prescribed
by the second section of the fourth article
o. the Constitution of this State, for the
election of members of the House of Dell
egates. The, county or counties which
which alternately vote for delegates to the
General Assembly, under the said article
Of the said Constitution, and which at the
next election for delegates, would be enti-
tied to elect q delegate or delegates, shall
elect The same numberof members to the
Convention, and in the same manner that
they wOnld be entitled to if the election
were for memberBSof the next session of
tho Gehernl Assembly. $50
3, Any person may be elected a member
of the convention, who atthe time of elec-
tiOh has attained the age of Twenty-Five
years, and iss citizen of this common-
Wealth. .5s5af5r lJ
4. All persons shall be qualified to vote
on the question and IN the election nfore-
said, who are entitled to vote for delegates
to the general assembly under the consti-
| tuition of this commonwealth. vsgT
5. The said election shall in all respects
be conducted in the mode prescribed, and
the officers conducting the same shall be
vested with the powers, perform the du-
ties, receive the same compensation, aud
lie liable to the penalties prescribed by
law for general elections, except as herein.
provided.
g. The pollsshaN remain open for one
day only; aud the commissioners superin-.-
tendiug the said election Mt the court
houses, shall meet IN their respective coun-
ties and corporations on the second day !
after tue election day; shall compare
tue polls for their respective counties and
corporations which elect a delegate jor
delegates, aud ascertain and certify the
votes of the counties and corporations, or
parts thereof comprising election districts,
and deliver a:certiied statement thereof
to'the officers conducting the election at
the court houses. And to compare the
returns from the respective counties and
parts of counties forming election districts
for members OF the general assembly, the
6ffeers conducting the election at tue
court houses of the respective Counties
and parts ofGounties of such election dis
trfetS, shall meet and compare the returns