Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-21

| Wheeling, Va, composed of delegates from
tie western counties, is progressing hsrmon-
iously in the discharge of its duties, and will
soon have State Government in ali its de.
partnents organized, which under ths protec-
tion of the General Government, will supercede
ths Richmond usurpation headed by Letcher.
The ordinance (given below passed the Con
veuticn on Wednesday, BY vote of 73 yeas
to 3 nays The same evening FRANK P1ERPoNT,
of Marion county, was unanimously nominated
| for Governor by caucus composed of the
members of the Convention. A seal and
other emblems of authority have been ordered,
and an advisory Council to act in conjunction
with the Governor is to be chosen.
/ An ORDINANCE FOR THE RE ORGANIZATION OF
! TIE STATE GOVERNMENT.
The people of tie State of Virginia, by their
/ delegates assembled in Convention at Wheel
+ ing, do ordain as follows
!. A Governor and Lieutenant Governor for
/ the State of Virginia shall be appointed by
| this Convention to discharge the duties and ex
ercize the powers which pertain to their respec-
1 tive Offices by The existing laws of the State
and 10 continue in Office until their successors
/ be elected and qualified.
/ 2. A Council, to consist O. FIVE members,
shall be appointed by this Convention to con
/ suit with and advise the Governor respecting
such matters pertaining to his OH eial duties as
t he shall submit for consideration, and to aid in
the execution of his official orders Their term
of Office shall expire at the same time as that
/ Of the Governor.
3. The delegates elected to the General As
Sc nbly on the 22d day Of May last, aud the
Senators, entitled under existing laws, to seats
in the next General Assembly, who shah quail
I ify themselves by taking the oath or efIirma-
iion hereinafter set forth, shall constitute the
/ Legislature of the State, to discharge the du-
ties and exercise the powers pertainingto the
! General Assembly. They shall hold their Off
ces for the terms for which they were re
/ spectively elected. They shall assemble in the
city of Wheeling on the -- day of -
and proceed to organize themselves, as pre-
scribed by existing laws, in their respective
branches. A majority in each branch Of the
members qualified as aforesaid shall constitute
q guarantee to do business. \ majority of the
members of each branch thus qualified, voting
afirmativcly, shall be competent to pass any
act specified in the twenty-seventh section OF
the fourth article of the Constitution of the
State.
4. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor
members Of the Legislature. and all officers now
in the service of the State, or of any county
city, or town thereof, or hereafter to be elected
or appointed for such service, including the
Judges and Clerks of the several Courts, Sher-
ifs, Commissioners Of the Revenue, Justices Of
the Peace, officers of city and municipal corpo
rations and officers of militia and volunteers ol
the State not mustered into the service Of the
United States, shall each take the following
oath or affirmation before proceeding in the dis
charge of their several duties:
al solemnly swear Tor affirm) that [ will sup
port the Constitution of the United States, and
the laws made in pursuance thereof, as the SUI
preme law of the land, anything in the ordi-
nance of the Convention which assembled at
Richmond on the 18th day of February, 1861,
to the contrary Notwithstanding and that
will uphold and defend the Government ordain-
cd by the Convention which assembled at
Wheeling on the 1lth day Of June, 1861, and
! the Legislature. Governor and other officers
thereof in the discharge of their several duties
as prescribed by the last mentioned Conycn-
| tion.'
5. II any elective officer who is required by
the preceding section to take said oath or af-
frmatiop fail or refuse so to do, it shall be the
duty of the Governor, upon satisfactory evi-
dence of the fact, to issue his writ declaring
the office to be vacant, aad providing for spe-
ciaI election to fill such vacancy, at some con
venicnt and carly day to be designated in said
writ, of which due publication shall be made
for the information OF the persons entitled to
vote at such election, and such writ may be di-
rected at the discretion of the Governor, 20 the
1 Sherilfs Of the proper county or counties, or to
! . special Commissioner or Commissioners TO
! be ordered by the Governor for the purpose
/ If the officer who fails refuses 10 take such
cath or affirmation be appointed otherwise than
/ by election, the writ shall be directed to the
appointing power, requiring it 10 fill the va
cancy.