Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-05

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Aforesaid, as soon as may. be, and not ex.
ceediug three days after said election. tr
aggregate each OF the columns of snid
poll books, and ascertain the number 81
votes recorded in each, and make a returu
thereof to tue Secretary of tho Comnon. n.
wealth, in the city of Wheeling, which re.
turn shall be in the following form. OF ia
the following effect; Is if. ;
We,--, commissioners. and --
conducting officer, do certify, that We
caused an election to be held at, -, in
tne county OF ==---, al which we per
mittfd all persons to vote that were enti-
tledito do SO under rxistiag laws, and that
we have carefully added up each column OF
our poll books, and find the following re-
'For-a new State, .votes against
new State, votes.
"Given nnder our hands this - day OF
Under which certificate there shall be
adued the following nffidavit :llI -
- County, to wit:
81, -, J, "a jlstice of the peace, Tor
any officer now authorized by law to ad.
minister oaths, in and for said county, do
certify that the dbove.named commission.
ers and conducting officer severally made
oath before me, that the certificate BY them
above signed is true. ,.,t.5,. "a
"GiVen under my hand, this - day of
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The original poll books shall DO care.
fully kept by tue conducting officers for
ninety days after the day of the election.
and upon the demand OF the Executive,
shall be delivered to such person US he may
authorize TO demand and receive them.
.. The commissioners conducting the
said election in each of said counties shall
aseeTtainS at the same time they ascertain
theiyote upon the formation of a new State,
who has been elected from their county to.
the convention, hereinbefore provided for,
aud shall certify to the secretary of the
Commonwealth the name or names oil. the
person or persons SO elected to the said
convention.
8. II shalIbe the duty of the Governor,
on or before the 18th day of Noyenber
next, to ascertain and by proclamation
make known the result of the said vote !:
and ifa majority of thevotes given within
tue boundaries meutioued ed in the first Sec
ton of this ordinance shall be in favor of
the formation ofa new State, he shall SO
state IN his said proclamation, and shall.
call upon said delegates to meet in the'City
of wheeling, on the 26th day of November
next, and organize themselves into con-
veutt0n aud the said convention shall
submit, for ratification or rejection, the
Consultation that may be agreed upon by
It, to the qualified voters within the pro.
proposed State, TO be voted upon by the
said VOterslOu the 4th Thursday in Decem-
Der next
Z. The county of Ohio shall elect three
delegates; tue counties of Harrison, Ka.
naWha, Marion. Marshall, Monongalia.
Preston, and Wood, shall each elect two;
and the other counties named in the first
section of this ordinance shall each elect
one delegate to the said convention. Aud
such other counties as are described in the
third sectionof this ordinance, shall, for
every seven thonsand of their population
according TO the census of 1860, be entitled
to one delegate, and to an additional del-
egate for any fraction over thirty-five hun.
dred.; but eachlOf said counties shall be
entitled to at least one delegate. The said
delegates shall receive the same per diem
rs is now allowed to members of The Gem
eral Assembly; bnt nOpeIson shall receive
pay Bs member OF the General Assembly
and of tue convention at the same time.
8, 1t shall be the duty of the Governor
to lay before the General Assembly, at its
next meeting, for their consent, according
to the Constitution of the United States,
the result of the said vote, if it shall bs
found that majoritSOf the votes cast be
tu favor ofa new Stale, and also in favor
OF the Constitution proposed TO said voters
for their adoption.
8. The new State shall take upon itself
a just proportion of the public debt of the
Commonwealth of Virginia prior to the
let day of January, 1861, to be ascertain-
ed by charging to itall State expenditures
within the limits thereof, and "a just pro-
portion of the ordinary expenses of the
State Government, stuce any part of the
said debt was contracted. = and deductiug
theretroin the moneys paid into the treas.
ury of the Commonwealth from thu coUn.
ties included within the said new State du-
ing the same time. All private rights and
interests in lands withintnc proposed new
State, derived from the laws of Virginia,
prior to such separation, shall remain val-
id and secure under the laws of the pro-
posed State, and shall be determined by the
laws now existing in the State of Virgin
ia.
The lands within the proposed State OF
nonresident proprietOrs, shall not in any
case be taxed higher than the lands ofres.
idents therein. No grants of land or land
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shall interfere with any. warrant issued
from the land Office OF Virginia prior to
the 18th dag. of April last, which shall be
lands within the proposed State now liable
thereto.
10. When the General Assembly sball
giyeits consent TO the. formation of such
new State, 1t shall fOrwardito the Oon9re
of the United States such consent, togeth.
er with nnr Of ftieial l;copy of such COnstitu.
ti0n, with the request that The said new
State may be admitted into the Union oi
States. r.
IL. The Governments Ofathe State oil
Virginia, as reoTganisetl by, this ConYen.
tion at its session ID June last, shall retain
within the territory of the proposed State
undimtnished and unimpa tied, all the pow.
ers and authority with whichsit has beer
vested, until the proposed State shall bC
admittedliutO the Untpnb the Congress ot