The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-02-26
. votes for the Amended

| votes against The same In The SAID
certificate the number of votes shall be
written out in words at length And
the commissioners ami conductor shall,
within six days after the poIlsare closed,
cause the poll books and certificates to
be delivered to the superintendcrts of
the polls for the county, who shall, as
soon as possible tlereaf er, lrinsmt their
certificates of the number OF votes cast
within the County for and against the A,
mcnded Constitution 10 the President of
this Convention ut the ciy of Wheeling,
and deliver the poll books 10 the Clerk
! of their County Court, to be held sub
jcct 10 he order Of the Executive Com.
mittee.
| SIC. o. All persons qualified to vote
under the Amended Constitution shall
be entitled 10 vote on the question of is
ratification. And the Executive Com.
mitee shall provide for taking, certify.
ing and returning the votes of such per.
sons qualified MS aforesaid as may, at
the time the polls are to be taken on the
said question, be in the armies OF service
Of the United States, whether within or
beyond the boundaries Of the proposed
State Of West Virginia; but any votes 30
taken beyond the said boundaries shall
be distinctly so stated in the certificate
Of returns thereof
SEC. 10 The returns made ss aiorc.
said to tho President Of this Convention.
shall be opened by him and the result
asccrtained in the preseace Of the Exc.
cuIive Committee. Anlifit Shall ap
/ pear that majority o(the votes cast nj
] the polls, 10 be taken rs aforesaid, with.
in the limits of the State Of West Vir.
ginia, be in favor Of { g ratification Of
the said Amended Constitution, then
the President of Ills Convention shall,
under his hand, certify to The President
Of the United States that the people Of
West Virginia, through this Convention
and by 70 e taken al nm election held
within tho Limits Of sail state, at the
time for that purpose provided b. this
Convention, have made and ratified the
change in the Constitution OF the SAL
State OF West Virginia, proposed in tie
act oil the Congress Of the U0ited State,
approved December 81 1859, entitled
"An Act forlha admission OF Wost Y;r
ginia into the Uuion and f,r other pur
poses which certificates shall be gun.
Iersigoed by sal Executive Committee.
SIC II, 1t shall be the dn'y ofJ,ms,
W. 7 xtou, Peter e Ven Wmkle. Elbur
H, Caldwell, Ephraim B Hal. and
Daniel Lamb, who are hereby appointed
a committee for the purpose, to be ca
led The Executive Committee Of This
Cor vention, and who shall have aurho-
rity to Gil vacancies in their own DO v,
and q majority ofwhdm m'y act, to take
such measures and do all such things
not Inconsistent with this Ordinance, as
they may deem expclient, to caus- the
said polls to be fully, fairly AMI impar
italy taken in every part Of the proposed
State Of West Virginia, and 10 procure
the admission of the said STATE Into the
UnioniIthe amended constitution there.
of be m fed by the paop'e. And the
said Executive COMMITTEES shall have
pow or, in their discretion, TO re convene
the members of this Convention on such
day as they shall prescribe; and if it be
SO reconycncd, shall adopt proper meas
urcs to secure Il representation therein
from the counties proposed to be incu
ded in tie said State not at present rep
resented, and TO I'll any vacancies that
may occur.