The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-06-30

I iVIm7 tadC the people may vote IOr, or q.
gainst each Amendment, separately, and
distinctly; therefore,
| SECTION l. Be at enacted 5y the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives. of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania IN Gen
erat assembly met, and 1t Is hereby en-
acted by the authority of the same, That
for the purpose of ascertaining the sense
Of the people of this commonwealth, in
regard to the adoption, or rejection, OF
said amendments, or either of them, the
1 governor Of this commonwealth shall is
sue writ of election, directed to each,
and every, sheriff of this commonwealth,
commanding them to give notice, in the
usual manner, in not less than two news
papers in each city, and country. Provi-
ded, That so many are published therein
and by at least two printed handbills, in
each election district, of every city and
county, wherein no newspaper is pub
lished, that au election will be held, in
each of the townships, boroughs, wards,
precincts, and districts, therein, on the
first Tuesday of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four, for the purpose of decid-
ing upon the approval aud ratification, or
rejection, of the said amendments; which
said election shall be opened, held, and
closed, upon the day last aforesaid, at the
places, and within the hours at, and
within, which the general elections of
this commonwealth are directed to be
opened, held, and closed; and it shall be
the duty of the judges, inspectors, and
clerks, of each of said townships, bo-
roughs, wards, precincts, and districts, to
receive, at the said election, tickets, not
exceeding the number of proposed amend
ments, either written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed, from each of
the qualified voters of this state, who may
offer the same, and to deposit them in a
box, or boxes. to be for that purpose pro-
vided by the proper officers; which tick
cts shall be, respectively, labelled, on the
outside, "First Amendment" "Second
Amendment" aud "Third Amendment; :"
and those who are favorable to said a
mendmcnts, or any of them, may express
their approval thereof by voting, each,
as many separate, written or printed, or
partly written and partly printed, ballots,
or tickets, as there are amendments ap-
proved by them, containing, on the inside
thereof, the words, "For the Amend
ment;" and those who are opposed to
such amendments, or any of them, may
express their opposition by voting, each,
as many separate, written or printed, or
partly written and printed, ballots, or
tickets, as there are amendments not ap-
proved by them, containing, on the in
side thereof, the words, against the A
mendment;" the electors, voting for, or
against the first amendment, shall be con-
sidered as voting for, or against, the pro-
posed fourth section to article three of
the constitution, extending the right of
suffrage to soldiers; electors, voting for,
or against, the second amendment, shall
be considered as voting for, or against,
the proposed eighth section to article E.
leven of the constitution; and electors,
voting for, or against, the third amend
ment, shall be considered as voting for,
or against, the proposed ninth section to
article eleven of the constitution.
SECTION 2. That the election, on the
said proposed amendments, shall. in all
, respects be conducted as the general e.
lections, of this commonwealth, are now
conducted; and it shall be the duty OF
the return judges, of the respective coun-
ties, aud districts, thereof, first having
carefully ascertained the number Of votes
given for, or against, each OF said amend
ments, in the manner aforesaid, to make
out duplicate returns thereof, expressed
in words, at length, and not in figures, on
ly; one of which returns, so made, shall
be lodged in the prothonotary's office, Of
the court of common pleas, of, the proper
county, and the other sealed, and directed
to the secretary of the commonwealth
and by one Of said judges deposited, forth
with, in the most convenient post Office
upon which, postage shall be prepaid, Al
the expense of the proper county.
SECTION 8. That it shall be the duty
of the secretary of the commonwealth, on
the twenty-third day of August next, be
fore four o'clock, post meridian, to deliver
to the speaker of the Senate, or the speak
er of the House of Representatives, the
returns of the said election, from the sew
eral counties of the commonwealth; /; anC
the same shall, on the same day, and hour
be opened, and published, in the presence
of the members of the Senate, and House
of Representatives; and the number o.
votes given for, and against, said amend
ments, respectively, shall be carefully
summed up, and ascertained, and dupli
cate certificates, of the result, shall be
signed by the speakers of the two houses
1 One of said certifcrtes shall be delivered
to the secretary of the commonwealth
who shall cause the same to be recorded and
filed in his office, and the other ofsaid Ger
tfcates shall be delivered to the governor
who shall forthwith issue his proclamation
declaring whether the said amedments, OF
either of them, have been approved, and
ratified, by majority of the qualified vo-
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