Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-07-23
PROCLA ALTON
FOR A
SPECIAL EEEGTsON,
10 BE nrLDo>
TUESDAY, AUGUST I'd, 1864.
in THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHOR
lTV OF IHE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
ANDRE w @. CURTIN.


lhls commonwealth, which are a. 10 llows
There shall ne an additional sectlon 10
The ultd article of the Cous'iuliou 10 be
deslguaied a. spcuOn tour, as follows:
SIC 4. Whenever any OF the qualified
electors OF thl~ CommonN eaIlh shall be in
any actual ur1Itaty service, under u teuui
siton ttom the President n the United
states, or by auhotny of this Common.
"eh'th, Shch electors NAV, exercise The
right OF Suffrage in all elections by the
cUiHeu>. under such regulations as ate or
>Aal I've prescribed toy law, 80 full, as il
'hry wete present at Their usual place Of
elections.
"Ihete shall I've TWO adiili oual sections
to The eleventh article ot The Constitution,
IN be designated as sections eight aud uIne
as follows
''Ser. 6. No bill shall be passed hy the
Legislature containing moe than one sub.
J"c', whch shall be clearly expressed in
Ihe llie, except appropriation bulls.
"Src. 8. No hlIl snail he passed bv The
Legislature, granting any powers OF pflvl.
le2eS; III any case where the anthurny 10
grant such powers OF privileges. has been
or may hereafter he, Cr'jrtrpd unon rhr
courts OF thIs COmmuuwHalh, '' has hasu
agreed 10 hy n ual1rIy OF 'hs rtrinb-Is
elected 10 zach II use Of the Lsgl,lsJurs,
al two successive sessions ol The samt
Aud Whereas, Il Is provided IN the lOlh
article a. sad constitution, thai any amend
mems 30 agreed upon, shall be suhmuIed
to the people III such tnaunet, AID AT such
Tune, at least three months alter being 50
agreed 10 10y the two Houses. as the LpuIs.
Idture shall prescribe; such sGhlnIssl peo.
be ~ such mallnrt ani torn that lheend-
/ pie may vote lUt or against each amend
meu 'eparaie AMI distinctly.
Aud Whereas By an acl OF the General
Assembly ol thus Commonwealth. passed
the 23d day OF April A. d., Que thousand
eight hundred aud siAly tour, IT is provided
"thal tor lhe purpose of asceralnlng the
sense oi the erpIe OF this Commonwealth
III regard to The adoption or rejection Of
sand amendments, OF eIlher of Ihem, the
Governor O thls Commonwealth shall issue
wnl OF election, directed to each and
evety Sherili OF tins Commonwealth COM
mandug them 10 1--WE notice III the usual
manner, N not less than two newspapers
IN each city aud county. Pfovi.ied, That
30 many are published therein, aud 10y at
least t"u priLled hdudbIls IN each election
district, o. every clly aud comfy wherein
no he" paper Is published, that an ele.lion
will Ue held N each OF the iuwuSAips,
5urou3h,, wards, preciuc,s. aud dl,,r,rj,
lhetem, on THE FIRST TUESDAY or
AUGUST, in HE year ot our Lrrl. Que
til lu-aud eight hundred aui slX;y four, tor
the purpose oi decIiluu upon The approval
aud 'alhcaiIoE, ur Rejection. ut the >ali
amendments, whtch ,dld election small he
opened held aLd closed upon the dd, Id~i
ose>aIu, Al the places ani wrlhn the
hours, at and wnIln winch, the General
Elections Of I'M, CouIuouwrnII,, arr. G,tsc
ted 10 be opened held AID closed.
Now. Therrfprp. In ob.ji.ur. io the rs-
quuemenle OF lne ION article of the Con-.
sllullon. and IN acrori,ur4 with he lrua
intent and mparirr of ~. sand ar, # the
General Assembly of mi. Commouw4,l,n
|, ,ANDREW q. CURTIN. Guyerun, oi me
| sand ronmouw, aIIh -ni ren,svIy,ni, to
issue tins Wit, commenting AID reon,r,ng
! you. the SAID Jos,an A. Furm,u, S,.r,f OF
! lne sad county to oIye uoIre in The usual
manner and a. by law rruuired. thai an
! election will be hpld accoriInp TO the terms
! OF HE constitution. aud provisions q, the
| ac, al the General Assembly aforesaid. in
! each of the townships. bafounhs, wards
ot,cluc,, and di,,f,rIs therein. On lhe F,r.I
| Iue,da> OF Au.ns.. IN the wear OF our Lord
lttI r.
/ for NE uutpn,p of ,'eruIjru uuon me auuro.
val and raiitirai,ou. or f,inrtiou nj lhr "A nj
an eudmeuls.
Given nncer my hand and The rreat seal
/ the S,a,p. at H.rrI,butr. rhlS wenlv fir,
| ,g,y of Iure i'm m. wear nj our Lori one
I In0usand elnh, hundied and ,,Aiy iour, amt
. ,l ,le Commonv cain the p,nhty e,rrlh.
Is, order OF he Governor.
! ELI SLlFER.
Secretary of The Commonwealth.
In pursuance OF the above proclama,lor
OF rnr Governor OF rhe Conmonwea,h o.
| peuus,lvauia, JOSIAH H FUKNlAN
Hrah Sheriff OF he rourhy of Columbia
ns,lyan,a. to hereby make known and
alve nolce to the plec,nr, of me count,
aforesaid, that an eltcllon will hp held II,
sad county OF CoIumn,a. on TUESDAY
The 2d DAY AUGUST, 1864 for the pur.
pos" OF voting on IA JOINT Resolution pro
posing certain amendments to the Con>l'
'uiion OF the Commonwealth "
! also hereby MAKE known ard Give
LOire that the places OF hol ur4 III" atofe
sand general election "a t0" '''"r". '"No'
shIps within he county 'l Lo'4m0la, "e
as follows, w;
Bloom township, al Toe CoGU House, II