Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-07-27
DROCLAMATION FOR A Or1o>,
SPECIAL ELECTION,
TO BE HELD ON
Tuesday. August ,, 1864.

cuRTIN. Governor Of said Common
wealth, =,
n JOHN BUCK, ESQ, Sheriff Of the
Coalatu of Canabria-Sends Greeting:
WprPrAs. A Joint resolution proposing
,o,ta;r, onpndments to the Constitution Of
This Commonwealth, which are as follows,
viz:
There shall be an additional section to the
.bird article of the Constitution, to be desig-
,,ated as section four, as follows:
Sec. 4. Whenever any of the quailhed
electors of this Commonwealth shall be IN
any actual military service, under requisl
ton from the President of the United States
or by the authority Of this Commonwealth =
such electors may exercise the right OF sun
rage in all elections by the citizens. under
such regulations as are or shall be prescribed
by law, as fully as if they were present at
their usual place of election.
There shall be two additional sections to
the eleventh article Of the Constitution, to
be designated as sections eight, and nine as
follows
Sec. 8. No bill shall be passed by the
Legislature, containing more than one sub
ect, which shall be clearly expressed in the
title, except appropriation bills.
Sec 9. No bill shall be passed by the
Legislature granting any powers, or privl-
leges in any case, where the authority to
grant such powers, or privileges, has been,
or NAV hereafter be conferred upon the
courts of this Commonwealth" has been
agreed to by a majority of the members
elected to each House of the Legislature, at
two successive sessions of the same;
And whereas. 1t is provided in the tenth
article of said Constitution. that any amend
ments so agreed upon, shall be submitted to
the people in such manner, and at such time,
at least three months after being 50 agreed
to by the two Houses, as the Legislature
shall prescribe; such submission to be in
such manner and form, that the people may
vote for or against amendment separate and
And whereas, By an act of the General
Assembly of this Commonwealth, passed t he
twenty-third day Of April, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and sixty four.
il is provided, &" that for the purpose Of as
Ccrtaiuing the sense Of the people Of this
Commonwealth, in regard to the adoption
or rejection Of said amendments, or either of
them, the Governor of this Commonwealth
shall issue a writ Ofelection, 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 county: IrOrHtef,
That 50 many are published therein, and by
~ least two printed handbills IN each cleo
tiru district, Of ey cry city and county where
in no ocwspapUr Is published, that an cleo
tlou will be held in each of the townships.
burOughs, wards. precincts and districts
therein, on the FIRST TUESDAY CT AU-
GUST. III the year of our Lord, one thou>
sand eight hundred and sixty four, for the
purpose Of deciding upon the approval and
ratification, or rejection, of the said amend
ments, 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"
Now therefore, In obedience to the re-
qujrements Of the tenth article of the Com
sttution, and uI accordance lciM the trie IN
tent ant meaning of the said act of the Gene
-! Assembly of this Commonwealth, |
ANDREW G.. CURTIN, Governor of the
said Commonwealth Of PENNSYLVANIA, do is
sue this writ comm lnding and requiring
you, the said John Buck, Sheriff Of said
county. TO give notice in the usual manner
and rs 10y law required, that an election will
Nc held according 10 the terms of the Con-
stitUtion, and provisions Of the act Of the
General Assembly aforesaid, in each of the
townships, boroughs, wards, precincts and
districts therein, on the first Tuesday Of
August, in the year of our Lord one thou>
sand eight hundred and sixty>fpur, for the
purpose of Geciding upon the approval and
ratification, or rejection of the said amend
ments.
Given under my hand and the great seal
OF the State, at Harrisburg, this Twenty
first day Of June. in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty>four,
and Of the Commonwealth the eighty-eighth
By the Governor: ELI SLIFER.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
In pursuance Of the above proclamation
OF the Governor of the Commonwealth of
fennsylvania, John Buck, High Sheriff of
the county OF Cambria, Pennsylvania, DO
hereby make known and give notice to the
electors of the county aforesaid that an cleo
ton will be held in the said county Of Cam,
bra, on TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY
OF AUGUST, 1864, for the purpose Of
voting on % joint resolution proposing GER
tain amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth.
l ALSO HEREBY MAKE KNOWN
AND GIVE NOTICE that the nIaces of
holding the aforesaid special election in tho
several wards, boronghs, districts and town
ships within the county of Cambria, are as
follows, to wit:
The electors of the the township of Alle-
enemy to meet as follows, to wit The cleo
Tors OF the district composed of that part of
salu township OF Allegheny, beginning at
the ilhe dividing Blair and Cambria counties |
at point on the dividing line of TWO tracts
OF land, lone OF which is warranted in the |
name OF Aaron Bowen. and the other in the |
names of Mary Bowen and Venus Ie,v;S
thence south SO degrees west Ga percbes
thence south 20 degrees west to point on the |
Old Burgoon Gap Road thence alone sai5 |
road 10 the township road leading to Rnrnt
Mills, thence south Is deg. west AGA norcbaS
70 Dawson's Mills and honse- thenra -