Nebraska advertiser., 1866-03-01
SCHEDULE.

eeuliOns. judgments, recognizances,
claims and contracts. both as respects
persons and bodies corporate, shall con.
tinue and r. enforced as If no change
bad taken place, and all laws now in
force shall resnsin in force until altered,
amended, or appealed by the Legisla'
ture Provided. wherever the word Ter
Titory shall occu ii shall be construed TO
mean Stale, whenever it may be necss-
sary, in order that such laws may con-
form to the State Government.
So. All debts, fines, penalties, recog-
nizances, and forfeitures, due and owing
10 the Territory of Nebraska, shall IN
ure 10 the benefit Of the State, and all
obligations and bonds TO the Territory
Of Nebraska or any ofice thereof, shall
be esteemed and taken as due and owing
10 the State of Nebraska, and may be in
such manner enforced.
So The Cove nor and all other Of
ficers of the Territorial government,
shall continue to discharge and exer-
else the duties Of their respective Offices,
until superseded by the provisions of this
Constitution or the officers appointed or
elected by the authority Of its provisions.
a.. The first cleo ton for Cover
ernor, Secretary Of State, Auditor of
State, one Represent alive TO Congress,
the Justices to the Supreme Court, the
members of the Senate and House Of
Representatives, shall be held on the
second day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and sixly.six, al the places,a and
in the manner now prescribed by law for
general elections. The members Of
the Senate shall be elected in and from
the same districts that they are now pre-
ecribed by law for councilmen distric is.
The members of the House Of Rep
resentatives shall be elected 10 and from
the districts that are now prescribed by
law, for the members TO the House of
Representatives of the Territory of Ne
brRska, and oil the. officers mentioned
to-wit: Senators and Representatives
shall hold their Offices until the first
Monday in January, A d. 1867; Gov.
ernor, Secretary of State, State Auditor
and Treasurer, until their successors are
elected and qualified T; the Suyrame
Judges until the fires day of January,A.
d. 1873.
.. The first session of the Legis-
lature shall be held at the capitol in the
city Of Omaha, commencing on the fourth
day of July, A. d. 1866.
g. This Constitution is formed, and
ia STATE VI Nebraska asks to be admit
Ted into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States on the condition
and faith af the terms and propositions
stated and specified in an act of congress
approved April nineteenth. 1864, author
izing the people of the Territory to form
a Constitution and State Government /;
the people Of the State of Nebraska
hereby accepting The conditions in said
act specified.
2. See foregoing Constitution shall
be submitted TO the electors Of the Ter.
ritOry of Nebraska at an election TO be
held on'the second day of June in the
year one thousand eight hundred and
slxiy-six, IN the several election districts
of this Territory. The ballots at such
elections shall be written or printed as
follows:
Those in favor of the Constitution
"FOr the Constitution"
Those against the Constitution,
"fgGinSt the Constitution"
The polls at said elections shall be
opened at the hour of nine O'Clock AM.
and closed at six o'clock P. NJ, and the
returns Of said elections shall be made
to The acting Governor Of the Territory,
who, together with the United States
District Attorney and Chief Justice of
Territory, or any two of them, shall can
vas the same, and if a majority Of the
legal votes shall be cast for said Consti.
tuition, the same shall be the Constitu.
Said Governor shall certify the seine
to the President of the United States f;
Provided, that the said election shall be
conducted and the returns made in the
same manne and under the same regu-
latiOns as are prescribed By law; in the
case of the election of Territorial Off
ceers.
The election returns for the Governor
Secretary Of State, Auditor, Treasurer
and Supreme Judges, shall be made 10
the same Offices. and the canvass of such
returns made in the same manner as is
now prescribed BY law for Delegate in
Congress.
Resolved by the Council and House Of
Representatives Of the Territory of Ne