Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-29

ing three in each election district, in any
State, to nuke and complete the registration,
superintend the election, and make return to
him of the votes, lists Of voters and of the
persons elected as delegates by plurality of
the votes cast at said election and upon re-
ceiving said returns he shall open the same,
ascertain the persons elected as delegates ac-
cording to the returns of the officers who con-
Quoted said election, and make proclamation
thereof; and if majority Of the votes given
on that question shall be for convention,
the commanding general, within sixty days
from the date of election, shall notify the del
egates 20 assemble in convention at time
and place to be mentioned in the notification.
and said convention, when organized, shall
proceed to frame Constitution and civil gov
eminent according to the provisions of this
act, and the act to which it is supplementary !;
and when the same shall have been so framed,
said Constitution shall be submitted by the
convention for ratification to the persons reg
istered under the provisions of this act, at an
election to be conducted by the officers, or
persons appointed by the commanding gencr-
al as hereinbefore provided, and to be held
after the expiration of thirty days from the
date Of notice thereof to be given by said con-
vention, and the returns thereof shall be made
to the commanding general Of the district.
Sec S. That if, according to said returns,
the constitution shall be ratified by MAORI
ty of the votes of the registered electors quail
fled as herein specified, cast at said election,
at least one-half of all the registered voters
voting upon the question Of such ratification,
the president of the convention shall transmit
copy of the same, duly certified, to the
President of the United States, who shall
forthwith transmit the same to Congress, if
then in session, and if not in session, then
Immediately upon its next assembling and
if it shall moreover appear to Congress that
the election was one at which all the regis
tered and qualified electors in the State had
an opportunity to vote freely and without re-
straint, for or the influence of fraud, and if
Congress shall be salts fed that such consti-
tuition meets the approval of a majority of the
qualified electors in the State, and if the
said constitution shall be declared by Con
gress to be in conformity with the provisions
Of the act to which this is supplementary
and the other provisions of said act shall have
been complied with, and the said constitu-
ton shall be approved by Congress, the State
shall be declared entitled to representation
and Senators and Representatives shall be
admitted therefrom as herein provided
Sec. 6. That all elections in the State men.
toned in said !" Act to provide for the moro
efficient government of the rebel States,
shall, during the operation Of said act, be by
ballot; and all officers making the said reg
istratioa of voters and conducting said cleo
tons shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, subscribe an oath
faithfully to perform the duties Of their sale
Office, and the oath prescribed by the act ap
proved July 2, 1862 entitled can act t(
prescribe an oath of Office :" Provided, THAI
if any person shall knowingly and falsely
take and subscribe any oath in this act pre-
scribed, such person so offending, and being
thereof duly convicted, shall be subject to the
pains and penalties and disabilities which BY
law are provided for the punishment of the
crime Of wilful and corrupt perjury. s
Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred by the
several commanding generals, or by virtue
OF al; orders issued or appointments made
by them under or by virtue Of this act, shat
De pald out IF any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated
| Sec. 8. That the convention for cacll State
sation to be paid to all delegates and Other
officers and agents herein authorized or nee.
essary to carry into effect the purposes Of this
act, not herein authorized provided for, and
shall provide for the levy and collection o.
such taxes on the property in such State as
may be necessary to pay the same.
Sec. 9. That the word "article'' in the
sixth section of the act to witch this is supple
mentary shall be construed to mean sec
ton"