Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-11
important Military Order e. Election
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special urlets, No 2li.
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Etv Ohsan' pss n, lroL
special orders, No. 2i8.
lfKTHACTf
I. In compliance with ihe supplemtniA-
W act Of Cangrc,s, NJ March ~, 1907, no.
iiee II hereby given thHi 80 election will
he held in the Eaie oi Trgus On the 10Th,
llih, I2ih, 18Th, aud iih da!Aof February
1868. 10 Determine whether n convention
shall be held, aud for delegates thereto, ITO
form constitution for the state under
! said act,
f. II. The Convention will he composed Of
! ninety memhcrs, that hrins the number OF
( the most numerous branch OF the state
Legislature In the year 1890 The total
number OF registered voters In the State Is
I lOi, 25a, which being divided 10y the mum
her OF delegates, gives ll1N ~ the number
Of voters entitled TO Que delegate,
/ III. Commencing fourteen days before
the election, viz; m Monday the 21lhday
Of January, l3GN, Boards of Registrars
will, after having given reasonable public
notice, revise, nj the cougiy SEALS, for
period of five consecutive days, the
registration lists, aud upon being satisfied
thai any person mo- entitled thereto has
been registered, will strike the name ul
such person from the list The Board VIII
also, during thcsame period, adlto the reg
istry the names Of all persons who NJ that
time possess the qualifications required by
law, and no have not already been regis
tered. See Sec. !, supplementary act OF
July 10, 1867.
w. To secure as A-nrly ~ practicable,
an equitable approximation in the Conven'
lion, the delegates are nrportioned among
. IA gn,a,,1 aNunlina InllnMg this lplnu
ms nearly M possible IN accordance with
the npportionmcnt OF 1860;
The counties of Bowie, Marion nnd Davis
shall elcct,.... ...............,.",'...'j
Tho county OF Red River shall elect ...."...l
The county of Titus .hall eject ......."...l
The counties of Red River and Titus, to
gehcr shall elect. ......"......'.. ..".,
The county Of Lamar shall rlect....".....l
The county of HOPKINS shall clect...."...l
The counties Of Lamar and Hopkins to-
gcthcr shall elect. ....,......".......l
The counties of Fapnin and Hunt shall
clcct..........,. '.....,....'.,...' go
The counties of Grnyson, Cook, Montague,
Jack, Wise, Young, Clay, Wichita, Arch
or, Wilbargcr, Bayo or Throck morton,
Knox, IIarjcman, Haskell and Greer
shall elect ......... ..................-......2
/ lie COuHllcS VI Nollii bSh''h
................z
The counties Of Kaufman and Van Landt
shall NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ...........l
The counties Of Upshur and Wood shall
- .i..s..-- AZ
The counties of Harrison and Panola-shall
elect ....................'....4
The county of Rusk shall elect...............2
The county Of Smith shall elcct..........2
The county of Dallas shall olect........ Il
: The counties of Ellis, Tarrant, Parker, Pa
10 Pinto, Stephens, Jones and Shackel-
ford shall elect. ............."."....2
The counties of Erath, johnson and Hood
shall elect ............. ,..........'-....--,'
The counties of Henderson and Anderson
shall elect.... ................, ...."....2
The counties Of Houston and Trinity shall
elect................... u
The counties of Cherokee and Angelina
shall elect ........-........ .."..........2
The county of Nacogdoches shall elect.....l
The counties of Shelby, San Augustine,
Sabine and Newton shall elcct,.........2
The counties of Jasper, Hardin, Jefferson
and Orange shall elect. ,..................l
The counties of Tyler, Liberty and Cham
bers shall elcct..... ...... ........ ....l
The county of Polk shall elect.............l
The county Galveston shall elect......... Il
The county of Harris shall elect. ........2
The counties of Harris and Galveston,
together shall ect..........................l
The county of Brazoria shall elect ........l
The county of Fort Bend shall elect..."...
The counties of Matngorda and Wharton
shall ............................l
The counties of Rraznria, Fort Bend Ma!
agorda and Wharton, together, shall
elect OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..............l
The counties of Grimes, Walker snl Madi-
son, Shall elcct.................. ..........3
The county Of Mont gomery shall elect...l
The county of Leon shall clcct............ II
The county of Brnzos shall elcct............l
The county of Robertson shall elcct.......l
The county Of Frees.one shall clcct.... 81
The counties of Limestone, Navarro an,
Hill shall nlnof.. .......".:..................2
The counties of McLeErGn, Falls ard Bell
shall elect........ ,........".... ...........3
The counties of Corye ell Lnmpasas, Bosque,
Comanche and Hamilton shall elect......1
The county of Milan shall elsct............1
| The county Of Eurleson shall elect........1
The county of Washington shall elect....3
! Tho county of Austin shall elect...........l
The county of Colorado shall elect........
The counties of Austin and Colorado to-
gether, shall elect .......................l
The coanty of Fayettc shall elect...... .....l
The county of Bastrop shall elect........i
The counties of Fayette and Bastrop TO-
| gether shall elect .......,......... 81
The counties Of Travis and Caldwell shall
elect ................ .....................
The counties of Williamson and Burnett
shall elect. ................ ...........l
The counties of Kendall, Gillespie, Llnuo,
San Saba, Mason, Brown, Menard,
Coleman, McCulloch, Concho, Callahan,
Eastland, Taylor, Runnels and Kimball,
shall elect..... ....... ........ ....,......l
The counties of Comal, lays and Dlanco
shall elect...".. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The counties of Bcxar, Wilson, Kerr, Ban
dera Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Maverick
Edwards and Zavalla, shall elect........2
Tie county of Gaudaloupe shall elect ......1
The county Of Gonzales shall elcct........1
The county of Lavaca shall elect......"....1
The counties of Dewitt, Victoria, jackson
and Calhoun, shall elect....,.... ...,......2
Tho counties of Bee, Goliaj, Karnes and
Atascosa shall elect. ................1
The counties of Refugio, San Patricic,
Nucces, Cameron, liiiaigo Starr, Webb,
Live Oak, Duval, Zapata, McMullen,
Frio, La Sale, Dimmitt and Encinal
shall ..,.........,l
The counties of FL Paso and Presidio, shall
elect ..."...,........-.. ................ ...l
V. No election will be held in counties
not organized, nor in which 40 registration
was made but the re gistercd voters resid-
| ing in such counties will vote in the coun-
| ty by whose Board they were registered.
The election will be held only ut the
county seats. No person will be allowed
to vote whose name does not appear upon
the registry list. The election will be by
ballot. "Those voting in favor of Con-
vention shall have written or printed on
the ballots by which they vote for dele
gates, as aforesaid, the words For Con-
vention, and those voting against Con-
vention shall have written or printed on
such ballots full words 'Agains' Conven-
tion.'" Each ballot presented by colored
| voter will be marked "Colored,' by one Of