Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-01
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l. IN compliance NIih ihe snrI'fufnia-
~ sri ~ Gansrsss, n MARCH, ~ lt., nn-
lee h isTrhv given tlai au 6i,riiaH NlIi
i.e lehl ia the Siafs ul Texas, on The ltih,
llts. laih, llih and I an days ~ February
lAsA ~ determine Wheeler eon'eniion
sLallbe he,l, sad for delegates thereto, TO
FERN constitution igT ihe State unisF
said act.
II. The Convention will he composed Of
nirev msmhsrs, ihai hsing the nnmher II
tie most numerous branch u ihs state
Legislature Ia the year 1850. The total
nnmber Of registered voters in the State u
IOi,2i0, which. being divided by he nnH'-
her Of delegates, gives ll5s A. the number
II yo,,Ts entitled 10 one delegate,
III, Commanding fourteen days before
the election, Wis; on Monday, the eth day
OF January, 1904 Boards ~ Registrars
viii, after having giysa reasonable nabllo
notice, revise, a. the county seats, Tor
periol Of i've consecutive da!s, the
registration lists, and upon being satisfied
that any person not entitled thereto has
been registered, will strike the name OF
such person FROM the list, The Board Viii
also, during the same period, adj TO the reg
istry the names Of all persons, who a. that
time possess the qualifications required by
law, aud who have not already been re- =
tered, See See, !, supplementary act OF
July 10, 1867.
", To secure as nearly - practicable,
an equitable representation In the ConVen'
lion, the delegates are ATNoriioned among
the several counties rs follows, this being
rs nearly as possible In accordance with
the app0riionment Of 1850;
The counties OF Bowie, Marion and Davis
shall elect,,,,. '''''''''
The county OF Red River shall uleci,,.,,.',
The county OF Titus shall elcol,,.,..,....,...l
Tie counties Of Red River aud Titus, to-
geiher, shall clect,,".,.........,.. .",,,,.l
The county Of Lamar shall elcct....,"....l
The county of Hopkins shall elect..."....l
y The counties OF Lamar and Hopkins, to-
gclhcr, shall elect, ...........".."..l
The counties Of Fannin and Hunt shall
elect ,...:.... ......'..''.,'...''',.'''''' go
The counties Of Grayson, Cook, Montague,
Jack, Wise, Young, Clay, Wichita, Arch
or, Wilbnrger, Baylor, Throcemorton,
Knox, lInrdeman, Haskell aud Greer
shall elect......... ..............".".....2
The counties of Collin and Denton shall
The counties of Kaufman aud Van Tnndt
shall elect......" ................, ".........l
The counties OF upshur and Wood shall
elcct.....-.......... '....'.....'.'.'''s
The counties of Harrison and Pamela shall
elect
The county Of Rusk shall elcct.............2
The county of Smith shall clect............2
The county of Dallas shall elect. ........ IL
The counties of Ellis, Tarrant, Parker, Pa
10 Pinto, Stephens, Jones and Shackel-
ford shall elect. .............................
The counties of Erath johnson and Hood
shall elect. .............. ..........".........l
The counties of Henderson and Anderson
shall elect..... '.......'......Z
The counties of Houston and Trinity shall
elect ..................." -
The counties of Cherokee and Angelina
shall elect ................ .,.....'.....S
The county of Nacogdoches shall clect.....l
The counties of Shelby, San Augustine,
Sabine and Newton shall elect,....."... 2
The counties of Jasper, Hardin, Jefferson
and Orange shall elect.."..........."..l
The counties of Tyler, Liberty and Cham
bers shall elect...... Observation-Disclosures. ....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 elect......
The county Of Brazoria shall elect. ........1
The county of Fort Bend shall elect........
The counties of Matagorda and Wharton
shall ............................
The cornties of Rrazora, Fort Bend, Mat
agorda and Wharton, together, shall
elect NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ......"........l
TI,o counties Of Griu,ac Wn1knr spu hnIi-
| son, shall elcct............-... .......3
The county of Montgomery shall elect...l
The county of Leon shall elect........... IL
The county of Brazos shall elect...........l
The county of Robertson shall elcct.......1
The county of Freestonc shall cleot........1
Tho counties Of Limestone, Navarro and
Hill shall elect. ............................2
The counties of McLennan, Falls and Bell
shall elect.................. ...,"..........3
The counties of Coryell, Lampasas, Bosque,
Comanche and Hamilton shall elect......1
The county of Milan shall elect.."........1
The county of Brrleson shall elcct.........1
The county of Washington shall elect.... 8
Tho county of Austin shall elect............1
The county of Colorado shall elect....... l
The counties of Austin and Colorado to-
gether, shall elect. ..........................l
The coanty of Fayette shall elect............1
The county of Bastrop shall elcct.........1
The counties of Fayette and Bastrop to-
gether shall elect..................... go. ~
The counties Of Travis and Caldwell shall
| elect......""....... ........."..,"."..,2
The counties of Williamson and Burnett
shall elect. ................ ..............l
The counties Of Kendall, Gillespie, Llano,
San Saba, Mason, Brown, Menard
| Coleman, McCulloch, Concho, Callahan,
Enstland Taylor, Runnels and Kimball
shall elect.... .... ................ ..........1
The counties of Comal, Hays and Blanoo
shall ect..........................
The counties Of Bexar, Wilson, Kerr, Ban
dera, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Maverick
Edwards and Zavalla, shall elect .........2
Tie county of Gaudaloupo shall elect .....l
The county of Gonzales shall elect,,.......1
The county Of Lavaca shall elect...........l
The counties Of Dewitt, Victoria, jackson
and Calhoun, shall elect. ..............2
The counties of Bee, Goliad, Karnes and
Atascosa shall elect.... ...................1
The counties of Refugio, San Patricio,
Nueces, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb,
Live Oak, Duval, Zapata, McMullen,
Fro La Sale, Dimmitt and Encinal
shall lect.............-......... ............l
The counties Of FL Paso and Preside, shall
eject .............'...s..' .s.....'s'...s. IL
V. No election will be held in counties
not organized, nor in which no registration
was made; but the registered voters resid-
ing in such counties will vote in the coun-
ty by whose Board they were registered.
The election will be held only at 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. "Tbose 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 Against Conven-
tion.'" Each ballot presented by colored
voter will be marked "Colored," by one Of
the Judges Of Election.
The FIVE days before specified, and those
only, will be given for voting, and the polls
will be kept open each day from sunrise to
sunset; adjourning from II N. till p. NJ.
Poll books will be kept Of the names of the
voters, as at ordinary elections in the State.
As each voter presents his certificate, one