Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-02-29

qualified. All officers shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of their offices, within fifteen days after they have been duly notified of their election Or appointment.
 SEC. 10 Upon notice of the election or appohtment, and qualification of the officers elected or appointed, under this Constitution, the present incumbents of all States, county and city offices shall, vacatc the'same and turn over to the officers so elected or appointed and qualified hereunder, all books, papers, records, monies and documents belong ing or pertaining to said offices elected or appointed and qualified under this Constitution. ,r.s
 SEC. II. Any person may vote at the polls herein authorized for the election of officers and ratification. of this Con stitution, .whomthejudgeso Of said cleo tion shall be satisfied by oath of the person offering to vote, and such other satisfactory evidence as they may re- quire, is a legally qualified eiector un- der this Constitutions; Provided, The judges of election shall administer to every person offering to vote, at said OiSNtiou, tbt ONth PtSotiiDCV m thio Constitution. ta iili N9H cl .it 9~
 SEC. F. In the event that either of the three Commissioners, appointed by section four, hereof, should be candi- date for any office, the othertwo conn missioners shall canvass the vote so far as it relates to that office, and issue the certificate to the person elected. 7"
 SEC. l3. In case oftleath or any disa- bility of any member or members of said Board of Commissioners the re- maining Con missioner or Commits sioners, shall havepo wer to fill such va- cancy {; and said commissioner or com missioners so appointed shall have full power to act as though originally appointed. .9gs M Ias se
 SEC. II. Any person selling orgiving away intoxicating liquor, during the time of the election, herein provided for. shall be punished by fine not less than two hundred dollars, for each 1 and every offence, or Imprisonment for not less than ximonths, or both. li.- 1 SEC. l5. said commissioners shall provide suitable poll books for each county, and such instructions as may be necessai,y to carry into effect the | provisions ofthis schedule. Judges and clerks of'elections thus appointed, shall receive the same per diem as the boards ofrcgisters provided for in the net entitled An act to provide for the | more efficient government Of the rebel States, passed Mach 2d, 1887" and acts l supplemental thereto. ea s#Hsd T" iaH l SEC. 16. The commissioners herein l appointed, shall receive for their ser vices. for each Clay .actnally.s employed such compensation per day and allow ances, and in suciI manner as are MO " 1 provided for members Of this conven- ton. A Il "cXpeiises incurred under this schedule, not otherwise provided for, shall be paid for out ofthe appro- piation for deiraying the expenses oi ] this Convention. xs63,t ! -
 AN ORDISANoH, to provide for an election by tho voters registered in this state, under an act of congress entitled ''An act to provide for the more eff ] cient government of tile rebel states passed March 2d, 1867, aud the Acts 1 supplemental thereto. aE8 iHes8'
 SEC. l. Be il ordained. That any yo. ter registered under the provisions ot an aci Of congress entitled An act fol the more efficient government of tht l - '''s'N', R'soNttt sAiifGu AN. lSot and the supplemented acts thereto, shal be permitted to vote in any county ir this state, where he may be at the tiInt of the election. upon the ratification o
 the Constitution framed by this Con ,entiop. .ai,h, aa ~
 SEC. 7, That in voting for or rlagainst the ratification of said constitution, ths words For Constitution" or Against 1 Constitution shall be written or prin, ted on each ballot; but no person shal
 vote at the polls provided for by thi, ordinance for any state or county off cor prescribed in said constitution.
 SEC. 3. Said election shah be helt at such times and places as may b, designated by the Board of commiss toners, appointed under the provisions of the schedule to the constitution sub
 mitted by this convention to the peo pie. taa ~ z 2. t8"'
 ' SEC 4. The secrecy ofthe ballot shal
 be preservedI inviolate. No judge inspector or other election officer, shal
 mark, or de face, or permit to be marked or deiaced, any ballot cast at the pol
 at which he is, acting, whereby, may be ascertained the manner in which an, clector voted.