American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-07-24
THE STATE ELECTION.
Presidents Proclamation.

In pursu nee of the provision of
an act of Congress, approved April
10th, | hereby. designate Tuesday.
the 30th day of November, 1869, as
the time for submitting the Consti-
tuition, adopted on the 10Th of Nav,
1868, by Convention, which met i'm
jackson, Mississippi, to the veters
of said State, registered at the date
of said submission, viz: November
30th, 1869, and / submit and sepa-
rate the vote of that part of section
), of article Z, of said Constitution,
which is in the following words:
"That | am disfranchised in any
of the provisions of the acts known
as the reconstruction acts of the
Thirty ninth and Fortieth Congress,
and that | admit the political and
civil equality of all men, so help me
Cod" provided, that if Congress
should at any time remove the dis
abilities of any persons disfranchised
in said reconstruction acts of the
said Thirty.ninth and Fortieth Con
gress, and the Legislature of this
State shall concur therein, then SO
much of this oath only as refers To
the reconstruction acts shall not be
required of such persons so pardon
ed, and entities him to be registered;
and l further submit TO separate
vote section five of said constitution,
which Is in the following words:
''No person shall be eligible to office
of profit or trust, civil or military,
in this State who was member of
the Legislature that voted for the
call Of the convention that passed
the ordinance of secession, or as q
delegate to any convention, OF voted
for or signed any ordinance of seces-
sion, or who gave voluntary aid,
countenance or encouragement to
persons engaged in armed hostility
to the United States, or who accent
ed or attempted to exercise the func-
tions of any office, civil or military,
under any authority or pretended
government, power or constitution
within the United States, hostile or
inlmlcal thereto, except all persons
who aided reconstruction by voting
for this Convention, or have continu-
Ously advocated the assemblage of
the Convention, and shall continue
in good faith to advocate the same ;
but the Legislature may remove such
disabilities, providing nothing in this
section, except voting for, or signing
the ordinance of secession, shall be
so construed as to exclude from office
the private soldiers of the late so.
called Confederate State army"
And | .urther separate the vote
of article 3, act Z, of said constitu
ton, which is in the following words
THE credit of the State shall not
be pledged or loaned i'll aid of any
person, association or corporation
+ nor shall the State hereafter become
! Il stakeholder i'll any corporation OF
t association - and | further submit
t to a separate vote in part of the
J oath of Office prescribed in section
26, in article II, of said constitution
: which is in the following words:
f That | have never, as Il membel
e of any convention, voted for or sign
n ed any ordinance of secession tla
5 | have never been Il member of tht
# State Legislature that voted for
II call for any Convention that passet
5 ANY such ordinance. The above oatl
+ shall also be taken by all city ant
y county officers before entering OF
S their duties, and by all other Stat
1t officers not included i'll the abov
J. provisions" | direct that the vot
& be on each section alone, and o.
S other portions of the said Constitr
II ton in the following manner: Fac
it vote faVorin% the ratification of tn
d new Constitution excluding the pre-
o visions love quoted as adopted b
the Convention of May 18th, 1S6,
r shall express his Judgment by votin
e for the Constitution. Each vote
+, tavoring the rejection of the Const
" tuition excluding the provision
Of above quoted, shall express his jud.
IS ment by voting against the Const
of tuition; each voter will be allowed I
t. cast separate ballot for or again.
re either or both Of the provision
y, above quoted. 1t is understood til;
H. sections 4 to 13, inclusive, under ii
It head Of ordinance. are considered
is forming no part of said Constitutio
be In testimony where If have her
IN unto set the seal of the United State
rh to he attiNcd Done ut the city
he Washington. I'll 10th day OF Jul
', in the year of & o. Lord 1869, and