The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-25
Approved, April 10, 1sea-

an Ac: an;h Ring the submission % the consli-
buttons IL Wing aIa. Mississippi, and Texas, TO
vote If the people, and authorizing the election
IF State officers, prcTlhed by the SAID coi-s'i'"-
tio0s and members Of Congress
lie !; enacted bv tile Senate AMI House Of Rep
re.eutat.vr> If the Unifei states Of America IN
=. ngrezs assembled, That the President of the
United -ta,es. az such time as he may oevih
be~ for the Iu lie interest. may snb-nit the COT
stitutjuu whi,h was framed By the convention
which smet in Richmond, Virginia. on TUESDAY,
the third day of december, enc THOUSAND tl2ht
hundred and Sixty-seven, II the voters q >hd
STATE registered at the date o. said SUBMISSION,
t,r ratif ,rior or rejection: pH1 he mag also sub
r,it IN a ..rarte vote sue provisions Of aid con-
sfituriop a. he may deem best, srch vote 10 he
taken either u;,cn e en- Of the sad pr1vlslo2s
alone IT in conEect n with the o,her Portions u
,aii -uns-i utivn, a. the President may direct
SEC , Ard be il further enacted, That at the
sqme election the voters # sid state may vote
for ana elect members # the general assembly oi
said State and al the officers II ssNi State lfv-
yidet for by the sa-i constitution, and members
of Congress an the officer commanding the dis-
trict If Nifcinia 81 all cause the lists OF regis
tered voters # said Stfte - be revived, e.
lsrged aud corrected prior t. such eiectl"h, ac-
cOrdin, 10 law, anu Tor that purpose hlNg air
point such registrars as he may dfem necessary :
And said elections shall be held and returns
thereof made in a manner provided by the acts
of Cong commonly called the recnuatrucouic Is
SEC. 3. Aud be it further enlc'ed- ihat the
President Of the United states may IN IKE man
uer submit the constitution OF Texas ofhe voters
Of said State at such time and in such manner
as he NAV direct either the entire constitution or
separate provisions of the same as provided IN
the first section Of this act to separate vote
and al the same election the voters may vote Tor
and elect the members Of the Legislature ana
a u the State officers provided Tor IN stid con
stitution and members Of Congress: provided
also That no election shall lie held in the SAID
State OF Texas for any purpose until the President
directs
SEC +. And lie it further enacted, That the
commissioner on the part Of the United states, IN
conjunction with the commissioner on the part 81
Mexico is hereby authorized to make all need
full rules and equations for conducting the pusi-
ness Of the commission such rules ana resula-
tons not coutravening the Const tuition Of the
United States, and provisions Of this act, or The
convention. =,
SIC. ). And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary Of State is hereby authorized and re-
auired to transmit to the commissioner ON the
part of the Uritsd States such papers ana fecoras
rel fling to the commission a. he may deem proper,
or as NAV be called for by the commissioners AID
at the termination Of the commits ion all the
| records. documents and other papers wiich nave
been brought before the commissioners, or when
may ne in possession Of their secretaries. shall be
deposited in the Department of state: Provided,
That this section shall not be so construed as TO
| prevent the commissioner on the part of Mexico
from deposting in the department certified copies
| or duplicates OF papers produced on oehai oi MS
| government instead of originals.
| SEC. g. And be it further enacted, That upon
suggestion by either party that witness whose
| testimony is deemed important refuses or is I'M
willing to testify it shall he competent Tor the
| hoard Of commissioners to issue commission to
some suitable person to take the testimony OF such
Witness Who il in the United States, may be com
PEELED to appear snd testify before said commits
siouers in the same manner as Is now provided by
law in the of commissions Issued IRON Lie
courts of the United States.
| APPROVED AprilI, ls69.