The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-06

An Act authorizing the submission of the consti'
| tutiols IF Nirg ma, Mississippi. and Texas, L
vote # the people, and authorizing the election
Of State officers, provided by the SAID consttu-
| tio7s. aIii siemuefs # Congress.
Be il enact L by the Senate and House Of Rep
| re.cnt.t.Ses + the United States Of America IN
| Congress assembled. That The President of the
| United States, AT such tine as he may ceelI
jest for the yu: lie te-est, may submit the con-
stitLriYn which WIS framed by the convention
which met in Richmond virginia. on Tuesday
/ the Iii / day Of eceniJer, one thousand eight
| huI-ls ei ami sXty-reven, 10 tho voters II sili
State -e>.egei tie date of said subInis 10 ,
for - i = lUii or lection pad he MAJ also 50 d.
NIT 10 a y.f.tse L such provisions IF said con-
s.iEu p - lie hay dyeg.I best, such vote TO Ice
takua euler upon g ch Of she said provisions
a!yn', T in conuecIi with the other PORTIONS Il
/ sai,i ,Jus ! uti,,n, the President may direct
s., , AID be it further enacted, That at the
s4;.se election the II said State Eiay vote
flr AIT! c.sct members f Tie general assembly q
said state, anu all the Officers Il SAIL State 10
viied for by lie a ConSt tuition, and MT mo =
of Congress: AID tie ut!,er commanding tie DIS
tlict II Nir=ii.a ; al c4use the lists q reg =
tered votes uf -I.l Stale 10 he revised, en-
largei AID corrected pfIur 10 surh eitcton, &C
carInE 70 4,sv. AID for that purpose may ai'
DO nj such regls;aTs he may deem necessary e
AMI said elections shall be held and returns
thereof made IN a manner provided 10y the acts
Of Cong ess commonly called the reconstruction acts
see, 8. And be it further enacted That tie
President Of the United States may IN Ike man
submit the constitution of Texas - tie voters
# said state n such time aud IN such manner
a. he direct, either the entire constitution Ut
separate provisions OF the same as provided 10
The first section Of this act, To separate vote
ami at the SINE election the voters may vote r
and elect the member Of the legislature and
II the State efiicers provided for i'll said CON
stitEton and members Of Congress: provided
al O. That no election shall lie held in the sad
State Of Texas for any purpose until the President
- directs
$50 1. Ard be it further enacted, I hat the
commissioner on the port Of the United states, IN
conjunction with the commissioner On the part Il
Mexico, is hereby authorized to make all need
fuI rules and reg ulations for conducting the b'lSi-
ness Of the coInuissio such rules and resulI-
tons not cnutravrning the Constitution Of the
United States, and provisions OF this act, or the
Ssc. ). And lie II further enacted, That the
Secretary of State is hereby authorized and re-
Guired to transmit to the commissioner on the
part of the Critsd s ates such papers and records
relating to the commission as he may deem proper,
or as may be called for by the commissioners aud
at the termination Of the comm:s ion al the
records, Documents and other papers winch nave
been brought before the commissioners, or which
may be in possession Of their secretaries, shall be
det1csitetIi in the Department of state: Provided
That this section shall not be 50 construed as u
prevent the commissioner on the part # Mexico
from de posting in the department certified copies
or duplicates of papers produced on behalf OIL MS
government instead of originals.
sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That upon
suggestion by either party that witness whose
testimony is deemed important refuses or is un-
willing to testify, it shall be competent Tor the
board Of commissioners to issue a commission 10
some suitable person take the testimony of such
witness who If in the United States, may be COM
PEELED TO appear and testify before said commits
siouers in the same manner as Is now provided by
law in the Of commissions issued from the
courts of the United States.
APPROVED April Z, 1869.