Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-28
No. d.
ne tho President of the United States Of Amcrics
A PROCLAMATION.

Tn pursuance OF the provisions OF tho act Of Con-
grcss approved April lTh, NY. l hereby designate
submitting the constitution adopted on the 18th day
OF May. 1868. by the convention which met In jack
son, Mississippi. TO the voters OF san stSte. regls-
And / submit to a separate vote that part Of Sec
tlon 3, Article VII, Of said constitution, which Is In
!" STshat am not dlsfranchised In any Of the pro-
visions Of the act known ~ the Recqnslructlon Acts
Of the 3gth and 40th Congress, and that ! admit the
%noIItIcal and civil equality or all men: so help me
Tod. Provided II Congress shall, ut any time. re-
move the disabilities OF any person disfranchised In
said Reconstruction Acts OF the said S9th and 10th
Congress- land the legislature OF this State shall
concur therein), then SO much OF this oath, and so
much only, as refers TO the said Reconstruction Acts,
shall not be required Of such person, so pardoned. to
"So person shall be eligible to any Office OF profit
or trust, civil or military, In this htate, who, as q
member OF tho legislature, voted for the call OF the
convention that passed the ordinance oil secession,
or who, as q delegate 10 any convention, voted for or
signed any ordinance OF secession, or who gave vol.
untary aid. countcnance. counsel or Encouragement
to persons engaged IN armed hostility TO the United
States, or who accepted or attempted to exercise the
functions OF any onlce. civil or military, under any
authority or pretended government. authority,
power or constitution within the United States hos.
Tile or inimlcal thereto. except all persons who aided
reconstruction by voting for this convention. or
who have continuously advocated the assembling OF
this convention, and shall continuously and IN good
faith advocate the acts Of the same; but the lcglsla-
tuTc may remove such disability: Irorided. That
nothing Ia this section, except voting for or signing
the ordinance Of secession shall bv 10 construed NJ
TO exclude from onlce tho private soldier OF the late
so-called Confederate States army
And I further submit 10 a separate vote. Section ;
OF Article XII. OF the said constitution, which Is In
THE credit OF the State shall not be pledged or
loaned In aid Of any person, association or corpora
ton; nor shall shs state IL hereafter I, pSeCne a ''Oek'
And / further submit. to q separate vote. part OF
the oath OF office prescribed In Section 70 OF Article
MI. OF the said constitution. which Is In the follow
"That I have never. ss a member OF any conyen-
tlon, voted for or signed any ordinance OF sccesslon;
turc. voted for the call OF any convention that passed
any such ordinance"
The above oath shall also be taken by all the city.
and county officers before entering upon their du-
ties, and by all other State officials not Included In
/ direct the vote to be taken upon each Of the
above-citOd provisions alone. and upon the other
portions OF the said constitution In the following
Each voter favoring the ratification OF the constI.
adopted by the convention Of May Is. 1865. shall cX-
press his Judgment by voting
FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
Each voter favoring the rejection Of the %constltu:
tion excluding the provisions above quote1), shall
express his judgment By voting
AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION,
Each voter will be allowed to cast u separate bal
lot for or against either or both Of the provisions
above quoted.
1t Is understood that Sections 4. sc. H. |, 9, 10. II,
IL, -, II and u. OF Article MIL, under the head OF
:. ordinance" are considered NJ forming no part Of
the said constitution.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand. aud caused the seal Of the United States to be
affixed.
D0nc at the city Of Washington. this thirteenth
IL, 81 day Of July. In tho year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty.nine, anu Of the
independence OF the United States of America. the
nlnety.iOurth. U. s. GRANT.
By the President
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary OF State.