Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-10-05
CHERIFFs PROCLAMATION.

etteiCounty, Ohio that a General Election win be
held, as required by law, on
Tuesday, the 10th day Of Octo-
Der, 1871,
At the several places of holding Elections in said
county, at which time the following officers are to
be chosen, viz:
One Governor,
One Lieutenant Governor,
One Treasurer of State,
One Auditor of State,
One Attorney General,
One Judge OF the Supreme Court,
One School Commissioner,
One Member of the Board of Public
Works,
One Clerk of the Supreme Court,
One Member of the Senate of Ohio,
for the Counties of Clinton, Fayette
and Greene,
One Common Pleas Judge, for the
Judicial ub-division, composed of the
counties of Fayette, Highland and Ross,
One Representative for Fayette
county,
One County Treasurer,
One County Commissioner to serve
for three years,
One County Commissioner to serve
for one year.
One County Surveyor,
One Infrmary Director,
Theeleetors ofFayette county are further notified
/ that the question of holding Convention to re-
wise, alter or amend the Constitution of the State
of Ohio is submitted to them. Those in favor of
constitutional Convention will say. on their
Constitutional Convention-Yes"
! Those opposed to the holding of said Conyen-
| tion will say, their ballots,
! Constitutional Convention No"
= provided for in the following act of the Cen
Relative to SUI uniting the question: ''shan there
| be a Convention to revise alter amend the
Constitutiol,?'' to the electors of Ohio.
| SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General As
| sembly Of the State of Quo, That the question,
amend the Constitution?', Of tHis State, shall be
submitted to the electors Thereof. at the general
to-wit: the 10th day of October A. D. 1s71 notice
thereof shall be given by Sheri1s theIl procla-
those voting at said election in favor of such con
vention, shall have put upon their ballots the
| those voting thereat against such convention the
words, constitutional Conventon-No.''
election in every voting precinct, shall the
votes received therein in favor of such cOnven-
tion to be entered in separate column in the poll
books, under the caption, Constitutional Conven-
tiOn-Yes,'' and those received therein against
such Convention in separate column likewise,
under the caption, constitutional Convention
No;'' and they shall transmit the same. with the
of the UotoS for State and county officers,
to the clerks of the courts of Common Pleas OF
their respective counties.
SEC. 3. That said clerks shall include in the
general abstracts of votes required by law to be
transmitted by them to the Secretary of State and
President OF the Senate, respectively, statement
of the number of votes given in their several
counties in favor of and also against such cOnven-
tion, together with statement of the whole NAM
ber of electors voting therein at said election =
and said President OF Senate, at the time and
place of publishing the returns of said election
as provided by section three, article three of the
constitution, shall publish and declare the re-
suit of the vote for and against such convention
and also the whole number of electors voting in
the State at said election returned as aforesaid.
SEC. This act shall take effect its passage.
A j. CUNNINGHAM
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
= j. G. LEE,
President of the Senate.
: Passed March scth, 1871.
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