Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-24
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second Session Of the Forty
First Congress.
BY the President OF the United States OF America.
DpnrT AMITTnN

ENO. oJ
BY the President OF the United States OF America.
A PROCLAMATION.
In pursuance OF the provisions OF the act OF Con.
gross approved April 10th, 1863, ] hereby designate
Tuesday, the 10Th day OF November, as the time for
submitting the constitution adopted on the 18th day
OF May. 1853. by the convention which met In Jack.
son, Mississippi, TO the voters Of sail State. regis
tered at the date OF such submission, VIZ: November
And / submit to A separate vote that part Of Sec.
ton 3. Article VII, OF said constitution, which Is In
"ThSt / arr not DISTINGUISHED In any Of the pro.
| visions OF the act Known as the Reconstruction Acts
OF the 39th and 9TH Congress. and that | admit the
eGod.' Provided il Congress shall. at any time, re.
move the disabilities OF any person dlstranchised In
said Reconstruction Acts Of the said 39th and 10th
| concur thcrein). 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 p~ardoned, TO
entitle him to be registered"
mo person shall be eligible to any Office OF profit
or trust. civil or military, In this State. who. as a
convention that passed the ordinance OF secession.
or who. as q delegate to any convention. voted for or
signed any ordinance or secession, or who gave vol
untary aid, countenance, council or Encouragement
10 persons engaged In armed hostility TO the United
States, or who accepted or attempted TO exercise the
functions of any ONCE. civil or military, under any
authority or pretended government, authority,
power or constitution within the United States hos.
tile or inimical thereto, except all persons who aided
reconstruction by voting ios sd' =, eonysntiSn: or Cf
this convention, and shall continuously and In good
faith advocate the acts OF the same; but the leglsla-
ture may remove such disability; rrorldsd That
the ordinance OF secession shall be so construed a.
to exclude from ofice the private !soldIer Of the lato
so-called Confederate States army"
And ! further submit to O separate vote. Section 5
Of Article MI. OF the said constitution. which Is In
the following words:
loaned in aid OF any person, association or corpora
ton nor shall the State hereafter become a stock.
holder In any corporation or association"
And / further submit. to q separate vote. part OF
the oath OF oficc prescribed In Section Is OF Article
XII. OF the said constitution, which Is In the follow
nTlat / have never, as a member OF any conven.
ton, voted for or signed any ordinance Of secession;
that / have never, as a member OF any State legisiA-
ture. voted for the call OF any convention thut passed
fhs above oath shall also be taken by all the city
and county officers before entering upon their du.
ties. and by all other State ofneials not Included In
I direct the vote to be taken upon each Of tho
hooyecited provisions alone, and upon the other
portions OF the said constitution In the following
Each voter favonng the ratification OF the con.tl.
tuition Excluding the provisions above quotedl, rs
adopted by the convention Of May Is. 1856, shall ex.
press his judgment by voting
FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
Each voter fayoring the rejection Of the %constltu:
tion Excluding the provisions above quotei). shall
express his Judgment by voting
AGAINST TnE CONSTITUTION.
Each voter Will be allowed to cast q separate bal.
lot for or against either or both OF the provisions
above quoted.
It is understood that Sections !. So, 49,. 10. II,
u, IL, II and IS. OF Article KILL, under the head Of
ordinance" are considered IS forming no part OF
the said constitution.
In testimony whereof, I have hereun,o set my
hand, and caused the seal OF the United States 10 10
anixed.
Done At the city OF Washington. this thirteenth
lL,s.l day o. July, In the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. and OF tho
independence Of the United States OF America, tho
ninety-fourth. U. >. uHAAT.
by the President
. HAMILTON FISH, Secretary OF State.