Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-21
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed Mt the second Session Of the Forty.
First Congress-.
nv the President Of the United States OF Amer
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by the President Of The United States OF America.
In pursuance Of the provision; Of the act Of Con.
grcss approved April 10th, 1861. ! hereby designate
Tuesday, the 3Oth day OF November. as the time for
submitting the constitution adopted on the 18th day
son. mississippi, TO the Voters OF said State, regis.
tered at the date OF such submission. viz: November
And I Submit to a separate vote that part Of Sec.
tlon 3, Article VII, Of said constitution, which Is In
the following woris
THAT i AM not DISTINGUISHED IN any Of. the pro-
visions OF the act known as the Reconstruction Acts
Of the 10th and IOth Congress. and that ! admit the
political and civil equality Of all men: 80 help me
Cod. Provided u Congress shall, at any time. re-
s %Tif Reeonstrns,iSn Acts o. the said sgth and 10th
Congress land the legislature or this State shall
concur thereinl, then 70 much Of TIL: oath. and 20
shall not DC required OF such, person. so pardoned. to
entitle him to be registered"
IN person shall he eligible to any Office Of profit
or trust &c Sl;n III or mlIIsSrS' N ,sI' ,S sta ne c %hS o. a ~, =
convention that passed the ordinance OF secession,
or who. rs a delegate to any convention. voted for or
signed any ordinance OF secession, or who gave VOL
untary aid. countennnce, counsel or encouragement
TO persons engaged In armed hostility TO the United
States. or who accepted or attempted to exercise the
authority or pretended government. authority,
power or constitution within the United States hos:
tile or inimiealt thereto, except all persons WHO allied
who have continuously advocated the assembling Of
this convention, and shall continuously and In good
faith advocate the acts OF the same; but the legisa.
ture may remove such disability: ~Irorfded, That
nothing In this section. except voting for or signing
the ordinance OF secession shall be 30 construed as
TO exsluds from ONCE ,hs private soldier OF the late
And I further submit TO q 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 q any Pc,sopn, assSeist hhSonno or so!P @
III Ia anu nnFnnFnNlnh mr. nHEnfInflnn"
And / further submit. to a separate vote, part OF
the oath OF office prescribed In Section ri Of Article
Mi. OF the said constitution, which Is In the follow.
Ing words:
That l have never. a. q member Of any cOnven.
tlOn, voted for or signed any ordinance OF secession:
that have never, as a member OF any state legiia,
ture. voted for the call OF any convention that passed
ony such ordinance"
The above oath shall also be taken BY all the city
tiles, and BY all other State officials not Included In
the above provision,
I direct the vote 10 be taken upon each Of the
nS9yse.'s 81 t Rres ssIG eoa aiGRs; and IN aP ,Ss t ISiio SthsT
Each voter favoring the ratification OF the consti-
adopted BY the Convention Of May is, 1885, shall ex.
press his Judgment by voting
FoR THE CONSTITUTION.
Each voter laSoring the rejection Of The s99HstitI;
express his judgment by voting
AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.
Each voter Will be allowed TO cast n separate BAL
lot for or against either or both OF the provisions
above quoted,
II Is understood that Sections 4, s, G, ., g. Q, 10, II,
II, Is, "a and Is, OF Article Kill, under the head OF
/" ordinance" are considered as forming no part Of
the said constitution.
In testimony whereof, ! have hereunto net my
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States to be
afixed. rr-... "--.--
Done Of the city Of Washington, this thirteenth
tL,s.l day OF july, IN the year OF our Lord one
Thousand clSlt hundred and siSty.nine, and Of the
Independence Of the United States OF America, the
nlnetyIourth. Y, s, GRANT.
By the President
MAMILroS PIsH. Secretary Of State.