The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-16

and sign a Certificate : thereof to
the following sefist;-S~~The commits
sioners appointed to snperintend the
polls at the court house OF ~ county,
having carefully and inpartially ex-
amined the returns o! the polls held
on the - day OF -, do hereby
certify that in the said county there
were for Convention - votes given,
and against Convention - votes
were given" which numoer OF votes
shall be written upon said certificate,
which said certificate shall be forth
with transmitted to the Governor Of the
State. ... -.- -.-- ri III o..
IL. 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to ascertain the result as exhibited
by said certificates, and Immediately
thereafter to declare the same by proc
lamation, to be published in such news
papers as, in the opinion OF the Gov
ernor, will be best calculated to diffuse
general information thereof, and at
least once a week until the day Of cleo
ton hereinafter appointed; and if it be
ascertaiued that majority of the votes
cast are in favor of a Convention, he
shall, at the same time, and in like
manner, make proclamation for holding
a general election Of delegates to said
Convention, according to the apportion-
ment and Districts in 18th section Of
this act. The election of delegates to
the said Convention shall be held on
the fourth Thursday OF October next.
Is. Each county and delegate district,
as may be prescribed by law at the time
of holding said election. shall elect the
same number OF delegates respectively,
as they may be entitled to elect as dele
gates to the House of Delegates, and
each Senatorial district, as may be pre-
scribed by law at the time OF holding
said election, shall elect two delegates.
H. That the persons qualified to vote
as prescribed in the 9Th section Of this
act, shall assemble at their respective
places of voting in their respective
townships, on the fourth Thursday in
October next, and then and there vote
for the same number of persons, who
are residents of the county or delegate
district. as delegates to said Convention,
to which the county or delegate district
in which they reside may then be en-
titled TO elect as members OF the House
of Delegates; and also then and there
vote for two personsas delegates to said
Convention, who are residents Of the
senatorial district, as the same may
then be prescribed by law, OF which the
voter is a resident And the right Of
any person to vote at said election shall
only be challenged, and if challenged
shall be determined as provided for in
the said 9Th section The voters shall
vote by ballot, and the names Of the
persons voted for shall be written or
printed on the ballot and the name
shall indicate who is voted for for the
county or delegate district and who is
voted for for the senatorial district.
Is. The supervisors and inspectors of
election, or other persons who may be
authorized by law TO superntend the
general election on the fourth Thursday
in October next, shall superintend and
conduct said election for delegates to the
Convention; aud shall appoint a clerk
to keep the polls, and one poll book
shall be kept at every place of voting,
in which shall be entered the names Of
all persons voting in said election. And
the clerk, before entering upon his
duties, shall take the oath prescribed
by the 9TH section of this act; and the
persons so experimenting and conduct
ing said election, within five days from
the election. make return OF the re-
suit OF the said election to the board OF
supervisors of their county, together with
the poll books and ballots; and on the
fifth day after the election the boards
Of supervisors shall ascertain the result
in their county and make return, show
the number OF votes given to each per-
son voted for for county or delegate
district, as delegates to said Conven-
ton, and the number of votes gwen for
each person voted for as delegate from
the senatorial district, Immediately to
the Governor; and the Governor shall
ascertain the result, and Immediately
thereafter, by proclamation, to be pub
liShed in at least one Newspaper pub
lished in each of the cities Of Charles
ton and Wheeling, and declare who are
elected from the counties or delegate
districts, and who from the senatorial
district. The right is reserved to con-
test the election Of any member de-
clared by such proclamation TO be elect,
ed, and such contest may be proceeded
with and conducted in all respects as
provided by law, in all cases Of contest
for seat in the House OF Delegates,
and determined by the Convention.
It, If any person shall fail or refuse
to perform any duty required Of him
by this act upon conviction thereof by
Indictment or information, he shall be
amerced in a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, in the discretion of a
jury.
Il. The persons who shall be elected
in pursuance OF this act shall on the
third Tuesday in January next, meet
and assemble at the seat of govern
ment in general Convention, to con-
slider, discuss and propose a new Consti-
tuition, or alterations and amendments
to the existing Constitution of this
State.
Is. The said Convention shall be
the Judge of its own privileges and
elections, and the members thereof shall
have, possess and enjoy in the most full
and ample manner, all the privileges
which members elected to, and attend
ing on the Legislature are entitled to,
on3 n,oreover shall he allowed the same