Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-05-08
THE CONVENTION.

both Houses, and submitted to the
Governor for his approval
SECTION /. Be il enacted, &C., That
mt the general election to be held on
the second Tuesday in October next,
thero shall be elected by the qualified
electors of this Commonwealth dele.
gates to convention TO revise and
amend the Constitution Of tho State.
The said convention shall consist OF
one hundred and,thirty.thrco members,
to be elected in manner following
Twenty eight members thereof shall
be elected in the State at large, as fol-
lows: Each voter of tho State shall
not vote for more than fourteen can.
didates, and the twenty-cight highest
in vote shall bc declared elected. -
Ninety-nine delegates shall bo ap.
pointed TO and elected from the differ.
ent Senatorial districts of the State I;
three delegates to be elected for each
Senator thcrcfrom and in choosing
all district delegates each voter shall
be entitled to vote for not more than
two of the members to be chosen from
his district, and the three candidates
highest in vote shall be declared elect.
ed except in the county of Allegheny,
forming the Twcnty.third Senatorial
district, where no voter shall vote for
more than six candidates, and the
nine highest in vote shall be elected /;
and the counties of Luzerne, Monroe
and Pike, forming the Thirteenth
Senatorial district, where no voter
shall vote for more than four candi.
dates, and the six highest in vote shall
be elected and six additional dele
gates shall be chosen from the City of
Philadelphia, by vote at large in
said city, and in their election no voter
shall vote for more than three candi
dates, and the six highest in vote shall
bo declared elected.
SEC. q The following regulations
shall apply to the aforesaid election to
oe held on tho second Tuesday in
October next, and to returns of the
same:
First. The said election shall be
held and conducted by the proper elec.
tion officers OF the several election dis.
tricts of the Commonwealth, and shall
bc governed and regulated in all rc.
spects by the General Election laws
Of the Commonwealth SO far as tho
same shall be applicable thereto and
not inconsistent with the provisions
of this act.
Second. Tho tickets TO be voted for
members al large Of the convention
shall have on the outside the words
delegates at Large" and on tho in
side the names of the candidates TO be
voted for, not exceeding fourteen in
number.
Third. The tickets to be voted Cor
district members of the convention
shall have on the outside the words,
"District Delegates" and on the in.
side the name or names OF the candi.
dates voted for, not exceeding the
proper number limited as aforesaid !;
but any ticket which shall contain a
greater number of names than the
number for which the voter shall
be entitled to vote shall be reject.
edE and in the case of the dele
gates to be chosen at large in Phila.
delphia the words, "City Delegates"
shall be on tho outside OF the ticket
Fourth. In the city of Philadelphia
the Return Judges shall meet at the
State House at ten o'clock, on the
Thursday next following the election,
and make out the returns for said city
OF the votes cast therein for delegates
at large, and city and district dele
gates to be members of the conven.
ton. The Return Judges of the sew.
eral election districts within each
county Of tho States, excluding Phila.
delphia, shall meet on the Friday next
following the election at the usual
place for the meeting of the Return
Judges of their county, and shall make
out full and accurate returns for the
county of tho votes cast therein for
members of the convention and for
district members of the same and the
proceedings Of the Return Judges of
the said city of Philadelphia, and of
the several counties OF the Common
wealth in the making of their returns,
shall be the same as those prescribed
for Return Judges in the case of an
election for Governor, except that re.
turns transmitted to the Secretary of
the Commonwealth shall be addressed
TO that officer alone and not the Speak
er Of the Senate.
Fifth. The Prothonotary of Phla-
dclphia and the Prothonotaries of the
several counties shall, with reference
to such returns, promptly and fifth
fully perform all tho duties enjoined
upon them by the eighty.fourth aud
eighty fifth sections of tho General
Election act of July 2, 1889
Sixth. Tho Secretary of the Com
monwoalth shall, as soon as the re-
turns of the said election shall bc re-
ceivcd by him, and at all events within
fifteen days after the election, in the
presence, of tho Governor and Audi.
tor.Gcnoral, open and compute all the
returns received Of votes given for
members of the convention, and the
Governor shall forthwith issue bis
proclamation declaring the names of
the persons who have been chosen
members of tho convention
SIC. 3. II shall DO tho duty OF the
delegates elected rs aforesaid to MS.
semblc in convention, in the hall of the
House Of Representatives, at the State
Capitol, in Harrisburg, on the second
Tuesday of November, ono thousand
eight hundred and seventy.two, at
twelve o'clock NJ. that day, with gcn.
cral powers Of adjournment as TO time
and place it shall be the duty Of tho
Secretary Of tho Commonwealth to
call the Convention 70 order ut tho
time OF its assembling, and to submit
all the returns of election in his pos.
session, and to read the aforesaid proc
lamation Of tho Governor, and there.
upon said Convention shall proceed to
organize by electing ono Of their mum.