Wilmington journal., 1875-07-30

Sec 2. The said Convention shal
consist of one hundred and twenty del
} egates, and each county shall be enti
tied to the same number OF delegate
that it has members of the House o
Representatives under the presen
aportionment, and the said delegates
shall have the qualifications required
of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, of which qualifications the
Convention shall be the Judge.
| Sec. 3. On the 1st Thursday Gt
August, 1875, the sheriffs Of the State
shall open polls for the election OF del
egates to the said Convention from
their respective counties, and the elec-
ton aforesaid, and the registration for
the same, shall be held and conducted
the officers thereof, including regis
trars and judges of election, appoint
ed the votes counted and compared
the result proclaimed, and certificates
issued in the same manner as is pro
vided by law for the election of men,
bers of the House of Representatives
of the General Assembly.
Sec. 4. The said delegates shall be
called to order at II o'clock on the
day fixed therefor, ny the Chief Jus
tlce or one of the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court or Secretary of
State, who, if there be not quorum,
shall adjourn them to the same place,
and from day to-day, until quorum
shall appear; and on the appearance of
quorum he shall administer to each
| of them the following oath:
"You, A B, do solemnly swear tor
affirm, as the delegate elect shall!
choose that you will faithfully main
tain and support the Constitution OF
the United States and the several
amendments thereto, including the
18th, 14th and 18th amendments; aud
that you will neither directly nor indi-
rectly evade or disregard the duties
| enloIned nor the restrictions imposed
upon the Convention by the act Of the
General Assembly authorizing your
election. So help you God
And no delegate shall be permitted
to sit or be entitled to seat in said
Convention, or act as delegate
thereto, until he shall have sub
scribed the above oath or affirma-
ton; and as soon as majority of the
delegates elect shall have thus APP
peared and been sworn in, they shall
then proceed to elect their own pre-
siding officer, and such oSher officers
and servants as they, from time to
time, shall find necessary; and if a va
cancy shall occur, they shall be filled
IN the same manner as the like vacan-
cles are filled by law in the case CT va
oancles in the General Assembly.
Said Convention shall have 10 power
to consider, debate, adopt or propose
any amendment to the existing Con-
stltution or ordinance upon tho follow
ing subjects:
TheHomestead andPersonal Proper
ty Exemptions, the mechanics and la
bOrers' lien, and the rights of married
women, as now secured by law, nor to
alter or amend section 3 or ), article
V, of said Constitution, nor change
the ratio between the poll and proper
ty tax as therein established; nor snail
the said Convention have power to
propose or adopt any amendment or
ordinance vacating any Office or term
of office now existing and filled or
held by virtue of any election or ap-
pointment under the existing Consti-
tuition and laws, until the same shall
be vacated or expired under existing
laws; but the said Convention may re-
commend the abolishment of any
office when the present term
therein shall expire or vacan-
cles occur, and they may provide for
filling such vacancies, otherwise than
as now, and limiting the terms thereof.
Nor shall the Convention adopt or pro-
pose any plan or amendment or scheme
of compensation to the owners of
emancipated slaves, nor for the pay
ment of any liability Or debt incurred
wholly or in part in aid of the late war
between the States, nor for the restor-
alton of imprisonment for debt; nor
shall they require or propose any edu-
catlOnal or property qualification for
Office or voting; nor shall said Conven.-
ton pass any ordinances legislative in
their character, except such as are
necessary to submit the amended
Constitution to the people fer their
ratification or rejection, or to convene
the General Assembly.
Sec. 5. The Constitution, as amend
ed, shall be submitted to the people
for ratification or rejection, and shall
not be binding until the same shall
have been ratified by the qualified
voters of the State, and the Conven
tion shall prescribe the mode where
by the sense of the people therein
shall be taken and recorded.
Sec. G. There shall be printed i'm
mediately ten copies of this act for
each member of the General Assembly,
and one hundred copies within thirty
days after ratification for each board
of county commissioners, and the use
of the registrars and judges OF elec-
tion in their respective counties; and
this act shall be in force and take ef-
feet from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 18th day of March, A.
D. 1876.