The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-25
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
ELECTION
P ROCL.AMATIO ION
BY Tho Governor Of The Stale Of Texas,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Convention on ihp "a Huy ~
November 100, II IN PROVIDED "lnhl mo
new Constitution trained ny hld ,9hNeN'
ton shalt be- Submitted 10 Tho rrGtom
OF ms State nv an election Whlph
shall be- hold throughput the Slnir on NE
thid Tuesday Ia Fcbiupryi a., D. l@n, lgr
their ratification orrlrclul, mos elttlhl1
in favor uf ratification Rlmll have Wiltth ui
prlntrd On tnclr bulluis, fufMr GHftiufhW'
lhusa electors opposed 10 lhr iutlue iiluh
Hhiul have Wfllten or pllh!ed on lhtll hh,nl,,
. .lgiiHNWr tpH1HWipn,' II u MAJORITY nl az
the yutrs unst 40 said election aud returned
10 the secretary Of the state shall be- IN laYur
of 4 al lcatiuu, the GuYuruOr snail Wilhn
five days next succeeding tho return dhli
issue his proclamation declaring llH l'lli
and then the nov Constitution shall, On inc
LGIrd Tuesday la April A, ~. 1870, become
and tnerpulltr be illu organic ana luNli'
mental law Of the state. If however ma
jOrity an thr votes ~ cast ANA returned h0
nuuInst ratification, then the new CunHlllu.
ton shall have mad he OF no fleet WlnteycG"
AND WHBKFAS, ~ n lurlher ordained Wy
suid Convent ION, That ul me same Time lhsl'
shall be- Il general election hcld thIouBhuul
tho State for all state. District, County ANA
Precinct OFFICERS created nnd lnnde elective
by the new Constitution, Thnl The elections
as lar as practicable, shall DO held ana CON
Quoted rs now provided by lnwi bal no legs-
lrutIou OF voters shall be requlrcdi unl oHorS
doctor shall vote IN the precinct oI his losi-
dente; prordfd, that electors residing IN UNI
organized counties may Nuldl any pltellcl
OF the county 10 which their respective couh.
ties are attached for JUDICIAL purposes lhhl
The qualification Of electors shall Dc ~ tie
nnci In the article regulating suffrage, Ia
the new Constitution. sections one ana TWO
OF said article are as follows, tu-wlt; "ScctlOn
/. The following classes OK persons shaii not
be allowed 10 vote In this state, witt First,
persons under twenty -one years OF age See
ond, idiots and lunatics; third, AL paupers
supported by any county, fourth, AL persons
convicted OF amy felony, subject To NUcA pS-
! tts.,l Ian mr. aF lTif
ali soldiers, murlne5 ana senmen employgd
IA the scrV. cc oi the army or navy OF the
| United states.
"Scoton ,, Every male person subject to
| mono az lhp foregoing disqualillculions,
who shall have attained tue u@p OF
| tweniy.Ouc yeals aud VINO shall ho
| a citizen OF the United states,
and who shall have resided In THIS
| StaLe one year nCAt preceding an election,
and the last six months within the district
| or county IN which lle OlltM 90 vote, shall be
deemed a qualified Glectoi ana every male
person 0fiurelgn birth, SUBJECT lonona Of
the foregoing dlsqualil,cellCns, whoat any
| time before mn election snail hive declared
| his Intention TO become u ciJiIen Of the
| United states Ia accordance with inc FEEDER
al naturalization laW3, ana shRll nave IeSid'
cd In TINS State one yeHi next preceding Such
| election, uud the llEtSlX months IN the cuun-
! ~ In which lac Offers 90 vote, shall also be
deemed II qualified eloCtor; ana WI electors
shpll vote IN he election precinct OF lhtlr
| residence NOuNrN, lhNl electors living III
any unOrguuZed county may vote W amy
election precinct In the county TO which such
county Ii attached for judicial purposes"
AND WHEREAS, IL Is further ordained,
that tho County Courts now existing shall
| meet ut their respective county seats Within
twenty days tttI the adjournment of sad
| Convention, or ~ soon thereafter M prHGli'
cable, and rodivldr their respective counties
| into the number OF precincts provided 10Y pS
| tho new Constitution, aud make Immediate
! thereof
| the people, That said GOuris shall establish
| NJ least one voting place In each precinct
and where deemed necessary for public cons
| Venlpnce establish two or more voting places
ia any precinct That the returns OF said
election for Senators and ReprescGtHtiNe
shall be made by the Presiding Justice oI
each county Tor, In his nOSence or iCiuSal 20
net, the District ClcTR) TO the returning Off
Ger OF each returning county named III the
"OrdinauCe experimenting the state iDLo
Senatorial and Representative Districts"
passed by the said Convention. That the
| Said returning Officers OF said Senatorial ana
Representative Districts shall oten the re-
| turns and give certificates OF election at the
| time ion the thlrtioth day after the election
| sundays excluded, or before that timoShOuld
all the returns nom the District be sooner
! received ana IN the manner now required
by law,
AND WHEREAS, by IL supplementary ordi.
nance, passed by said Convention on The PSI
day OF November, 1875, Il Ia prov iGed "rhat
! third Tuesday In February, 1878, shall he
made to the Presiding Justice OF each cOun-
ty by the proper election officers on or before
| the Saturday next succeeding the aaid duy of
election, on which day the Presiding Justice
| Tor, in his absence or refusal TO act, the Dis.
trict Clerk shall open, compare, ana record
the votes for all officers and ON the rntiiica-
ton or rejection OF the Constitution, MS is pro-
| Yidod by law for other elections. That tho
| Presiding Justice or District Clerk, las the
c9se may bel snail ilpmedatelN make return
| of the vote lin each county for and against
the Constitution tot all state officers aud all
! judicial officers. That the returns for Cover
| nor aud other State officers shall be made
| separately, and addressed to the Speaker Of
| the House OF Representatives, 10 the care of
the Secretary Of State. That the returns for
ana against the Constitution, Tor Judges Of
| the Supreme Appellate, and District Courts,
shall he nd dressed to the Secretary of State"
AND " uEREAs, The said Convention pass
ed an ordinance dividing the state into Ju-
dlclal Districts, rs follows:
An Ordinance to Diyiia the state of
Texas inI0 judicial Districts.
BE il oi1{,tiHed bV Hc people Of ne star Of
| YtruS IA LNnuCHGaH t!Sst9Gbfel, That until
Otherwise provided ny law, the State Of
! Texas shall be divided into tWenty-SlX judi
cial Districts, as follows, to-wit:
Section |. The First District shall be conf
| posed of the counties of Jefferson, Chambers,
Liberty, haldIn, Polk, Tyler, Jasper, New
| ton, orange anu san JoclDtu.
| Section ,, The second District shall be
coma posed of the counties OF Harrison, Rusk,
| PaiOla, sheih. and Sabine. ''
Section ., The Third District shall be
| composed of The counties OF san Augustine,
Nac0sdoches, Cherokee, houston and An
| dclSOn.
seation 1. The Fourth District shall be
composed ofths counties OF Grimes, Walker,
Madison, Leon, Trinity, and Angelina.
| Section D. The Fifth District shall be COM
| posed of the counties OF Marion, Cas- Bowie,
| Titus, Morris, franklin, and Camp.
| Stclion D. The Sixth District shall be COM
posed the counties of Red River, Lamar,
FHnuin, and GrnySOn.
Section I. The Seventh District shall be
composed ri the counties OF Gregg, Smith,
| Upshur, Wood, Rains Van Handt and Hen
uelSOn.
Section s. The Eigth District shall be com
posed Of the counties of Hunt. Hopkins, Col
lin, Roekwail, Eau ,u,,il. snu helLa,
Section y. The Ninth District shall he
composed OF the counties OF Brazos, Robert
son, Burleson and Milan.
Section 10. The Tenth District shall be
composed OF the counties of Cooke, Denton,
Montague, Wise, Clay, Parker, THrrant, and
the unOrganiHed counties of Archer, Wichita,
Baylor, Wilharger, Knox, HHrdeman, Greer
and Wegefarth.
Section IL. The Eleventh District shall be
composed OF the oouatioa OF Dallas and 81
lis.
Section H. The Twelfth District shall be
composed OF the counties OF Hood, Coryelle,
Hamilton, Comanche, Brown, Coleman
Shackleford Palo Pinto, Eastland, Eraih,
Someryille, Jack, Young, and the unor-
gani2ed counties of Jones, Tay lor, RunncIs,
Callahan, stephens, Haskell and ThrUcli.
morton.
Section 10. The Thirteenth District shall
be composed of the counties of AM, Navarro
Limestone, Bosque, johnson and Freestone.
Section H.. Fhe Fourteenth District shall
be composed of the counties OF MsI.pnnan,
Bell and Falls
Section Ii. The Fifteenth District shall be
composed of the counties OF Austin Fiiyette,
Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays and B!anco.
Section 10. The Sixteenth District shall be
composed OF the counties of Washington,
Lee, Travis aud Williamson.
section IL, Tho Seventeenth District shall |
be composed OF the counties OF Burnet, Lam