Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-10-11
ELECTION NOTICE.

In accordance with the statute in refer
cncc 10 Elections, wc do hereby give notice
to the voters IF NoXubce county, MISSISSIPPI
pi. that IN Election will be held on
TUESDAY, tho 4th day Of NOVEMBER, 1879,
at the following named voting precincts, to-
wit:
DIsTRICr No. AT Cliftonvillc and Prai-
rie Point Precincts.
DIsTEICT No. AT Center Point and
Cook>yllc.
DISTRICT No. 3.-At the Court House in
Macon,
DISTRICT No. AT Shuqualak, sum-
mcryllc and Mlishulavillc.
DISTRICT No. 5,-At Lynn Creek, Wet
Water and Brooksylle.
And for the following named officers, to-
wit:
One District Attorney One ScnMor, three
Representatives TO the State Legislature,
one Sheriff, one Circuit Clerk, one chance
clerk, one Treasurer, ono Tax Assessor,
one Surveyor, one coroner and RANGER. one
Supervisor for each Supervisors District,
two Justices and one constable for each jus
tees Beat.
And also upon the following Constitutions
al Amendment:
OFFICE OF SECRETARY or STATE,
jackson, Miss, July ID, 1879.
Pursuant to an Act to amend an Act to
provide for submitting TO Il vote of the peO-
pie Amendments to the Constitution and for
other purposes, approved April 10, 1876, |
hereby submit to the qualified electors ofthe
State, the following Joint Resolutions pro-
posing IN Amendment to the Constitution OF
the State of mississippi, to be voted upon for
adoption or rejection at the general election
| to be held November ith, 1879.
GIVEN under my hand and tho Great
Seal of the State of Mississippi here
| f.. s. unto affixed, this 10Th day Of July, A.
d., 1879.
| HENRY c. MEYERS,
Secretary of State.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to provide by
| Constitutional Amendment for Biennial
| Elections.
Resolved, by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi, 1.-TWO thirds of each house a.
greeting thereto,) That the following Amend
ment to the Constitution of the State rs
| substitute for sections six and seven, of Ar
ticc Four of said Constitution, be submit
ted 10 the qualified electors of the state a
the next general election for adoption or re
lection, namely:
Section @. The political year shall begin OF
the first Monday in January; the Legisla
ture shall meet ut the seat of government OF
the first Tuesday after the first Monday il
January, 1882, also on the first Monday il
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less sooner convened by the Governor. Tn,
time and place of meeting may be altered b,
law.
Section Z. A general election, by ballot
shall be held on the first Tuesday after tn,
first Monday in November, 1880, and Bienni
ally thereafter. All officers who 90 into OF
fec on the first Monday in January, 1882
shall be elected ut the general election il
1880. All officers who 80 in on the first Mon
day in January, 1880, and all officers who q,
into office on the first Monday in January
1882, shall hold their respective offices 70
three years, but the Constitutional terms o
their successors shall not be thereby effect
cd. Electors, in all eases of treason, felony
and breach of the Peace, shall be privilege
from arrest. during their attendance ut eleC
!, tions, aud the gong to and returning there
I from. Approved March 3, 1873.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
Jackson, Miss, July 10, 1870.
I, Henry G. Meyers, Secretary of Stat,
hereby certify that the foregoing, cntitle
s~A Joint Resolution to provide by COnst
tutional Amendment for Biennial Elet
tons,v Is true and correct copy of the {
! riginal now on file in this Office.
GIVEN under my hand ard the Grei
Seal of the State of Mississippi her,
n unto affixed, this 18th day Of Jul,
A, n, 1879. HENRY G. MEYERS,
Secretary of State.
: The voting precinct in Wet Water hi,
trct Is hereby changed from Mays Scho,
; House to Farview.
4 NEWTON HILL, Pres
al THOS, FOOTE,
TlIOS. FOOTE,
octi-te Board of Registrars