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into effect all the purposts vi the said
have power to provide for all the eN-
penses of said election he'd under the
provisions of this ordnance and to any
See. Z. The delegates to the said
Constitutional Convention shall each
receive d per diem of $500 for each
days attendance upon said Convention
and Ave cents per mile for each pile
necessarily Travelled in going to and re-
turning from said Convention. said per
diem ard mileage to be paid by the
provisional State Treasurer. upon the
warrant Of The provisional state Audi
tor. who are hereinafter provided Tor.
Sec. s. The provisional state Audi
tor is hereby authorized to audit and
allow the accounts OF the several dele
gates to said convention, upon c%ertiii-
Gates Of the presiding officer OF said
convention. c~ountersigned by the sec
rotary thereof.
see. 8. The said convention shall
hold Il session for a period not to en-
coed forty days, but shall have power
to adjourn from time to time. N to
meet at the call OF the President OF the
Convention.
See. 10. The said convention shall
provide the manner OF presenting the
said constitution to the Congress of
the United States, and do, and ortain
all things necessary to be done for the
purpose of carrying into effect the gov
eminent of the State when it shall be
admitted into the Union of the States.
Sec. IL. That said convention shall
haye power 20 aiieint q STAGE Treasure
er and a State Auditor, and to define
and prescribe their duties and pay
which officers shall serve.provisjonally
until The State Government shall 90 in
to operation.
Sec. IL. In case of the refusal, neg
lact OF inability OF members of amy
County Board to act, the remaining
members or member of such County
Board shall have power to appoint a
member OF members to take the place
of any one so refusing, negiecting or
being unable to act. And in the case
OF the refusal. neglect or inability of
any County Board to act. the President
of the State Executive Committee
shall have power to appoint Il County
Board. In all other cases, where for
any reason. there is no County Board
to act and there may not be time for
the State Executive Committee to act,
the citizens may appoint a County
Board pro tenn.
In case of the refusal, neglect or ina
bility of any Judge or judges OF cleo
ton shall appoint others to act in their
place. And in case of the refusal. neg
lect or inability to act of all the Judges
of election. the county board may APP
point new Judges of election. or if for
any reason such Judges arenot appoint
ed the qualified electors at the polls
may appoint Judges OF election. No
mere technicality on informality in the
form of the election shall be deemed to
vitiate Of avoid the same, it being the
sole intent and object of this ordinance
to ascertain and give effect to the true
will OF the people of Dakota. as eN-
pressed by their ballots at the polls.
Sec. 10. y State executive commit
tee shall be appointed to consist of one
member at large, who shall be presi-
dent of said executive committee, and
one member from each organized coun-
tn. and also N from each of such
counties as4lnNy he hereafter organized
to be Dali eC hy the president of said
executive committee. Said committee
shall have full power to do and per.
form all things necessary to the carry
ing into effect of the provisions of this
ordinance: they shall appoint aCounty
Board in each county Of the proposed
State: make and issue instructions and
regulations with regard to the details
Of all elections held III pursuance OF
this ordinance: fill all vacancies in
their own number, o. ia the county
boards; call all adjourned meetings OF
this convention. order new elections
for another convention: order new OF
special elections i'll case OF necessity
for the Constitutional Convention: and
perform and exercise such other duties
and powers as may be imposed or con-
ferred upon them by this ordinance or
convention. They shall fix their OWL
times and places Of meeting, and ten
members shall constitute a quorum
with power to transact business.
More than N uneNcused absence
from any regular meeting OF the state
executive committee by any member
thereof shall be deemed to work a va.
cancy in his office, which may be filled
at the discretion OF the committee
but any member may by writing dele.
gate his power to act on the Commit.
tee to any member thereof.
The State Executive Committee shall
meet and organize on the day of theil
appointment and before this conven.
ton %adjourns, by the election Of a pres.
ident and secretary, and shall keep
record of their proceedings. They
may employ all necessary clerical as.
%sistance.
Sec. Il. It shall be the further duty
Of the several county boards, within
ten days after such election to certif,
to the Secretary Of the Territory the
names OF all persons voted for as such
delegates from their respective coun,
ties, with the number of votes cast fol
each, and to transmit the same to said
Secretary, and the several county clerks
are hereby requested to sign said certi,
ticates, but said certificates will be suf-
ticient and valid If made and signed by
the county boards alone. In case il
shall for any reason be found impossi
bic for the Secretary of the Territory
to receive and preserve said returns
the President OF said executive com
mittee hay direct such certificates tx
be sent to the clerk Of the Supreme
Court Of the Territory, Or such othel
custodian as he may designate.
Sec. Is. The Secretary of the Terri
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