The Magnolia gazette., 1890-09-27
TwentIath-sharkey anl -


Twenty-second-A Alfalfa, L
Twenty-thlrd -Oktibbeha and r
Choctaw, /.
Twent fourth - lay amt
Webster, /
Observation-Disclosures, |
Twenty siXth-Carrol and !
Montgomery, |.
Observation-Disclosures and
Tallahatchle, L.
Twenty-e z Il h Yallabusha
and Grenada, |.
Twenty.ninth-- Washington and
SunAower-the county Of Wash
ington to elect /, and Washington
and Sunilower | between them.
Tmrtieth-Bolivar, /.
Thirty-frst-C Chickasaw, Cal
houn and Pontotoc, l--both at no
time TO be chosen from the same
county.
Observation-Disclosures, |
Thlrty-lhirl-Panola /.
Observation-Disclosures, Tu-
nloa, Qditman, /.
ThDty>fifth-D, Soto, /
Thirty-sixth-Uniou, Tippah,
Benton, Marshall and Tate, three
Senators, provided that no two
Senators shall come from the
same county.
Thirty-seventh---Tlshomiugo, /,
Alcorn and Prentiss. 1
Thirty eighth Monroe, Lee
and ltawamba, 2, one Of which
shall be a resident Of Lee or
: Itawam5a.
now TIC GOVERNOR AND OTHER
OFFICERS SHALL BE CHOSEN.
SECTION 1. The Governor OF
the State shall be chosen in the
following manner: On tuesday
after the first Monday in Noyem-
) Der, 1898, and on Tuesday after
the first Monday IN November 1t
, every fourth year thereafter, an
a election shall be hel iu the scy.
eral counties and districts creat,t
, for the election of members ofth'
House of Representatives in thu
> State for Governor, and the per
n son receiving in any county o
such district the highest numbe
> of votes east therein for sai'
office shall be holden to have re
"a celved as many votes as sue
county Or district is entitled t
= members IN the House Of Repre-
sentatives which last named vote
'e are hereby designated "clcctom
10 votes" Ia all cases where
s. representative shall be equal
n divided among such counties c
districts, the returns of Said elet
y ton shall be certified by the elc'
ton commissioners or a majorIt
m of them of the several ccunti'
oi and transmitted sealed to the SCI
&c of government directed to Il
on Secretary Of State aud shall be h
H. HIM safely kept and delivered
the Speaker of the House
Representatives at the next enst
oe ing session of the LegislatuI
nc within one day after he sha
n have been elected.
en SEC. 2. The Speaker shall {
:, the next Tuesday after he sha
" have received said returns, op,
y and publish them IN the prcsen
10 10 of the House Of Representatv
- and said House shall ascertain al
IL IL count the vote Of each county Al
- legislative district and decide ai
i0' contest that may be made col
cevnIng the same and SAID declsi'
~ - shall be made by a majority
- =. the whole number Of members
's' the House of Representahv
concurring therein, by a vi
D. voce vote, which shall be recor
ed IN It's journal; provided,
~, case the two highest caudldat
have an equal number of votes
any county or legislative distri'
m AHG 6leClOEdi NOlC VI buCl tONIl
or legislative district shall be CO
sidered as equally divided
/. tween them. The person fou
in TO have received majority of
of the electoral votes and also
W. majority of the popular &C
shall be declared elected.
If no person shall receive 81
er- majority then the House of R'
resentatIves shall proceed
to choose a Governor from
rem t&o persons who shall have
ceived the highest number
on, popular votes. The elect
shall be by viva voce vote, VIII
shall be recorded 10 the jou
in iu such manner as to show
whom each member voted.
SEC. 3. In case OF an elect
.sh- of Governor or anv State off
by the. House of Representatl'
no member of that House shall
eligible to receive any appO