Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-10-09
pondenee Of the United States of North
America
WILLIAM NJ BROWN,
Sheriff of Butler County
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CONSTITUTIONAL coNvESTIos ASp DEtEaArrs
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uQlae ~ the ss.rCrarg - the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg, Fa., september ssth. 1851
To he shcrin cg isut,cr County.
In compliance NilA the provisions 81 an Act
Of the General Assembly. entitled ''An act 70
provide for G Convention % amend the Con.
stltutl0n ead tbs election uE aele ates tAercto,
approved tie nint gegnih day q June. Ammo
BomiG4 enc Thousand csght hundred and
ninety-one. THE duly Qualified electors OF this
Commonwealth shall. AZ the general election 70
I he held on tie Tuesday next following the first
( MONDAY or November, next vote for or against
I holding q COLS ehtiel 10 amend TIE t0nstltu.
I tieA. and Tor rleIHrefs q sad convention. u 4
1 favogs saca eons entton according - TIE reg
ulafibns provided IN the several sections cs sad
/ act as hereafter SCI forth 70 Wit
/ SgCr1oN /. BE ~ enacted by the ssra1r and
House uI Representatives tfthe Common scalth
| Of fennsy ylYania in General Assembly met. and
/ IL i hereby enacted by tie authority OF tie
| same. That at the general election 70 be held
| on the Tuesday next following TIT. ilrSt Monday
! OF November next. the nnly qualified electors
1 OF this Commonwealth shan vote lor or against
/ holding convention 70 amend the Constitution
I according 10 the regulations provided in TIC
I subseqC Cent sections of This act
SECTION .. II al the said general election ~
be held rs aforesaid. a majority OF the electors
OF this Commonwealth shah declare In favor Of
| a convention 10 amend the Constitution. the
I said convention shall be composed OF delegates
duly elected and shall assemble as hereinafter
provided.
| held on the Tuesday next following the first
| Monday OF November next, there shall ne
elected By the quslned electors 0. this Com
| monwe;lth. delegates 70 convention TO revise
and amend the Constitution OF this state. The
| said convention shall consist OF one hundred
and seventy seven members. TO lie elected IN
manner following Iwenty-seyen members
shall be elected i'll the state at large. Zach yOf-
er OF the state shall vote Tor not more than
eighteen candidates, and the twenty
highest in vote shall he declared elected. One
hunCfee and hIty delegates shall be arporlion-
ed to aDG elected IT0n the different Senatorial
districts OF the state, three delegates To be
elected for each senator thereirum and In
choosing said delegates each voter shall be en-
| titled TO vote fGr NOT more than TWO oil the MEM
bers to be suSen from each Senatorial district.
and tie three candidates highest In vote shall
be declared elected. and said delegates shall
russess the qualifications of present required
ior members OF the state senate.
| SECTION !. The following regulations shall
apply 20 Tie aforesaid election TO lie held on the
| tuesday following tie hrsf Monday oi N0Vem-
| Der neat, and 50 Tie return OF the same.
First, The said election. shall be held and
conducted BY the proper election officers Of the
several election districts OF the Commonwealth,
ana snail &c soycrheu ana regulated IN All re-
spects By the general election LAWS oil the com
/ | mOnwealJh. SO lar as the Same te applicable
thereto ana not Inconsistent With TIE FroyIs-
Secend. Inc tickets TO be voted FOR or against
a convention shall have on the inside, For Q
Constitutional Convention. and Against a
constitutional tonFcntlons aAid no Uthef IN
Third The tickets TO be voted Tor members
| at large StAall idNt on lht OutSiuc l4lG hOiuS,
| delegates III large, ana on the inside the
names OF the candidates to oe voted for not ex-
| cecdIng eighteen ia number.
Fourth. The tickets u be voted for district
| ne u hers shall have on the outside the words,
| District delegates ana On the inside the
, | nam or names OF the candidates Ysteu Tor not
: | exceeding the proper number limited as atcfe-
sad, but any ticket that SHAH contain greater
| number Ct NAMES than tie number f0f which
the voter shall ee entitled 10 Totc shall be re-
jectcd.
: Fifh. The return judges snail meet Ut the
: same places and Ut tnC same time after said
elect ion, and shall make 0Et Tine returns there
or OF tie votes cast for delegates at large ana
distric Ct delegates to he members oI the saic
| CONVEX IN the several counties OF the Com
r monw eaith, aLd shall follow the same form IN
) m akiug cut fheiT ICiGIis US presented for re-
turn lpdges IN the case cf an election for Gov
, eIncI except that the said returns shall be
! transmitted TO the Secretary OF the Common
wealth ard shall 30 addressed TO that oihceI
, alone.
Nov, therefore. in oUedlance 70 the require
| ments Of the act oT the General Assembly
aforesaid. you are hereby required 10 publish
this notice with your proclamation Tor the hold
ing of said general election
WILLIAM +. HAhRlrN,
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.