Evening journal., 1891-01-13

SpSea"a beepdtcn 10 the EVENING JOURNAL
Dover, Del, Jan. IS. Williams in
troduced a Constitutional Convention
bill in the Senate this morning.
The full text of the bill follows:
Section /. That, on the third Tues
day in May, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
special election shall be held for the
purpose Of ascertaining, by balIot, tho
sense OF the people of this state upon
the question Of calling convention to
change, alter and amend the constitution
of the state.
Eat the said election the citizens Of
the state entitled to vote for representa-
tiyes may have written or printed on
their ballots the words For q Conven.
lion or Against a Convention. Said
ballots may be of any size and form not
exceeding the size now provided by law.
Section 2 That at said special election,
TO be held as prescribed in Section / Of
this act the inspectors and Judges
chosen in the several hundreds through
out the state to hold the last general
election shall hold said special election.
Every vacancy In the said Offices shall be
filed in the same manner as now pre-.
scribed by law
Section 3 That said special election
shall be held at the same places. in the
same manner, and according to the same
regulations, aud subject to the same
penalties, so far as the same are applica-
ble to the purpose of this act, as are pre-
seribed concerning the general election
and the votes cast at said special election
shall be counted snd certified by the
Inspector and judges of each poll, aud
fha NJ ha cafd al r1,. l.
ascertained and certified by the board of
canvass of each county on the Thurs
day next succeeding the day of
the said special election, at the
same times, in the same manner. at the
same places and by the same persons as
is prescribed in chapter eighteen of the
Revised Statutes. aud any Amendments
and supplements thereto, for the count |
ing and certifying of the result of the |
general election in this state. The Ger. |
tihcates respectively of said special cleo |
tloR shall specify and show precisely the |
number of votes cast For a Convention |
and Against Convention
Section 4 That the returns of said |
special election, so certified by the board /
of canvass Of each county as aforesaid, |
and duplicates thereof, shall be delivered |
In the same manner, by tie same persons,
in the same way, and to the same officers |
as the returns of the election for /
governor and duplicates thereof are re |
quired to be delivered by direction of the /
constitution of the state
"Section 5. That the General As |
sembly shall. at the the next session |
thereof after said special election and on |
the second Wednesday after its orgsni.. |
zation, meet in joint session, in the Hall |
of the House of Representatives, to be /
present at the opsning and publishing of |
the said returns Of suoh election, and to
ascertain therefrom the result Of said /
election throughout the state bY calcu.
iating the aggregate amount OF all the
votes that shall have been given re-
spectively For a Convention aud
Against a Convention in all tie counties
Of the state.
''Section That if thereupon ii shall
appear that majority Of all the citizens
IA the state, having a right to vote for
representatives. have voted, at said
special election, For a Convention, the
uenerai Assembly shall accordingly, st
ltS next session, make provision. by
appropriate legislation, for the calline
anu erection Of a convention, to consift
OF at least as many members "a tbera ara
IN DOTH houses OF the Legislature. to be
chosen in the same places, and at the
same tire, that Representatives are
by the citizens entitled to vote
for representatives., on due notice
given for one month, and to
meet within three months after they
snail be elected The majority OF all the
citizens in the state having a right to
vote for Representatives shall bs ascer- ,
tained by reference TO the highest num- !
ber OF votes cast ia the state at any one /
OF the three general elections next pre- /
ceding the day of voting for convention
except when they may be less than the
whole number Of votes, both for and
against convention, in which case the
said majority shall be ascertained by {
to the number of votes given I
on the day Of voting for or against a }
III
"Section z. That 1t shall be the duty
Of the sheriffs, or other officers to whom
the ballot boxes used at said special i
election shall be delivered for the pur. (
poses of this act, to keep the said boxes,
and the ballots and certificates, and tally
lists of said election deposited therein,
safely until after the meeting Of the
General Assembly at its said next ses.
sion after the said election, and to hold Z
the same subject to the order OF the |
General Assembly during said session" '