The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-10
SErTENBER 18th, 1891,
10 III MerlE q carbon oounLu!

TO tie StertB Of Carbon County!
In compliance with the provisions Of an Act Of
the General Assembly entitled "An act TO pro
vide for Convention to amend the Constitution
and the election Of delegates theretOn approved
the nineteenth day of June, Ammo DOmini one
thousand eight hundred and ninety.one the duly
qualified electors Of this Commonwealth SHALL
at the general election TO be held on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday Of November,
next, vote for or against holding a convention to
amend the Constitution, and for members of said
convention, Ii the majority OF the voters Ia the
Commonwealth fayors such convention, accord.
ing to the regulations provided in the several
sections Of said act as hereafter set FORTH to-wt :
SECTION l. Be IL endcied By The Senate and
House of Representatives Cf the Commonwealth of
Penn5yiUdntd in General Assembly met, and IL Is
hereby enacted By the authority ofHe same, That
at the general election to be held on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday of November
next, the duly qualified electors Of this Common
wealth shall vote for or against holding a con-
ycnttOn to amend the Constitution according to
the regulations provided in the subsequent sec
tiOns Of this act
SECTION ,, Hat the said general election to
be held as Aforesaid, majority oil the electors Of
this Commonwealth shall declare in favor of n
convention to amend tho Constitution, the said
cOnuentiOn shall be composed of delegates duly
elected, and shall assemble as hereinafter pro-
vlded.
SECTION g. At tho general election to be held
on the Tuesday next following the first Monday
of November next, there shall be elected by tho
qualified electors of this Commonwealth dele
gates to a convention to revise and amend the
Constitution of this State. The said convention
shall consist Of one hundred and seventy-seven
members, TO be elected in the manner fOllowingI
Twenty-seVen members shall be elected in the
state at large Each voter OF the State shall
vote for not more than eighteen candidates, and
/ the twenty-seyen highest in vote shall be de-
Glared elected. One hundred and fifty delegates
shall be apportioned to and elected from the diff
lerent Senatorial districts of the state, three
delegates to be elected for each Senator there
from and in choosing said delegates, each voter
shall be entitled to vote for not more than two
of the members to be chosen from each Senator
ial district, and the three candidates highest in
vote shall be declared elected and said delegates
shall possess the qualifications at present re-
quired for members of the State Senate.
SECTION T. The following regulations shall
apply to the aforesaid election TO be held on the
Tuesday following the first Monday of Novem-
Der next, and to the return Of the same
First The said election shall be held and con-
Quoted BY tho proper election officers of the sew
eral olsctlon districts of the Commonwealth, and
shall be governed and regulated in all respects
by the general election laws of the Common.
wealth, so far as the same be applicable thereto
and not inconsistent with the provisions of This
act.
Second The tickets to be voted for or against
| a convention shall have on the inside, "For a
Constitutional Convention and Against a
Constitutional Convention" and no other in
scriptions thereon.
Third The tickets to be voted for members at
| largo shall have on the outside the words "Dee.
gates at large and on the inside the names OF
the candidates to be voted for not exceeding
| eighteen in number.
| Fouoth The tickets to be voted for district
members shall have on the outside the words
| District delegates and on the inside the n anne
| or names OF the candidates voted for not exceed
| ing the proper number limited as aforesaid, but
| any ticket that shall contain greater number
| of names than the number for which tho voter
| shall DO entitled to vote shall he rejected.
Fifth. The return judges shall meet at the
| same places and at the same time after said
| election, and shall make out the returns thereof
of the votes cast for delegates at large and foI
district delegates to DO members Of the said con.
vcntlOn In the several counties of tho Common
i wealth. and shall follow the form in max.
| ing out their returns as prescribed for return
| judges in tho case of an election for Governor
except that the said returns shall be transmitted
/ to the Secretary OF the Commonwealth and shall
| be addressed to that'olfcer alone.
Now, therefore, in obedience to the require
| ments Of the Act of the General Assembly alorc
| said, you are hereby required to publish this
notice with your proclamation for the holding
| of said upucrnl election