The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-24
OFFICE OF SRCRRTARY or THE
OoEMoFwEALTH, HARRisBURG, PENNA.,
TO the sheriff Of Carbon oouniy.

DkFIhhbhA eolhf 1881
To the sheriff Of Carbon County:
In compliance with the provisions Of an Act Of
the General Assembly. entitled IAN act to pro
vide for a convention to amend the Constitution
and the election Of delegates thereto" approved
the nineteenth day Of June, Ammo Domlni 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 Hrst Monday of November
next, vote for or against holding q convention to
amend the Constitution, and for members Of said
convention, II the majority OF the voters In the
Commonwealth hvors such convention, accord.
ing to the regulations provided In the several
sections Of said act as hereafter set FORTH tOwit
SECTION |. Be Il enacted bu the Senate and
House Of Representatives. cT the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and Il Is
hereby enacted by the authority Of the same, That
at the general election to be held on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday Of November
next, the duly qualified electors 1f this Common
wealth shall vote for or agal st holding CON
ventlon to amend the Constitution according to
the regulations provided In the subsequent sec
tiOns OF this act.
SECTION 3 Ifat the said general election to
be held as Aforesaid, majority oil the electors Of
this Commonwealth shall declare in favor Of a
convention to amend the Constitution, the said
cOnuentOn shall be composed Of delegates duly
elected, and shall assemble as hereinafter pro
ylded.
SEcTIoN 3. At the general election to be held
| on the Tuesday next following the first Monday
] Of November next, there shall be elected by the
| qualified electors Of this Commonwealth, dele
| gates to a convention to revise and amend tho
| shall consist Of one hundred and seventy-seven
members, to be elected In the manner following:
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-seven highest In vote shall be de-
| clared elected. One hundred and fifty delegates
shall be apportioned to and elected from the DIFF
| ferent Senatorial districts Of the State, three
| delegates to be elected for each Senator there
| from and in choosing said delegates, each voter
shall he 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 ct present re-
quired for members OF the State senate.
SECTION 4. 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 the proper election officers of the
eral elsction 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 ihls
| act.
Second The tickets to be voted for or against
] n convention shall have on the inside, "For a
| Constitutional Convention and against n
Constitutional Convention" and no other in.
Third The tickets to be voted for members at
large shall have on the outside the WOIds "De o.
gates at large" aid on the inside the names of
the candidates to be voted for not exceeding
| eighteen In number.
FOuath. The tickets to be voted for district
meuloeTb suall nave on Ine OUTSIDE the words
| "Dtstrct delegates and on the inside the ame
or names OF the candidates voted for not exceed
| ing the proper number limited as aforesaid, but
| any ticket that shall contain q greater number
| of names than the number for which tho voter
| shall be entitled to vote shall be rejected
Firm. 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 for
district delegates to be members Of the said con
yentton in the several counties Of the Common
wealth, and shall follow the same 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 officer alone.
Now, therefore, In obedience TO the require.
ments OF the Act of the General Assembly afore.
said you are hereby required to publish this
notice with your proclamation for the holding
Of said general election.