The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-02
DERIcKsBURo, VA. SATURDAY, MARCH 2 1901


Nottoway and Amelia shall have | dele
gate: Orange shall have delegate; Page
and Rappahannock shall have delegate;
Patrick shall have delegate; Petersburg
shall have delegates; Iittsylyania and
Danvillc shall have ! delegates; Ports
month shall have / delegate; Princess
Anne shall have ! delegate; Prince Ed
ward shall have delegate Prince George
and Surry shall have delegate Prince
William shall have ! delegate, Pulaski
and Giles shall have delegate; Kappa
hammock shall have delegate; Richmond
city shall have > delegates Rockbridge
and Bucna Vista shall have delegates ;
Rockingham shall have delegates ;
Russell shall have delegate; Scott shall
have delegate; Shenandoah shall have
| delegate; southampton shall have J
delegate: Smith aud Bland shall have !
delegate: Spotsylvania and Fredericks-
burg shall have delegate Stafford and
King George shall have delegate; Taze-
well shall have ! delegate: Washington
and city oi Bristol shall have dele
gates; Wythc shall have delegate;
Loudoun shall have delegate.
cNNvAssING THE VOTE.
- The Board oi Statecanvassers shall
meet at the office ol the Secretary Of the
Commonwealth on the first Monday in
June. 1901. and shall examine the Ger
tifcd abstracts Of said election and issue
certificates to delegates To theconvention
a. the same would be issued under section
ll2 of the Code of Virginia to members
elected To the General Assembly. and up
on the day OF the assembling oi the con
vention the Secretary of the Common
wealth shall lay before it list of the
delegates elected thereto with the dis
tricts they represent. Hall the abstracts
Of votes to be counted shall not have
been received by the first Monday in June,
1901 the said board shall adjourn from
day to day until they shall be soreceived
by the Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
Is. The persons who shall be elected in
pursuance of this act shall. ON Wednes
day. the 18th day of June. 1901, at II
o'clock. meet and assemble in the hall Of
the House Of Delegates at the Capitol, in
the city OF Richmond, in general conven-
ton. to consider, discuss. and propose a
new Constitution. or alterations and
amendments to theexisting Constitution
Z. The said convention shall be the
Judge Of its own privileges and elections,
and the members thereof shall have, pos
sess. and enjoy. in the most full and am
pie manner, all the privileges which mem
bers elected to and attending on the
General Assembly are entitled to; and
morever. shall be allowed the same pay
for travelling to, and returning
from the said convention. as Is now al
lowed to members Of the General Assem-
bly,. and shall receive for attendance upon
said convention the sum of 81 per day,
Sundays included, and the said conven-
tion is herebyempowered TO appropriate
such sums of money as may be necessary
to defray costs ofprinting and other in
cidcntal expenses and to appoint such
officers and TO make them reasonable al
lowances for their services as it shall
deem proper, which several allowances
shall be audited by the Auditor OF Public
Accounts and paid by the Treasurer OF
the Commonwealth upon proper war
rants, to be attested by the clerk and
signed by the president OF theconyention.
3. In case of any contested election to
the convention, the same shall be gov
erned in all respects by the existing laws
in regard to contested elections to the
Senate.