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Show TIIK rOVSTITl'TIOSAL COSiVKJf- no. lU U.vf vn. L- Jbund ihe bill pr Aiding Aid-ing lor th: el-eti'ill of delesf-ite to & convention preparatciy to the admiv -ion of I'tah as a Siale, a.i it wa.-amendod wa.-amendod by the comRil rf the U i-ia-turc, and Mib-eqn. nlly pas-cd bj the htju.M.-. The i,hl jt ciii;rOi.-ed yestcr-, day aiie.ii. n, was forwarded to IJoV' i nor Wood; e.-terday evening Ibr bis s-i'na'.'ire. Should he n it the q.-i bec.iuics Ui, : -botild he veto il his f, to i- ab .hli'-. .l Oct, jj,,n, v j-n- h -hi m i a ey- ,A.,:U,,-,.,i -I I t lh n't.. tL t ,r,.,n -i st.i.. ,S,-e. I. !h it ciULtcd by the i oTir . or and k-Mallvo :ivniilily of ihe "!Vr-liloiyol' "!Vr-liloiyol' l't.ib : 'fbal an eleetion shall be hei I in ea.-h pieeinet in the several eountie- id" this 'ferrit'ny, at the u.-ual pljeei o! In. Hug elceiiirii-t, OH I lit- -111 J :i y of I cb.uiry, A. I'., !7, at which time and places u!l le-al vol'TS may. Vole lor or again-l holdim; a eonven lion lo lake pieparatoiy slei for the adiui--ioii ' I tah into ihe I'nion as a State, i nd al-o may vole at sueh e!i-c-th.n for dekvales tn said eonention, aeeoidiii.t.' to the IbllowiiM :iiportioti-in-'nt : Suit Like c ,nmy, I'.t delegate; Tooele, u : Wa-atch. 1; Summit, :'.; ("tali, lo; luvis, 7; -Itiab, ;: ; .Moivaii. J' Sanpete, 7; 'ache, 0; St- t ier and Piute, i'; Htch. 1, Hoi Klder. r,; Mil-hrd, Mil-hrd, -1; ll.'avei', :;; Iron, -I: Washington, Washing-ton, 1; Kane, 'j; Weber. .V See, L'. lie il further enacted, ihat 1 such election .iball be conducted in ae- eordaneewilh "an act regulating election.-,'' "approved .January .'id, l-o.'' i And so soon thereafter as the general i abstract of tho names voied for as dele gates is made, the clerk of the county I court fhall otlioially notify each person elected, which official notice shall en- title such delegate to a seat in the convention. con-vention. j Sec. -;."The aid delcates shall , convene in the City hall, Salt lake city, on Monday, tho l'.'th of February, at lu a.m., nnd Miall lc qualified by any pUIMIIl .HlWlUll.eu IU UUlUllllMl-l 04U1S, I and shall organize by electing a president, presi-dent, secretary, and suoh other officers as thoy may deem necessary. See. 1. Tho convention when or ganized shall be authorized to frame a constitution for lite now Territory of I'tah, with a view to its admission into the I'nion as a .State, on an equal footing foot-ing with the original States; to name the proposed State; deli no the boundaries boun-daries thereof; lo menioralize tho Pred-I Pred-I ident and congress of tho United States ! fur its admission; lo take sueh other i lawful and prudent measures us they ! may deem necessary lor the aceom-! aceom-! plisliment of so desirable an object; j and to elcot nnd authorize delegates, j whoso duty it shall be to present the i constitution, memorials and other ap-; ap-; propriato documents, to the President j and congross of the Tinted Stales, and ! to use their best efforts to procure favorable action thereon. See. 5. Tho convontion shall submit sub-mit the constitution which it may frame, the names of tho delegates it may elect and its other public documents, docu-ments, designed to be entrusted lo said delegates, to ihe people for their approval ap-proval or disapproval, at such time j and places and in sueh manner as it ' may prescribe; and if approved by Ihe people, the delegates thus olected shall j forthwith repair to Washington, lis-! lis-! trict of Columbia, to perform the du-I du-I ties herein specified, and such other duties as the convention may with pro- prlety devolve upon them. |