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Show ' TIIK COSVKSTIOi. j 'I brr ti'ilowiiig La the bid winch haj iJii-tcd the houe of r-pre euiativs of th-j I-gi dative :i.-.eiiib!y, au I is now ! awaiting the action of the council, pro-' pro-' vidinj; fijrthe election of delegated to a eonveii'ieu to draft a constitution with a view lo i Lit- aduii-aioQ of I tab into the I 'ni.iti a- a Stat.-. The bill Was Ordf-n-d print. d elerday by the conn- A t A.t, lS;ji'liJ j;f tlf EUd lun - llAs-j.il, i to a C'jm tiitiu to Prf-pari Prf-pari a ('tnt',t'iti.a for th" Admit-,.' Admit-,.' ( f.il, int., the L.ih'ti us (l Srtt- .tfc. I. Ui- it ruaclt d by lh.' gov-' gov-' -Trior and lei'i-laiive a-M-ml.lv uf the , Teirin-ry of ltah: 'lhat an election ;hall he held in eaeh precinct in the .u w ral c'.uuties, at the u-iul place of luldiiuf eluclion.-, oil the "J'.'th day of dummy. A. 0., 172, at which lime and place the citiem over tweniy-oue y.'ai - of uv- may vuU- for or against holdtu: a coiiveuliou lo iitke preparatory prepara-tory .-t.-p-. for the admii-iuti of I'tah imo the Union as a State, and fur such peisou-i ai lhy may wi-ti to i-leet as deleateH thereto: According to the following apportionment: Salt Luke county, twenty deleyales; Tooele, live; Wa-alch, four; Summit, three; I'tah, fourteen; Pavin, Juub, three; Morgan, two; Sanp.-le. even; (.'ache, nine; Sevier, two; llieh. two; Piute, one; ltox Kld.-r, six; Millar J, three; 'iraver' two; Iron, two; Washington, Wash-ington, three; Kane, two, Weber, eijfhi. See. 2. -Hi it further enacted That said election sttsill conducted iu accordance ac-cordance with "Au ad regulating elections,' elec-tions,' approved January -.1, 1 3...:. And so soon thereafter a the general abstract of the nausea voted lor a. delegates dele-gates is made, the clerk of the county court shall oliicially notify oaeh person elected, which ollieal notice shall entitle en-title such delegate to a seal in the convention. con-vention. See. ."..-The said delegates .-.ball convene in the city hall, Suit Lake city, on Monday, the H'lh of February, at 10 a.m., aud shall be qualilted by any person authorized to administer oaths, and shall organize by electing a president, secretary and such ot her officers as they may deem necessary. Sec. 4. The convention is author-, author-, ized to frame and adopt a constitution for the now Territory of Utah, with a View to iK ndimaiinn intn tho litdon . a Stale, on an equal footing with the original States; to name and delino tha boundaries by which the new Slate shall be limited; memorialize the President Pres-ident and congress of the - United States lor its admission; to tnke such other lawful and prudent measures as they may deem necessary for the ac-' ac-' oomplishmcut of so desirable an ob-i ob-i ject; and to elect and authorize dcle-1 dcle-1 gates, whose duty it shall be to present the constitution, memorials and other appropriate documents to the Prcsi-i Prcsi-i dent aud congress of tho United ; States, and to use their best efforts I towards procuring a favorable action ' thereon. |