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Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, providing for the call of a Convention. 1855 365 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0475 and id is 1 raw text is: 366 sections of which the said parts of townships in this State have bede deprived, under such rules and regulations as Con- gress may present. ScrTioN 1. Be it therefore re8olved by the Senate and Hose of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That a copy of this memorial be forwarded by his Excellency the Governor, to each of our Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress from this State, with a request that the same be presented to their respective bodies, and that they en- deavor to obtain the passage of an act by Congress in accor- dance with the representation and prayer of the memorialists. ApPRuovD, February 12, 1856. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. providing for the call of a Convention. SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the State of Alabama in General A8embly convened That owing to defects in the Constitution of the State, and the numerous amendments now proposed to the same, it is expedient to call a general Convention of the people of the State to form a new Constitution; and to the end that the sense of the people may be taken thereon, it is hereby pro- posed that the qualified voters of this State be assembled, by Proclamation of the Governor, on the first Monday in May, 1856, at the usual place of voting in their respective counties, and that the polls be opened under the rules and regulations now governing the election of members of the General As- sembly of this State. SEc. 2. Be it further resolved, That at said polls it shall be the duty of the returning officers, or one of the judges, to propose to each voter as he presents himself, the question, Convention or no Convention, and the clerks of said poll shall register the vote so given; and it shall be the duty of the Sheriffs of the several counties to make returns of the votes so given to the Secretary of State, by the first Monday in June next after such elections ; and if any Sheriff shall fail to do so, he shall be liable to the penalties to which he would now be subjected for failing to discharge his duty in returning the votes cast in h1s county for the office of Gover- nor.

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