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 THIR’l‘Y—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 36. 1864. 31 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all persons qualified by law to Who may vote vote for representatives to the general assembly of said territory, at the at 5*** °1°°“°“‘ date of the passage of this act shall be qualified to be elected, and they are authorized to vote for and choose representatives to form a convention, under such rules and regulations as the governor of said territory may prescribe; and also to vote upon the acceptance or rejection of such constitution as may be formed by said convention, under such rules and regulations as the said convention may prescribe ; and if any of said citi- _Enllsted solzens are enlisted in the army of the United States, and are still within d'°'S‘ said territory, they shall be permitted to vote at their place of rendezvous; and [if] any are absent from said territory, by reason of their enlistment in the army of the United States, they shall be permitted_ to vote at their place of service, under the rules and regulations in each case to be prescribed as aforesaid ; and the aforesaid representatives to Appmlimmon; form the aforesaid convention shall be apportioned among the several of ¤`<·=P*`°¤°¤*¤· counties in said territory in proportion to the population as near as may mV8s' be; and said apportionment shall be made for said territory by the governor, United States district-attorney, and chief justice thereof, or any two of them; and the governor of said territory shall, by proclamation on or before the first Monday of May next, order an election of the representa- Time of first tives as aforesaid to beheld on the first Monday in June thereafter through- °1“°‘°“* &°' out the territory, and such election shall be conducted in the same manner as is prescribed by the laws of said territory regulating electionstherein for members of the house of representatives, and the number of members to said convention `shall be the same as now constitute both branches of the legislature of the aforesaid territory. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of the convention, M<;eti¤g ofcouthus elected, shall meet at the capital of said territory on the first Mon- day in July next, and, after organization, shall declare, on behalf of the mm, people of said territory, that they adopt the constitution of the United States. Whereupon the said convention shall be, and it is hereby, authorized to form a constitution and state government for said territory: Provided, That the constitution, when formed, shall be republican, and not Proviso. repugnant to the constitution of the United States, and the principles of the Declaration of Independence: Andprovided further, That said convention shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable, without the consent of the United States and the people of said state : -— First. That there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude No slavery or in the said state, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof €¤"°l¤¤*¤mY Sewthe party shall have been duly convicted. mum Second. That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be se- Religious tolercured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested in person **0* or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship. Third. That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and dc- Unappropriated clare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated Public l**¤d$· public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States; and that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said state shall never be taxed higher than the land belonging to the Taxes, residents thereof; and that no taxes shall be imposed by said state on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in case a constitution and state Constitution to, government shall be formed for the people_ of said territory of Nevada, be S¤*>mi*t<>df<> g in compliance with the provisions of this act, that said convention forming p°pum v°t°' , the same shall provide by ordinance for submitting said constitution to 1864 0h_Q_1_ g the people of said state for their ratihcation or rejection at an election to Post; p. 85. é be held on the second Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, at such places and under such regulations as may be prescribed therein, at which election the lawful voters of said new state shall