SECTION.

14. Deposit of tickets. — Elector to vote only in township or ward of residence. - Numbering of tickets.

15. Drinking houses to be closed on day of the election. - Sale or gift of intoxicating liquor prohibited.

16. Hours of voting. Counting of ballots.

Disposition of

returns. Copies of abstract of returns, ballots, and poll

books, where filed.

17. Ascertainment and publication of result of election on adoption of Constitution. Constitution, if adopted, in force

from date of such publication. — Abstract of returns of the election, to be filed with secretary of state. - List of members of General Assembly, elect, to be certified to General Assembly. Abstract of returns of election of state officers to be certified to speaker of House of Representatives, and the result by him announced. State officers elected, when to enter upon their duties.

18. All officers chosen at this election to be commissioned by

20. Officers elected, other than state officers, when to enter upon their duties.

21. Prior incumbents to vacate their offices.

22. Time of convening of first session of General Assembly. 23. Transfer of jurisdiction from boards of supervisors to county courts, from criminal courts to circuit courts, and of probate business to probate courts.

24. Present incumbents to continue in office till qualification of successors. Commissioner of state lands.

25. Penalty of fraud by officers of the election or other persons. 26. Tenure of office of officers chosen at the election. Time of next general election. - Election of congressmen. 27. Appropriation to defray expenses of the election.

28. Present salaries of state officers.

members of General Assembly.

- Per diem and mileage of

APPENDIX B.

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.

Article of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

ARTICLE I.

The style of this Confederacy shall be, "The United States of America."

ARTICLE II.

Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.

ARTICLE III.

The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for the common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.

ARTICLE IV.

The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different

states in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these states, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states; and the people of each state shall have free ingress and egress to and from any other state, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively; provided that such restriction shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any state to any other state of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States or either of them. If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any state shall flee from justice and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offense. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state.

ARTICLE V.

For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each state to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send

No

others in their stead for the remainder of the year. state shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind. Each state shall maintain its own delegates in any meeting of the states and while they act as members of the committee of the states. In determining questions in the United States, in Congress assembled, each state shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress; and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonment during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on, Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.

ARTICLE VI.

No state, without the consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance, or treaty with any king, prince, or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince, or foreign state; nor shall the United States, in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility. No two or more states shall enter into any treaty,

confederation, or alliance between them, without the consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same. is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue. No state shall lay any imposts or duties which may interefere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States, in Congress assembled, with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.

No vessel of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any state, except such number only as shall be deemed necessary by the United States, in Congress assembled, for the defense of such state or its trade, nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any state in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defense of such state; but every state shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred, and shall provide and constantly have ready for use in public stores a due number of field-pieces and tents, and a proper quantity of arms, ammunition, and camp equipage.

No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay till the United States, in Congress assembled, can be consulted; nor shall any state grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or re