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THE CARROLL, COUNTY TIMES.
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Carroll Lodge, No. OH, Free and Accepted Ma
.oll. Warrant granted November 1, 1 848. Meets
m. the first and third Tuesday* in each month.
The (Hi urches.
Methodist Church.— Rev. W. F.Quinlan; Car*
rnlltoii, Ist, 2nd and 4th Sabbaths in each month;
Stripling chapel, 3rd Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church.—Rov. 9. A, Wynne, Carroll
t«n Ist, 2nd mid 3rd Sabbaths in each month.
’’besbytkrian Church. —Krv. Wm. Dim mock’s
•moiniineuts in this County are: 2nd Sabbath at
villa Rica; 3rd and4th at O irrollton.
(PitoTESTANT Methodist Church —Rev. K. 11.
M IU Superindent: First Sabbath, Anti
och’ l*tsabbath »venin;.r, 'Temple; 2d Sabbath,
KarinviHe; second Sabbat, evening Shady Grove;
:jrd Sabbath, New Hope, 4th sabbath, bovvdon.
Patron* »f lfln*lmmtry.
Sand Hill Grange, No. 285, meets second and
r urtt Saturdays, 1 o’clock r. »t. A. C. lliiton
Mu-iter ’ J. VV. Carroll, Secretary.
’ Kowu Grange, No. 401, meets third Saturdays in
each mouth. William Brooks, Master,
itit.lieu Grange, No. u*4, meets on the third Sat
urday .a each month, at 2 p. m. VV. J. Pyron,
'hiv' Spring Grange, No. 142 meets on every
M C uud Satuid .y. 8. VV. Millie* , Master. J. VV.
Burns Secretary.
Kcv Stone Grange No. 570, meets every Saturday
evenia2- VV. 11 Baker, Master, J. O. Itobiuso*,
.Sec re tar}.
Karinville Grange, meet. Ist aud 4tb Saturday
wc ti niunth; Master J. T. Green, Secretary, P,
Crutchfield.
fIWFBSSIONAL & 111 SIMM ( AKDS
Or, I. N. ClI RN KY .offer* his professional servl
ces tOjtheicitizens of Carroll and adjacent enun
tios. Special attention given to chronic diseases.
Ollice near his residence, Carrollton, Ga.
-i- VV. DIM MOCK, Architect and Builder, Car
-1 rolltoii, Georgia. Is prepared to da any and all
kinds ol work n his line, in the latest style. Al
-I*ll drawings and specilHcations gotten up in the
most modern an i improved style, at moderate
pcice* aud in snoit t .me Have no objection t>
inking vork In the conntey.
ri-HE VIRGINIA HOTEL, Newnan, Georgia, is
1 kept by Miss E. C. Yancey late of Virginia.
TAabu.ldiug occupied is the brick hotel
.known s the Me Bowel bouse) aud is botli e'. gible
to town and depot. Prof. Wm. Wells the gentle
manly clerk isalways on hand, to look after the
nlighieit wants of guests.
J. L. COBB,
Attorney at Ixaw,
CARROLLTON GA.
fc if" Office In the Court House.
H. C. TIMMONS,
Phy‘siciv*ix did Surgoon
ALLENS MILL, GEORG! V.
CHARLES H. MERRELL,
Attorney Law.
CARROLL TON -- - -GE ORGIA,
fur Office with W. VV. &G. VV. Merrell. Send
an vutir claims
W. W. FITTS. J.G. ARNALL
FITTS & ARNALL,
PIIYSK IANS «& SURGEONS,
CARROLLTON - - GEORGIA.
Office, Rome street, third door be’ow tbe
ick building.
•tj g. GROW. VV. C. ADAMSON
GROW & ADAMSON,
Attornoys at H«aw,
CARROLLTON - - - GEORGIA.
547“ Office No 1. ii)) stairs, in tiie Garrison brick
milding.
W, W. & G. W. MERRELL
Aftoruoys at Xiaw.
CARROLLTON GEORGIA.
iT’”’ Office on Rome street next door to A. F.
harp & Bro.
EDWARD J. REAGAN.
Hampton Georgia, .
i Practices in the Counties of Henry, Clay
’, on « Spalding, Hints and Fayette; and elsewhere
“.' special contract. Collection a specialty.
MEDIOAIi c lID.
L>K. WILLIAM GAULDING,
llavinff located in the city of Carrollton, re
spectfully tenders his services, in tlie various
I' randies of plivsic to the citizens es Carroll
on and vicinity. tie will make a specialty
of diseases of women, chronic diseases ot all
Sf “xes. and midwifery. Haviug been regular
in practice for more than twenty years,
? <*ds prepared to treat any disease, and
ei'r satisfaction, to all who may give him a
b'ial. Can always be found at his office in the
Hand vil'e brick bu l ling, up sta rs, in the
da .v time, Hud at his residence, the Charley
hliite house, near the depot, at flight. Char
■ids to suit the times.
Rrprrexcrs—Drs. .T, A. Long, Charlie
Ihdley and John Batigh, LaGrange firs Mud
K °n and Boozer, Hogansville; or Dr. Jen
ttings, Ha>risonville, Drs, Peddv & Daniel,
franklin, and a thousand living patients.
Carroll Masonic I istitutc,
CARROLLTON, GA.
W. W, & 1!. J. ROOF, Principals.
,T*ke f as t hold of I instruction, let her
W ffo: hep her: lQ I I for she is thu life'
Spring, session begins third Wednesday in
January.
Tuition *1 50, $2 50, *3 75 per month, ac •
c °rding to tlie grade of studies pursued.
-■kition due from date of entrance till close
l' 1 ' es -ioii. Deljiiciion* made for absence on
n >'> cases of) sickness or other providential
.W* Incidental feeJl 00 per scholar for
session.
i Music department conducted as
“ >l >tofuie by Mrs. liluidy, charges model’-
at<v
jati 5 '77—4t.
For IS cut.
T. e beantiful snd commodi
X, ooh formerly occupied by
Mr I'irkle, eiUnVed 158 j'erds
North of Depot. Also the house
ft, formerly occupied by Mr. Eli
of the Depot and the house former
lot bv c. H. White. North-east of the De
ah D ’„7 e '!’ nil favorable. For further particulars
1 “ O D. A. Gardner, at the Depot.
„ A. J. WHITE.
'“UToJLton Qa., May Mth, 1476.
Constitutional Convention.
wur ir should be held and what it
SHOULD 82.
Toe Inflowing matleron the subject
we clip from the MiJledgevUle Union
and Recoider:
The following are a few of
the many reasons why it should be
h eld:
First—The constitution of 1868 was
not called for, nor framed by the rep
resentatives of the intelligence, patri
otism and manhood of the people of
Georgia.
Second—Tt. wr.s framed under mili
tary rule in accordance with the arbi
trary, unconstitutional and oppress
ive reconstruct ion acts of .a Radical
(JongIVSS.
Brevet Major General John Pope
Military Commander in Georgia, or
dered an election of delegates to he
held on the 29th, 80th and 81st days
of October, which continued on the
first and necoud days of November,
1868.
The list of registered voters num
bered 188,647. Os these only 106,410
votesjwere polled. Four thousand one
hundred and twenty-seven ticket*
were not endorsed, ‘Convention.’ Os
the 106,410 who did vote, at least 80-
000 were colored men. Os the re
maining 26,410, 22,383 were whites,
consisting, mainly, of Radicals and
others, who lavored what was termed
a ‘relief measure; 81,737, constituting
the main body of the intelligent white
citizens ot the State, did not vote at
all.
General Pope, the Military Com
mander, issued an order November
19, 1867, commanding tbe delegates
to meet in Alianta, on the 9ih day of
December, ’67, and ‘proceed to frame
a constitution and civil government
for the Spite of Georgia, according to
the provisions and acts above referred
to, etc ’
The constitution, when framed, was
submitted to the people for ratifica
tion or rejection, and it was ratified
by the vot* sos ignorant blacks and a
few thousand white ; Radicals, and
friends of the ‘relief’ provisions incor
porated in the constitution.
Third—This constitution, thus orig
inated and framed, repeatedly declares
that the people ot Georgia, in seced
ing from the Union and contending
for their independence, were rebels
against the lawful and paramount aus
thority of the United States.
Fourth—At the election tor raification
or rejection of the'Constitution, an itu
mense m vjority of the while, .intelli
gent citizens of the State, went to the
polls and spurned it as a fundamental
law, unworthy of a liberty-loving and
intelligent people.
Fifth—Among the unst influential
tenons which caused the white citi
zens ot the State to vote against ratifi
cation, was the declaration in ihe
tenth article, ‘The seat ot gove ntnent
of this Siate, from and after the ratifß
cation ot this constitution, shall be in
.the city of Atlanta, and the General
Assembly shall provide for the erec
tion of anew capitol, and such other
buildings as the public welfare may re
quire.'
This was n ■violation ot the pledged
faith of the Slate, that Milledgeville
should be the permanent scat of gov
ernment. The act is found in Clays
ton’s compilation, assented to Decem
ber 12th, 1804. The pledge is in sec'
lion seven ot the act, and is as fol
lows: ‘And be it further er,acted, that
the next meeting of the Genera! Assent
bly after the date of said proclamation
(by the Governor, that the State House
is completed) shad be at the said town
of Milledgeville, which is hereby de
clared to be the permanent seat of
government of this State.’
Fftv years after this pledge was
given, to silence’ the clamor of those
who wished a removal of the capitol
to Atlanta, the Legislature passed an
act to submitlhe question of remov
al, or no removal, to the legal voters
ot the State. This act was passed and
assented to, to give finality lo the
question. Tlie popular vote was
overwhelming in favor of retaining
Milledgeville as the seat erf govern
ment.
Sixth—The removal bv a constitu
tional provision in 1868, totally ignor
•ed the wishes of the people. No one,
who has the least regard for h’s fair
fame, will assert that it was a fair
expression of tin? popular will, —
The question of removal did not
enter into the canvass for delegates.
The constitutional ‘‘’provision for re
moval was the act af the lately en
franchised negroes, the carpet-bag
gers, and other radicals, and viewed
in its proper light, it has about it
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1877.
something of the colorings of the re
turning boards, who have fraudulent
ly hoisted a President over the peo
ple against their expressed choice and
wilL
Seventh—The return of the capltol
to Miiledgeville, will save to our heav
ily burdened tax-payers hundreds
ot thousands ot dollars. Already,
greedy and interested eyes are peer
ing about in Atlanta, for sites upon
which to erect anew, costly build
ing, new Executive Mansion and oth
er public edifices that will touch the
peoples pockets to the tune of more
than a million of dollars additional
taxation .
1 he foregoing, and other important
matters, will engage the attention ot
the people between the present time
and the day appointed for the election
of delegates. See to it, people ot Geor
gia! that men ot enlarged and patriot
ic views—incapable ol shuffling for
any little temporary advantages—
thoroughly devoted to the public web
fare—looking to the public interest
and honor of the State—the true re*
lief of the people—immediate and
much needed retrenchment and re
form—shad represent you in the an
ticipated convention. Every obstacle
that ingenuity can invent will be
thrown in the pathway of your duty
As far as we can do so, we will unite
wich you for removing them for our
common good.
EXTRACTS FROM HISTORY, CONSTITUTION
of 1868.
I ! .t adqr’s 3d Military Dept.
Georgia, Alabama aad Florida,
Atlanta Ga„ Sept. 19, 1867.
General Orders No. 69.
I- Whereas, By the terms of an
act ot of Congress, entitled ‘an act to
provide for the efficient government of
the rebel States,’ passed March 2, 18-
67, and the acts supplementary there
to, it is made the duty of the com
manding General of this military dis
trict, to cause a registration to be
made of the male citizens of the State
ot Georgia, twenty-one age
and upwards and by the terms of said
acts qualified to vote, and after such
registration is complete to order an
election to be held at which the regis
tered voters of said State shall vote
for or against a convention for the
purpose of establishing a constitution
and civil government for said State
loyal to the Union, and for delegates
to said convention; aid to give at
least thirty days notice ot the time
and place at which tbe election shall
be belli; and the said registration hav
ing been made iu the State of Georgia.
It is ordered,
11. That an election be held in the
Slate of Georg : a, commencing on
Tuesday the 29 <1 ly of October, 1867,
and continuing three days, at which
the registered voters of said State
may vote ‘for a convention,’ or ‘against
a convention,’ and for delegates to
constitute the convention, in case a
majority of votes given on that
question shall have voted on the
question ot holding ot such conven
tion.
III.—It shall be the duty of boards
of registration in Georgia, commen
cing fourteen days prior to the elec
tion herein ordered, and giving reas
onable public notice of tlie ’idle and
place thereof, to revise for 2 period of
five days the registration lists, and up
on being satisfied that any person not
entitled thereto has been registered,
to strike the name of such person from
the list, and such person shall not be
allowed to vote. Tlie boards of leg
ist! ation shall also during the same
period, add to such registry the names
of all persons who at that time possess
the qualifications required by said
Act, who have not already been regis
tered.
I\ r .—ln deciding who are to be
stricken from or added to to the reg
istration lists, the Boards will be gui
ded by the law and the Acts supple
mentary thereto; and their attention
is especially drawn to the
r y Acts, dated July 19, 1866.
******
IX.—The returns required by law
to be made of tlie results ot said elec
tion to the Commanding General of
this Military district, wdl be rendered
by the persons appointed to superin
tend the same, through the command
ing offices of tire District of Geor
<ria, and in accordance with the
detailed instructions already referred
t u
[Then follow directions as to hold
ing the election and the apportions
ment ot delegates among the Dis
tricts ]
(Signed) JOHN POPE,
Brevet Major General, Commanding.
THE CONVENTION CALLED, AND TIIE MEN
WIIO MADE OCR CONSTITUTION.
General orders No 89.
Headqr’s 3d Military Dist.
(Georgia Alabama and Florida,)
Atlanta Ga., Nov. 19, 1867
General Orders, No. 89.
Whereas, By General orders No
-69, from these headquarters, dated
September 19, 1567, an election was
ordered to be held in the State ot
Georgia, on the 29th, 30th, and 31st
days of October, 1867, and by
Orders No 83, said election was con
tinued on the first, and second days of
November, 1867, at which election,
in pursuance of an act of Congress,
entitled ‘An Act to provide for the
more efficient government or the reb
el States,’ and the Act supplementary
thereto, the registered voteis of said
State might vote ‘for a convention,’ or
against a convention,’ and for dele
gates to constitute the convention in
case a majority of the vote- given on
that question should be tor conven
tion, and m case a majority of all
the registered voters should have
voted on the question ot u conven>
tion.
And, Whereas, At an election held
n pursuance cf said orders and in
conformity to said Acts, there were
polled on the question of a convention
votes to the number of one hundred
and six thousand, tour hundred aud
ten (106,410) being more than line
halt ot one hundred and eighty eight
thousand, six hundred and forty-seven
(186,647) the whole number of voters
in said State, and of the whole nutn
ber ot votes polled on the question of
a convention, one hundred and two
thousand, two hundred and eighty
three, (102,283.) being a majority
of the same, were cast for a conven
tion. •
And, Whereas, At said election the
following named persons were elected
as delegates to said convention from
the respective Election districts in
which they were chosen:
Ist district—(J II Hopkins, Aaron
A Bradley, Walton L Clift, James
Steward , Isaac Seely, Moses II Bent
ley, W If D Reynolds, A L Har
ris.
2«1 district— T G Campbell, W 'A
Golding.
3d district—A M Moore.
4th district—F M Smith.
sth distiict—P E Bedford.
6th district—Lewis II Roberts, Le
vi .1 Knight Jr.
7th district—J L Cutler, Milton C
Smith, Wm C Carson.
B*h district—R H Whiteley, Frank
Powell, John Higdon,
9th district—W W Dews, C C
Martin, II II Christian.
10th district—F O Welsh, John
Murphy, Philip Joiner, Benj. Sikes.
11th district—W JI Noble, James
A Jackson, Xlobert Alexander John
W hittaker .
12th district—J E Blount, Thos
Crayton, G W Chattin.
13ih district—Fletcher T Sneed, H
R McCoy, John R Hall, \\obert Lump
kin, Jesse Dinkins.
14th district—JC Tray wick, ST
Salter, Simon Standley, J M Buchan.
loth district—Andrew J Cameron.
16th district—E VV Lane, Geo.
Lindon.
17th District—John A Maddon, J
Mason Rice, Robert Whitehead, Mai
colmb Clairborn , II H Missou or Jas
Parker.
18th distiict—R J Bullock, Benj
Conley, Foster Blodgett, J E Bryant,
A W Heard, Alexander Stone, John
Neal.
19th district—Jos Adkins, Robert
Crumley, D P Baldwin, J VV T
Catching, Henry Strickland.
20th district—C C Richardson,
George Wallace, CII Prince, Wm
LI Harrison, W C Supple, Daniel
Falmer.
21st district Thomas Gibson,
Samuel Gove, William Griffin, C'has
Hook*.
22.1 district—Geo G Wilbur, IIM
7 urner, F Wooten, Alfred Bowden,
VV J Howe, T J Speer, M Cooper, M
A Polls,
23rd distiict—Posey Maddox, VV’
Edwards. O U Walton, <S A Cobb,
Isa c Anderson.
24th district-- G W Ashburn, J G
Maul, Th os Gilbert, Vau Jones, J C
Casey,
2oth district— John S Coslin. E J
Higher, Wm Guilford., L L Stanford,
Sam Williams.
26th district—S T W Milner, W H
Rozar, Wm II Whittled.
27th district—John Harris, J VV
Christian, N P Hotehkiss, C D Davis
James Parton.
i 28th district—T P Salford, A G
t ostor, J ffin R Hudson, Henry Glov
er, William F Jordon,
29th district— D G Cutting, Bewis
Pope, Isaiah Sherman, James Knox,
R Moore.
30th district—A T Akerman, J Me
Whorter, E S Cobb.
31 si district —Phillip Martin, Ste
phen \\ Crawford, W F Bowers.
32nd district—John Moody, Milton
Moore.
33rd district—B -nj Dunnegan, Mad
ison Bell, W L Mar'ier.
34th district—S E Baily, S Brown,
B D Shnmake, James R Brace well,
Johnson Matthews.
35th district—H V M Miller, J L
Dunning, N L Angler, J II Flynn,
David Irwin, II G Cole, W C Lee.
36th district—J W Key, P W
Chambers, John S Bigby, W C Smith,
J C Smith, J C Bowden.
37th district—J H Caldwell, Rob
ert Robinson, George Harlan, Abel
II ilanisson, E B Martin.
35;h district—James I) Waddell,
T J Foster, 11 B Hutchinson.
39th distiict—John Lott, S T lions
ton, A W 110 l combe.
40th district—Wm T Cram, John
Brvson.
4 Ist district—C A Ellington, W
Mcllan.
42d district— J R Parrot, W L
Goodwin, W Shropshire. George P
Burnett, W A Fort.
43rd district—S E Fields, John II
King, L N*Frammel!.
44th district—Presly Yates, J Jb
Shields.
It is ordered, That the persons
above named do meet in convention
at Atlanta, Georgia, the Ninth day of
December, 1867, and proceed to frame
a constitution, and civil government
tor die State of Georgia, according to
the provisions of the Acts above re
ferred to, and that when the same
shall have been so framed, t!*e said
constitution be submitted for ratifica
tion to the registered voters of said
State as further lequired by law.
JOHN POPE,
Brevet Maj. Gen. Commanding Ot
ficial:
W. M. Dunn Jr„
Capt 21st U S Irfuntry, Bv’t Maj.
U S A„ Aide-de-camp.
It will be remembered that many
of our best citiz -ns were disfrans
rinsed and the white people general
ly, refrained trom voting in this elec
lion.
We have designated the colored
delegates by the use of italic 9. Pos
sibly the people of the several districts
will remember the carpet baggers
who assumed to represent them, al
though unknown in their districts at
the time.
The Atlanta Intel!igea-cer said :
Bully for Hulbert and his satellites!
His 'work, sharp audquick' policy has
brought forth a body, the like of
which has ne’er been seen since the
creation ol the world!
THE ATLANTA CONVENTION.
First Appearance of R B Bul
loch.
Atlanta, Dec 9, 1867.—The con
vention met at 10£ o’clock a. m., 180
white(?) and twenty two negroes were
present.
George Ashburn moved that Foster
Blodgett be temporal v chairman,
which motion was carried. Blodgett
not being present, J L Dunning, of
Atlanta was called to the chair, and
W F Clift of Chatham, acted as sec
retary. Much confusion prevailed and
inability to agree upon an organiza
tion.
Campbell (negro) offered a resolu
tion that all aspirants for the prrsiden
cy define their positions on the relief
question.
After considerable wrangling the
convention adjourned until *l2 m., to
morrow.
Atlanta, Dec. 10. -The convention
re assembled at noon. J L Dunning in
the chair.
D inmnor stated that as Blod,v*tt
was elected temporary cl airman yes
terday, and was not then present he
would now vacate the chair in favor
ot that gentleman. N > objection was
made and Blodgett took the chair and
read a long address evid*;nt'y prepare
cd by the expectation of being presi.-
dent.
A resolution requiring candidates
to state their views on the relief ques
tion was tabled, and the .cob vent ion
proceeded to the election ot president
viva voce , as follows: J R Parrot, of
B n tow, 139, Running, 46. Irwin,
2.
P M Sheihlv, of Flovd, a Loyal Le
aguer, was elected over V A G isle ill
—Bl to 67—and A E Ma-shal, of
Monroe, assistant secretary.
Pending the election ot President, an
outside negro attempted to vote ir.
place ot an absentber, and was
discovered, and brought to the bar and
put out as an intruder.
The convention adjourned till 10
o’clock to-morrow.
Atlanta, Dec. 11.—The organiza
tion of the convention was perfected
to day. A white mail was elected ser
geant-at-arms and two negroes, door
keeper and messenger—defeating a
one legged. U S. Soldier, and a U. S.
pensioner.
Bradley,*negro, from Boston, -mov
ed to adopt the rales dS order of the
Massachusetts House in 1858. Motion
lost.
Amid applause a resolution was m
introdueed to inform General Pope
that in obedience to General order
number 89. they bad met and to invite
his presence at his pleasure. Amen
ded to read compliance instead of obe
dience and adopted.
The Credit System‘lllustra
ted.
To show the folly of this awful cred
it system, which is draining all life
from the land, we will mention a cir
cumstance as related to us bv a mer
chant a few days ago. A negro man
came into his store and ask 'd to sec a
pair of brogan shoes, which the mer
chant, supposing him to be a cash cus
tomer. priced at §1.75, to which price
no objection was raised, and the shoes
were wrapped#np and consigned to
the bag, with which every negro goes
armed and equipped. Then the mer
chant was told that lie nnu-t ‘charge
dem to Mr. , wid whom I
wucks dis year.’ The gentleman told
Sambo that bis employer bad no ac
count with him, ‘well sah,’ continued
the darky, leb me hab dem, and I'll
sartmly pay you out oh do fust bale I
picks—l sas good as the bank, I is.
To «ee the length to which the dar
key would strain his credit, our friend
said if he sold on a credit he must
have a liiger price— say $5.00, ‘well
sah,’ continued Sambo, ‘dal’s fair as I
could ax.’ These are mighty good
shoes, Sambo, and sl3 wouldn’t be
high, as I 11 have to wait nine months
for my money,’ continued the dealer.
Tiie daikey demurred, glanced down
at his bare toes, but finally concluded
to dose the trade at that price, adding
‘dal’s putty steep — most two months
wuok.’ The seller then kept advanc
ing his price until a bat gain was
struck a,. $57.09. Sambo solemnly
promising to tiling (lie merchant his
first bale ot cotton to liquidate the
debt. The shoes were finally con
signed to the box, and the negro told
to go out and bring $1.75 cadi, and
the coveted article should he his.
This is a fair illustration of the cred
it system as now practiced by <»uv peo
ple, both white and lilac , arid which
has driven them to the verge of bank
ruptcy. No matter what the price
asked t< ran article, it is greedily
bought it ‘be seSer will only ‘charge
it. Can any people ttius living pros
per? No! Until we return to the cash
system, or, at least an ante helium
credit system, say ten per cent, on
cash prints, will our fanners he free ol
debt, and again tread the path ot pros
perity.— Oglethorpe Echo.
Georgia Constitutional Con
ventions.
1. Met first Tuesday in October,
1776; adjourned February 5, 1777.
Constitution not submitted to vote of
the people.
2. Met October 2G, 1787; adjourn"
ed January 2, 1788. Ratified the Fed
eial constitution.
3. Met November, 4 1788; adjourn
ed November 24, 1788. Constitution
framed and submitted to the next con
veotion.
4. Met January 4, 1789: adjourned
and submitted to next convention.
5. Met May 4, Ij89; adjourned
May 6, 1789. Ratified work of last
two bodies.
6. Met May 2, 1795; adjourned
May 16, 1795, Amended did not sub
mit.
7. Met May 8, 1798; adjourned May
30, 1798. Framed a constitution aid
did not submit.
8. Met first Monday in May 1833;
adjourned May 15, 1833. Proposed
amendments, submitted and rejected
October 1833.
9 Mot May 6, 1839; adjourned May
*839, Proposed amendments, sub
mitted, and rejected October 1839.
10. Met January 16, 1861. Seced
ed and adjourned. Met again March
7, 1861; adjourned March 23, 1861.
Submitted first Tuesday in July 1861.
11. Met October 25, 1865; adjourn
ed November 8, 1860. Not submit
ted.
12 Met December 9, 1867; adjourn
ed Match 11, 1868. Submitted April
1 20-23, 1868. VV. Q. %
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