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WHEREAS, The legislature of this state, by their act, passed the sixth day of April last, did propose to the citizens of this state, to elect by ballot delegates to meet in convention, “for the purpose of considering the parts of the Constitution of this state respecting the number of senators and members of assembly in this state, and with power to reduce and limit the number of them as the said convention might deem proper; and also for the purpose of considering and determining the true construction of the twenty-third article of the Constitution of this state relative to the right of nomination to office:
AND WHEREAS, The people of this state have elected the members of this convention, for the purposes above expressed; and this convention, having maturely considered the subjects thus submitted to their determination, do, in the name and by the authority of the people of this state, ORDAIN, DETERMINE, AND DECLARE: