71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
{ + braces and plus signs + } .
LC 455-1
A-Engrossed
Senate Joint Resolution 7
Ordered by the House May 24
Including House Amendments dated May 24
Sponsored by Senators GORDLY, BROWN, CARTER, CASTILLO, CLARNO,
FERRIOLI, GEORGE, METSGER, SHIELDS, TROW, YIH; Representatives
GARDNER, MARCH
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to delete references
to persons by race.
Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or
rejection at next regular general election.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Oregon:
PARAGRAPH 1. Sections 2, 10 and 14, Article VII (Original), and
sections 2, 4 and 5, Article XVIII of the Constitution of the
State of Oregon, are amended to read:
{ + Sec. 2. + } The Supreme Court shall consist of Four
Justices to be chosen in districts by the electors thereof, who
shall be citizens of the United States, and who shall have
resided in the State at least three years next preceding their
election, and after their election to reside in their respective
districts: { - - - } The number of Justices, the Districts may
be increased, but { - shall not exceed five until the white
population of the State shall amount to One Hundred Thousand,
and - } shall never exceed seven; and the boundaries of
districts may be changed, but no Change of Districts, shall have
the effect to remove a Judge from office, or { - requre - }
{ + require + } him to change his residence without his consent.
{ - - - }
{ + Sec. 10. + } { - When the white population of the State
shall amount to Two Hundred Thousand the - } { + The + }
Legislative Assembly, may provide for the election of Supreme,
and Circuit Judges, in distinct classes, one of which classes
shall consist of three Justices of the Supreme Court, who shall
not perform Circuit duty, and the other class shall consist of
the necessary number of Circuit Judges, who shall hold full terms
without allotment, and who shall take the same oath as the
Supreme Judges. { - - - }
{ + Sec. 14. + } The Counties having less than ten thousand
{ - white - } inhabitants, shall be { - reimbersed - }
{ + reimbursed + } wholly or in part for the salary, and
expenses of the County Court by fees, percentage, & other
equitable taxation, of the business done in said Court & in the
office of the County Clerk. { - - - }
{ + Sec. 2. + } Each elector who offers to vote upon this
Constitution, shall be asked by the judges of election this
question:
Do you vote for the Constitution? Yes, or No.
And also this question:
Do you vote for Slavery in Oregon? Yes, or No.
{ - And also this question: - }
{ - Do you vote for free Negroes in Oregon? Yes, or No. - }
And in the poll books shall be columns headed respectively.
____NOTE_TO_GOPHER_CUSTOMERS:__________________________________
THE FOLLOWING TABULAR TEXT MAY BE IRREGULAR.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE THE PRINTED MEASURE.
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'
Constitution, Yes.'
'
Constitution, No
'
{ -
'
Free Negroes, Yes'
'
Free Negroes, No.' - }
'
Slavery, Yes.'
'
Slavery, No'
. { -
- - }
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END OF POSSIBLE IRREGULAR TABULAR TEXT
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And the names of the electors shall be entered in the poll
books, together with their { - awnsers - } { + answers + } to
the said questions, under their appropriate heads. The abstracts
of the votes transmitted to the Secretary of the Territory, shall
be publicly opened, and canvassed by the Governor and Secretary,
or by either of them in the absence of the other; and the
Governor, or in his absence the Secretary, shall forthwith issue
his proclamation, and publish the same in the several newspapers
printed in this State, declaring the result of the said election
upon each of said questions. { - - - }
{ + Sec. 4. + } If this Constitution shall be accepted by the
electors, and a majority of all the votes given for, and against
slavery, shall be given for slavery, then the following section
shall be added to the Bill of Rights, and shall be part of this
Constitution:
' Sec. __ 'Persons lawfully held as slaves in any State,
Territory, or District of the United States, under the laws
thereof, may be brought into this State, and such Slaves, and
their descendants may be held as slaves within this State, and
shall not be emancipated without the consent of their owners. '
And if a majority of such votes shall be given against slavery,
then the foregoing section shall not, but the following sections
shall be added to the Bill of Rights, and shall be a part of this
Constitution.
' Sec. __ There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary
servitude in the State, otherwise than as a punishment for crime,
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.' { - - - }
{ - And if a majority of all the votes given for, and against
free negroes, shall be given against free negroes, then the
following section shall be added to the Bill of Rights, and shall
be part of this Constitution: - }
{ - ' Sec. __ No free negro, or mulatto, not residing in
this State at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall come, reside, or be within this State, or hold any real
estate, or make any contracts, or maintain any suit therein; and
the Legislative Assembly shall provide by penal laws, for the
removal, by public officers, of all such negroes, and mulattoes,
and for their effectual exclusion from the State, and for the
punishment of persons who shall bring them into the State, or
employ, or harbor them.' - }
{ + Sec. 5. + } Until an enumeration of the { - white - }
inhabitants of the State shall be made, and the senators and
representatives apportioned as directed in the Constitution, the
County of Marion shall have two senators, and four
representatives. { - - - }
Linn two senators, and four representatives.
Lane two senators, and three { - represtatives - }
{ + representatives + }.
Clackamas and Wasco, one senator jointly, and Clackamas three
representatives, and Wasco one representative. { - - - }
Yamhill one senator, and two representatives { + . + }
Polk one senator, and two representatives { + . + }
Benton one senator, and two representatives { + . + }
Multnomah, one senator, and two representatives.
Washington, Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook one senator jointly,
and Washington one representative, and Washington and Columbia
one representative jointly, and Clatsop and Tillamook one
representative jointly. { - - - }
Douglas, one senator, and two representatives. { - - - }
Jackson one senator, and three representatives.
Josephine one senator, and one { - repsentative - }
{ + representative + }. { - - - }
Umpqua, Coos and Curry, one senator jointly, and Umpqua one
representative, and Coos and Curry one representative jointly.
{ - - - }
PARAGRAPH 2. { + The amendment proposed by this resolution
shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection
at the next regular general election held throughout this
state. + }
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