receiving said returns he shall open the same, ascertain the persons

elected as delegates, according to the returns of the officers who

conducted said election, and make proclamation thereof; and if a

majority of the votes given on that question shall be for a

convention, the commanding general, within sixty days from the date

of election, shall notify the delegates to assemble in convention, at

a time and place to be mentioned in the notification, and said

convention, when organized, shall proceed to frame a constitution and