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

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

civil government according to the provisions of this act, and the act

to which it is supplementary; and when the same shall have been so

framed, said constitution shall be submitted by the convention for

ratification to the persons registered under the provisions of this

act at an election to be conducted by the officers or persons

appointed or to be appointed by the commanding general, as