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* And the inhabitants of plantations
and places unincorporated, qualified
as this Constitution provides, 'who
are of shall be required to aflefs tax
es upon themselves towards the sup
port of government; or shall be tax
ed therefor, shall have the fame pri
vilege of voting for Senators, in the
plantations and places wherein they
reside, as the inhabitants of the re
fpedive towns and parishes aforefaid
have. And the meetings of such
plantations and places for that pur
pose Ihall be hoiden annually in the
. month of March, at such places ’ re
k -1
seven years immediately preceding
his eledion, and at the time thereof
he shall be an inhabitant ot the dift
rid for which he shall be chosen.
And every person, qualified as the
Constitution provides, (halt be con
। fidered an inhabitant for the purpose
’ of electing and being eleded into
any office or place whhin this State,
in the town, pariffi and plantation,
where he dwelleth and hath his
home.
member.
Provided new sr thelef 7’hat no per-
I son shall be capable of being eleded
a Senator, who is not of the Protest
■ ant religion* and seized of a freehold
* efface in his own right, of the value
” of two hundred pounds, lying within
this State, who is not of the age of
thirty years, and who (hall not have
-been an inhabitant of this State for
THE Senate shall consist of twelve
membes, who ihall hold their
ofnee for one year from the firft Wed
' neiday of June next ensuing their
election.
And that the State may be equally
repref^ned in the Senate,the Legisla
ture ffiall, from time to time, divide
the State into twelve diftnfts, as near
ly equal as may be without dividing
towns and unincorporated places;
and in making thistlivifion,they shall
govern themselves by the proportion
of direst taxes paid by the (aid dis
tnfts, and timely make known to the
inhabitants of the State the limits of
each diftrift.
The freeholders and other inhabi
tants of each diftrift, qualified as in
this Confiitution is provided, Ihall
annually give in their votes tor a Sen
ator, at iome meeting holden in the
month of March.
The Senate Ihall be rhe firft branch
or the Legislature ; and the Senators
shall be chosen in the following man
ner, viz. Every male inhabitant of
each town, and parilh with town
privileges, and places unincorporated
in this State, of twenty one years of
age and upwards, excepting paupers,
'and perlons exculed from paying tax
es at their own request, ftiall have a
right, at the annual or other meet
ings of the inhabitants of laid towns
and parishes, to be duly warned and
holden annually forever in the month
of March, to vote in the town or
jparilh wherein he dwells, for the Sen
ator in the diftrift whereof he is a
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
F OR M oe GOVERNMENT.
THE
CONSTITUTION
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SENATE.
PART JJ.
O F
And in case there shall not appear
to be a Senator elected by a majority
of votes, for any diftrid, the defi
ciency shall be lupplied in the fol
lowing manner, viz. The members
of the House of Representatives, and
such Senators as shall be declared
eleded, shall take the names of the
two persons having the highest num
ber of votes in the diftrid, and out
of them shall eled, by joint ballot,
the Senator wanted for such diftrid ;
and in this manner all such vacancies
shall be filled up in every diftrid of
the State, and in like manner all va
cancies in the Senate, arising by
death, removal out of the State, or
otherwise, shall be lupplied as soon
as may be after such vacancies hap
pen.
The Senate shall be final Judges
of the eledions, returns and qualifi
cations of their own members, as
pointed out in this CohftittUion.
fpeftively therein as the afleffors
thereof shall direst ; which afTelfors
shall have like authority for notify
ing the eleftors,ccllefting and return
ing the votes, as the Selectmen and
Town Clerks have in'their several
towns by this Constitution.
The meetings for the choice of
Governour, Council, and Senators,
shall be warned by warrant from the
Selectmen, and governed by a Mod
erator who Ihall in the pretence of
/theSeleftmen (whofeduty it Ihall be
tb attend) in open meeting, receive
the votes ofallihe inhabitants of such
towns and parjlhes present, and qual
ified to vote for Senators ; andlhall,
in said meetings, in pretence of the
said Selectmen, and of the Town
And that there may be a due
meeting of Senators on the firft
Wednesday of June annually, the
Governor,and a majority of the Cou
ncil for the time being, shall as soon
as may be, examine the returned co
pies of such records, and fourteen
days before the firft Wednesday of
June, he shall ifTue his summons to
luch persons as appear to be chosen
Senators, by a majority of votes, to
attend & take their feats on that day.
Providedneverthelefs. That for the
firft year the said returned copies
shall be examined by the President,
and a maiority of the Council then
in office ; and the said President shall
in like manner notify the perfohs
elefted, to attend and take their feats
accordingly.
Clerk in laid meeting, fort and count
the said votes, and make a public
declaration thereof, with the name
of every person voted for, and the
number of voces for each person ;
and the Town Clerk Ihall make a
fair record of the fame at large, in
the town book, and shall make out
a fair attested copy thereof, to be by
him sealed up and direfted to the
Secretary of the State, with a fuper
fcript’on exprefting the purport
thereof : And the said Town Clerk
Ihall cause such attested copy to be
delivered to* the Sheriff of the county
in which such town or parilh shall lie,
thirty days at least before the firft
Wednesday of June, or to the Se
cretary of State at least twenty days
before the said firft Wednesday of
June: And the Sheriff of each coun
ty, or his Deputy, shall deliver all
such certificates, by him received,
into the Secretary’s office, at least
twenty days before the firft Wednes
day of June.
TUESDAY, May 28, 1793.
EXECUTIVE POWER.
GOVERNOR.
THERE shall be a Supreme Exe
cutive Magistrate, who shall be (til
ed the Governor of the State of
New hampfhire, and whose title shall
be His Excellency•
The Governor shall be chosen an
nually in the month of March and
The Senate shall have power to
adjourn themselves, provided such
* adjournment do not exceed two days
at a time.
Provided nevetthelefs, That when
ever they Ihall fit on the trial«t)fany
impeachment, they may adjourn to
such time and place as they may
think proper, although the Legisla
ture be not aflembled on such day,
or at luch place.
• The Senate Ihall appoint their
President and other officers, and de
termine their own rules of proceed
ings : And not less than seven mem
bers of the Senate Ihall make a quo
rum for doing bufinels ; and when
less than eight Senators shall be pre
sent, the affenc of five at least, shall
be neceflary co render their afts and
proceedings valid.
The Senate Ihal; be a Court, with
full power and authority co hear, try
and determine, all impeachments
made by the Houle of Rtprelenra.
tives against any officer or officers of
the State, for bribery, corruption,
mal-praftice, or mal-adminiftrauon,
in office; with full power to ilfue
summons, or compulfo-y process, tor
convening wkndTes before them: But
previous to the trial of any such im
peachment, the members of the
Senate shall refpeftiveiy be sworn
truly and impartially to rrv and de
termine the charge in question, ac
cording to evidence. And every
officer, impeached for bribery,, cor
ruption, mal-prafticeor maladmin
istration in office, shall be served
with an attested copy ot the impeach
ment, and order of Senate thereon,
with such citation as the Senate may
direft,ferting forth the time and place
of their fitting to try the impeach
ment ; which service shall be made
by the Sheriff, or such other sworn
officer as the Senate may appoint, at
least fourteen days previous to the
time of trial; and such citation being
duly served and returned, the Senate
may proceed in the hearing of the
impeachment, giving the perlon
impeached (if he Ihall appear) full
liberty of producing witnesses and
proofs, and of making his defence,
by himfelf and counlel, and may
also, upon his refufing or ne
glefting to appear, hear the proofs
in support of the impeachment, and
render judgment thereon,his non-ap
pearance notwithstanding ; and iuc.l
judgment shall have the fame force
and effeft as if the person impeached
had appeared and pleaded in the tri
al. Their judgment however, shall
notextend further than removal from
office, difquaiification to hold or en
joy any place of honour, trust, or
profit, under this State ; but the
party so convifted, shall neverthclefs
be liable to indi&menc, trial, judg
ment and punishment, according to
the laws of the land.
Whenever the Governor shall be
impeached, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court shall, dur
ing the trial, preside in the Senate,
but have no vote therein.
Eyery bill which (hall have pafied
both Houles of the General Court,
shall before it become a Law, be
prelented to the Governor ; if he
approve, he (had sign it, but if nor,
he shall return it with his objections,
to that Houle in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the ob
jrdions at large on their journal and
proceed toreconfider it; if after such
reconsideration, two thirds of that
House shall agree to pass the bill,
it fhaTl be lent, together with such
objections, to the other House, by
which it shall likewise be reconsider
ed, and if approved by two thirds of
that Houle, it shall become a Law^
But in all such cases the votes of
both Houles shall be determined by
yeas and nays, and the names of the
perfons,voting for or against the bill,
shall be entered on the journal of
each House relpedively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Gov
ernor, within five days (Sundays ex
cepted, after it shall have been pre
sented to him, the fame shall be a
Law in like manner as if he had sign
ed k, unlelsthe Legislature, by their
adjournment, prevent its return, in
which case it shall not be a Law.
Every resolve shall be presented
to the Governor, and before the fame
shall take effect, shall, be approved
by him, or being disapproved by
him, (hall be repaved by the Senate
andHoufe of Representatives,accord-
And no person shall be eligible to
this office, unless at the time ot his
eleftion, he shall have been an inhab
itant of this Siate for seven years
next preceding, and unless he shall
be of Che age of thirty years, and
unlels he shall at the fame lime have
an eitate of the value of five hundred
pounds, one half of which ihall
consist of a freehold in his own right
within this State, and unless he shall
be of the Proteftanc religion*
In caies of dilagreement between
the 2 Houles with regard to the time
or plate of adjournment or proroga
tion, the Govenor, with advice of
Council, shall have a right to adjourn
or prorogue the General Court, not
exceeding ninety days at any one
time, as he may determine the public
good may require, and he shall dis
solve the fame seven days before (he
said firft Wednesday of June.
And in case of any inteftious dis
temper prevailing in the place where
the said Court at any time is to con
vene,or any other cause whereby dan
gers may arise to the health or lives
of the members from their attend
ance, the Governor may direst the
session to be holden at fame other the
most convenient place within the
State*
the votes for Governor Ihall be re
ceived, forced, counted, certified and
returned, in the fame manner as the
votes for Senators ; and the Secreta
ry shall lay the fame before the Sen
ate and House of Reprefentatives,ou
the firft Wednesday ofjune.to be by
them examined^ and in case of an ei
eftion by a majority of votes through
the Stare, the choice Ihall be by ihcin
declared and published.
And the qualifications of eleftors
of the Governor shall be the fame as
thole for Senators ; and if no person
shall have a majority of votes, the
Senate and House of Keprefentatives
shall by joint ballot eleft one of the
two persons having the highest num
ber of votes, who shall be declaied
Governor.
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