The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-10-21
ARTICLE II.
ELECTORS.

ELECTORS.
SEC. I. Every male citizen OF the United States
ofthe age oftwenty-one years and upwards, ex-
cepting paupers, persons under guardianship, and
Indians not taxed, having his residence estab-
liShed ia this state, shall be an elector for Gov
ernor, Senators and Representatives.. in the town
or plantation where his residence il estab-
lished and the elections shall be by ballot. But
persons IN the military, naval or marine service
ofthe United States, or this state, shall not be
considered as having obtained such established
residence by being stationed or fixed in any gar
rison, barrack,o or military place, in any town Or
plantation.
l Sec e. Electors shah, 10 all cases, except
treason felony, or breach Of peace, be privileged
from arrest on tE. days Of election, during their
attendance at, going to, and returning there
from.
Sec. 8. No elector shall be obliged to do duty
ia the militia on any day of election, except in
time Of war or public danger.
Sec. a. The election OF Governor, Senators
and Representatives, shall be on the second
Monday Of september annually forever
ARTICLE Ill.
Distribution Or POWERS.
Gee. 1. The powers d This Government shall
be divided into three distinct Departments, the
Leg fslattre Ereelsttre and Judicial.
Sec. 2. No person or persons belonging to one
ofthese Departments, 'shal exercise acy Of the
powers properly belonging to either Ut the others,
except 10 the cases herein expressly directed or
permitted.
ARTICLE IV-rARr FIRST.
legislative Pozver-House Of Representatives..
Sec /. The Legislative power shall be vested
in two distinct branches, House Of Repressn-
tatives, and "a senate, each to have q negative on
the other. and both to be stiled the Legislature
Of Name, and the title of their Acts and Laws,
shall be, : Be it enacted by the senate and
House Of Representatives III Legislature assem-
bied. 4aA,
Sec. 2. The Home of Representatives shall
consist of not less thanpne hundred nor more than
two hundred members, 70 be elected BY the quail
flied electors, the second Aoaday ef Septem-
Der annually, and snail continue ia service one
year from the day next preceding the annual
mseting of,the Legislature.
The Legislature which shall first be elected un
der this Constitution shall, on or before the IF
teenth day of August, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight. hundred and twenty-one, and
within every subsequent period OF at most ten
years, and at least five, cause the number OF IN
hahitartS Of The state to De ascertained, exclusive
of foreigners not naturaiized and Indians not tax
ed The number Of Representatives shall, at the
severalperiods Of making such enumeration, be
fixed and apportioned among the several coun-
ties as near as may oe, according to he number
Of inhabitants, having regard to the relative IN
crease Of population. The nunoerof Represen-
tatives shall, on said first apportionment be not
less than one hundred nor more than one hundred
and fifty.
Sec 5. Each town having 800 inhabitants
shall be entitled 20 one repreSe and each
town having 1000 inhabitants shall be entitled
to two representatives and each town having
Had "a fhraa Pan
resentatives. and proceeding in the same increa-
sing ratio forevery additional representative,
Crowded however, that no town snail ever be
entitled to more than seven representatives.
and towns not having 500 inhabitants shall ee
classed as conveniently may be into Districts,
containing not less than that number, and so As
not TO divide towns and each such district shall
be entitled to one representative ana PROVIDED
further that the whole number of representatives
shall never be more than 200 and when on this
apportionment it shall contain that numoe (, 2
different apportionment shall take place upon the
above principle and IN case the niteen hundred
inhabitants shall be too large or too small to ap
portion all the Representatives to sad County, IL
shall be increased or diminished to such number
a. shall give the number OF Representative. a.
near as NAV be, according to the above rule.
y Gee. A. No person shall be a member OF the
House Of Representatives unless he shall, Al the
commencement of the period for which he J.
elected. hive arrived at the age OF twenty one
wears have been a rssident IN this state one year,
or from the adoption OF this Constitution and, a
the time of his election and during the period
for which he is elected, bea resident IN the town
or class which he represents.
Sec. s. The representatives shall be CHOSEN
By the qualified electors on the second Monday
of September annually.
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law. by the selectmen Of the several towns, sew
en- days at least before the election.
The selectmen of the several towns shall pre-
de invariably at such meetings, and shall re-
ceiye the votes of all the qualified electors pres
ent. and sort, count and declare them In open
town me citing, and In the presence OF tne Town
Clerk. who shall form list OF the persons voted
for, with the number of votes dor each person.
against his name and shall make tar record
thereof in the presence OF the selectinen, anu Ia
open town meeting, and lar copy Oh 'his lSi
shall be attested by the selectmen ana town
clerk. and delivered by said selectmen to each
Representative, within ten days next alter SUCH
election. And the towns and plantations organ
lied by w, belonging to any class herein proVI-
dsd, shall be held at the same time IN the res
pective towns and plantations and the town and
pia atation meetings In such towns and planta-
tions, shall be-notifed held and regulated, the
votes shall be received, sorted, counted and de-
clared in the same manner. And the Assessors
and Clerks OF plantations, shall have all the pow
ers. and be subject to all the duties, as Select
men and Town Clerks have, and are subject to
by this Constitution. and the Selectmea OF sueh
towns, and the Assesses OF such plantations, so
classed, shall within two days next alter such
meeting, meet at some place, TO oe'pFe'crised and
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