The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-09-19
N F,.s.or, as exprsssca III the preceding

f,reeoing qualifications, aud having resided
,hree mon IN, in the town IN which ne offers
20 vote, shall be qualified 10 vo,e Tor tom offi-
GERS, aud in Town concerns.
4 Provided nevertheless, that every per-
son who has 40, been heretofore admitted
free. shall before he ~ permitted 10 vote at
aoy election, produce To the iown clerk o. The
owo Of which he In an inhaOitaGt, evidence oil
ii, possessing the quaiiE cations oi sn Eioctor
sod have his name regislercd as such, N
book kept for that purpose, IN which the
names of all The electors IN such town shall
,, registered. The oath or affirmation ot
person that he verify believes he Is twenty
ons years Of age, and the receipt OF collector
Of taxes, or q certificate OF o Com mandiDg OIL
hcer Of "a Company Of Militia, shall DC suiic'
i.nt evidence OF sach quaIihca,ion. And the
certificate Of u town clerk, that person has
been duly registe cd as an eiec,or, o. the
book 10 WHICH the nams Of such elector Is ,eg
inered, shall be sufficient evidence oi the risht
ofsn Elector, al auy election in this State.
S. Elcvtors shall, 10 all cases except nea.
son, felony, OF breach OF the peace, DO privi-
legged froo, arrest during their attendance at
elections, and IN going to and returning from
them
6. All elections Of State CRicers shall be
Dc obliged 10 write their names upon tneir
ballots.
ART. Nv.
l. The Legislative authority shall be vest
ed in a General Assembly which shall consist
oi a Scoae and Hov.e oi Representatives.
2. The House Vi Representatives shall be
composed oi members chosen annually 90 tho
f.. $, Wednesday oi May, IN each .own, ~ the
inhabitants possessing The Qualifications Ci
elector OF Town Officers.
3. No person shall be Representative,
Who snail not have been a citizen and inDabi.
,sot Of the State for one year next piectd ding
hts election, and tho last Tn &C nonihs an M
nsbtant OF the Town in which he shall be
chosen, unless he shall have been absent on
nu blic business Of the United States, or OF
this State.
4. Within one year after this Constitution
shall be in operation, and within eve'y subse.
enent torn OF ten years, sp enumeration of
the electors shall be taken In such mances as
shall be directed ny law the oumbcr ot Rep.
Tssentslives shall al The seve'al periods OF
making such enumeration be liked by the
General Assembly, and aPponioned among
the several towns according TO The number OF
elect2r, in each, al sucn raus, that the whole
numuet oil REPRESENTATIVES shalt never DC less
thar tory, nor over hhy; provided nevertne.
less, ina, each town shall be entnied al least
10 oce tepresentalivo. And within one year
sf,ei ,bc ,sk,ug Of the Fl, >, enumesAion here
In rcvtded for, aud wi hin one year af,er tho
iak'ur ,. every subsequent enumeration, the
Sta ,dxes snail be dpporuoned among tho
scverll Towns, according 10 lhe number OF
eiectags IN each.
v.
The Senate shall bo composed Of twelve
Sena,or - to De chosen in .Districts annually,
by tho eiec,ors dolly qualified of ,be sovetal
towns comp,,,ed IN each District for that
unrpose, The S,ale shall be divided into three
Senatorial Districts, as follows ; each of which
Districts stall elect tour Senator's.
J. Tho several Towns IN the Counties OF
Newport, and Bristol, snail form one District
aad be called the Eastern District; Tie sew
eral Towns in the county OF Providence, shall
,or1n one District, and be called the Northern
District tho several Towns in tho counties
oi Washington and X mt, shalt form one Dis.
teict, and be called the Uesfern District
,. Tho electors Of tho seve al towns compri,-
ssl IN each pislr!cI, qualified 10 vote for state
officors, shsll on tho same duyr and at tho
rne place whero tho Representatives are
chosen, vote by ballot for four persons as SEN
stor. for the Districts respectively.
4 In choosing Senators, each eiector shall
,oIe for foor pc sons al one ballot and tho
names Of the persons voted for shall be writ
ten or p inted at full leosth on one piece OF
paper, snd deslgnalcd by adding tho name OF
the town Of which eacn is al inoabnant.
S. The Mode aors Of the Town Meetings
In tho sewers al towns 10 each District, shoii re-
ceive the votes of all the electors p c,ent duly
qualified, and shalt with the assistance Of two
persons appoin,ed by such town meeting for
chat purpose, sort aod count thom and tbs
Town Clerk shaft mako fair record Of the
name Of every person voted for, and the nun.
bar of votes for each; and fair copy Of this
record shall be attes,ed by :he Moderator and
Town Ciork, end sealed up in presence o,the
citizens before the meeting Is closed, aod di-
rec,et TO the Speaker Of ,he House OF Repre-
scn,atives---with o approximation expressing
the parport d the content, thereof, and the
n:a,.;et IN uhish hc vot.s wers