The Litchfield County post., 1828-06-26
PURITC ACTS,
NAV SESSION, 1928,

O Hartford, in said State, on the first We'd nesday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. the House of Representatives did mass a resolution, therein and thereby pro- posing certain amendments to the ConSti- tuition of this State, which said amend ments were, by order of said House, con- tinued to the present Session of the Gen. eral Assembly, and published in the man. ner prescribed by the eleventh article of the Constitution And whereas at this present session of said Assembly, two thirds of each House thereof have appro- we'd of said proposed amendments, in the manner prescribed and specified in said ar- ticle, which said amendments are in the words following, viz.
 "At a General Assembly of the State of
 ConnecticWt, hOlden at Hartford, in said
 State, On the first Wednesday of MGy,
 in the gear 0f our Lord one thousand
 eight hWadred aud t,Centy-Seven :-
 RESOLVED, by the House of Represen- tatives, that the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of this State, which when approved and adopted in the manner by the Constitution prescri- bed, shall, to all intents and purposes, be- come part thereof.
 ARTICLE list. From and after the first Wednesday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thir- ty. the Senate of this State shall consist of not less than eighteen nor more than twsn- ,hnr nd lrn hr,n n:,Anso.o
 ARTICLE 2d. The General Assembly which shall be holden on the first Wednes- day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, shall di- vide the State into districts for the choice of Senators, and shall determine what number shall be elected in each, which districts shaM not be less than eight or more than twenty-four in number, and shall always be composed of contiguous territory, and ia forming them no town shall be divided; nor shall the whole or part of one county be joined to the whole or part of another county,to form distract; regard being had to the population in said appor- tionment and in forming said districts, in such manner that no county shall have less than two Senators. The district when established, shall continue the same until tho session of the General Assembly next after the completion of the next census off the United State; which said Assembly should have power to alter the same. if| found necessary to preserve proper G. quality between said districts in respect to the number of inhabitants therein, accor- ding to the principles above recited; after which said districts shall not be altered, nor the number of Senators altered, except at any session of the General Assembly next after the completion of census of the United States. and then only according to tho principles above prescribed.
 ARTICLE Sd. At the meeting of the e. lectors on the first Monday of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thir- ty, and annually thereafter, immediately after the choice of Representatives, the Electors qualified by law to vote in the choice of such Representatives, shall be called upon by the presiding officer of such meeting, in the several towns within their districts respectively. to bring in their bal- lots for such persons or number of persons to be Senator or Senators for such district in the next General Assembly, as shall by law be allowed to such districts respec- lively which person or persons at the time of holding such meetings shall belong to and reside in the respective districts in which they shall be ballotted for as aforesaid.-And each Elector presen' at such meeting, qualified as aforesaid may thereupon bring in his ballot or suffrage for such person or persons as he shall choose to be Senators for such district, not exceeding the number by law allowed to the same, with the name or names of such person or persons, fairly written on one piece of paper.--And the votes so given in shall be received, counted, can- vassed and declared, in the same manner now provided by the Constitution for the choice of Senators. The person or per- sons (not exceeding the number by law al- lowed to the districts in which such votes shall be given in) having the highest num- Der of votes shall be declared to be duly elected for such districts.-But in the G. veat of an equality of votes between two or more persons so voted for, the House of Representatives shall in the manner provided by the Constitution. designate which of such persons shall be declared 10 be duly elected"