The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-07-13

and DYE-STUFFS, on the most favorable
ermS. OLIVER FLETCHER.
JOSHUA H. HAYWARD.
Boston, April 4, 1881 6ml5
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
In General Court, at the May session thereof
in the year of our Lord 1881.
DISSOLVED, by both Houses, the same
10 being agreed to by majority of the SEN
ators, and by two-thirds of the members of the
House OF Representatives, present and voting
thereon, that 1t is proper and expedient TO alter
and amend the Constitution of this Common
wealth, by adopting the subioned article of
amendment and that the same, as thus agreed
10, be entered on the Journals of the two
Houses, with the Yeas and Nays taken thereon,
and referred to the General Court next to be
chosen, and that the same be published, to the
end that if agreed to by the General Court,
next to be chosen in the manner provided by
the Constitution, it may be submitted to the
people for their ratification, in order that it
may become part of the Constitution of this
Commonwealth.
PARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
The members of the House of Representa-
tlves shall be elected in the following manner
Each city, town, or district, containing
twelve hundred inhabitants, may elect one Rep
resentative, and two thousand four hundred in
h abltants shall be the mean increasing number
which shall entltle any city, town, or district,
to an additional Representative and tie mum.
Der OF inhabitants in each city, town, or dis
trict, shall always be ascertained and determin-
ed by the next preceding census taken under
the authority of the United States:
" In every case where any town is now unit
ed to any other town or district for the purpose
OF electlng Representative, such towns and
districts, so united, are, and shall be considered
| respectively, as one town in all things respect
ing the election of Representatives, as provided
! for IN this article.
"Any two ad accent towns of that class which,
separately, would not be entitled to elect
Representative, shall be united together and
form district for that purpose-and where
any such town is so situated, that it cannot be
! united to an adjacent town of the same class.
shall be united to an adjacent town which is
entitled by itself to elect Representative, to
form a Representative district In which case
such district shall be entitled to elect an add-
tlonal Representative every other year. and if
| any town not entitled TO elect Representative
every year shall, by ma iorty of votes, at a
legal town meeting for that purpose called, de-
eide against being united with any other town
to form Representative district, the Legis.
ature shall, upon the application of such town,
authorize 1t to elect Representative every
other year, commencing to elect on such
JOoi 40 tudL thc AlOuSe Vi Representatives shall
always be of as equal number as NAV be-
The Legislature which shall be elected under
the existing provisions of the Constitution, in
the year OF our Lord one thousand eight hum
dred and thirty-two, shall form the Representa-
tive districts az herein specified, and shall by
law prescribe the mode in which they shall hold
and make return of their Representative cleo
tions. And the right of representation so es.
tablshed shall not be altered by any future
Legislature, till the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-two, and every
tenth year thereafterwards.
"And to prevent the House Of Representa-
tives from becoming too numerous, the num-
Der of inhabitants which shall entite any city,
town, or district, to elect one Representative,
and the mean increasing number which shall
entltle 1t to elect more than one, shall be pro.
portioRaly increased, if found necessary, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-two, and every tenth year thereafter.
wards, so that the House of Representatives
shall never consist of more than three hundred
and fifty members; and the members of the
Senate and House of Representative shall be
paid for their travel and attendance from the
public treasury.
Not less than seventy-fve members of the
House OF Representatives shall constitute a
quorum Tor doing business and all the provis-
ions OF the Constitution inconsistent with the
provisions herein contained are hereby wholly
annulled."
In The House of Representatives, June IA, 1881.
The foregoing Resolution and Article Of
Amendment to the Constitution, having been
passed and adopted in this House, two-thirds OF
the members present and voting thereon, hay-
ing voted in The affirmative, the same are ac-
cordingly sent to the Senate.
W. r. CAyuouU CoeoLsr
In Senate, June rs, 1881.
The foregoing Resolution and Article OF
Amendment having been agreed to by a ma
Jority of the members of the Senate present,
and voting thereon, the same are referred,
agreeaby to the provisions of the Constitution,
to the General Court next to be chosen.
LEvERETT SALToNsTALL, President,
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
! In Senate, June 90, 1881.
! Ordered, That the Clerk of the Senate cause
the proposed Amendment of tho Constitution
to be forthwith published three weeks success.
sivey in all the newspapers printed in this
Commonwealth.
| Sent down for concurrence.
CHAs. CALHOUN, Clerk.
House Of Representatives, June 90, 1881.
| Concurred.
! P. w. WARREN, Clerk.