The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-07-06
CoMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
In General Court at thu Nav sesainn fharanf
Boston, July G.

Ia being agreed to by majority Of the Sen.
ators, and by tws-thirds of the members of the
House of Representatives, present and voting
thereon, that it is proper and expedient to alter
and amend the Constitution of this Common.
wealth, by adopting the subjoined 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 II agreed to by the General Court,
next to be chosen in tho manner provided by
the Constitution, it may be submitted to the
people Tor their ratification, in order that it
may become part of the Constitution of this
| Commonwealth.
"ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT
The members of the House Of Representa-.
tives shall DO elected in the following manner
Each city, town, or district, containing
twelve hundred inhabitants, may elect one Rep.
resentatlve, and two thousand four hundred in
habitants shall be the mean increasing number
which shall entitle any city, town, or district
to an additional Representative; and TIE num-
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
| sin 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 adj acent towns of that class which,
separately, would not be entitled to elect a
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,
sh all be united TO an adjacent town which is
entitled by itself to elect Representative, to
| form Representative district In which case
such district shall BIO entitled TO elect an addi-
tional Representative every other year; and il
any town not entitled 10 elect Representative
every year shall, by a majority of votes, at a
legal town meeting for that purpose called, de-
eide against being united with any other town
I TO form a Representative district, the Legs.
lature shall, upon the application of such town
authorize it to elect a Representative every
other year, commencing to elect on such q
year as that the House of Representatives shall
always be of as equal number as may be
| The Legislature which shall be elected under
the existing provisions of the Constitution, in
the year Of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-two, shall form the Representa-
tive districts as herein specified, and shall by
law prescribe the mode in which they shall hold
and make return of their Representative cleo
! tons. And the right of representation so es
! tablished 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 thereaftcrwards.
"And to prevent the House of Representa-
| tives from becoming too numerous, the NUN
Der of inhabitants which shall entitle any city
town, or district, to elect one Representative
and the mean increasing number which shall
entitie it to elect more than one, shall be pro.
portiOnally increased, if found necessary, in the
! year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred
| and torty-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 Representatives shall be
paid for their travel and attendance from the
public treasury.
Not less than seventy-Gve members Of the
House of Representatives shall constitute a
quorum fer doing business and all the provis'
ions of the Constitution inconsistent with the
provisions herein contained arc hereby wholly
annulled."
In the House of Representatives., June IA, 1881
The foregoing Resolution and Article oil
Amendment to the Constitution, having been
passed and adopted in this House, two.thirds o.
the members present and voting thereon, hav
ing voted in The affirmative, the same are &C.
cordingly sent to the Senate.
w. B. CALHOUN, Speaker.
IN Senate, June le, 1881.
The foregoing Resolution and Article o
Amendment having been agreed to by a ma
jority of the members of the Senate prese nj
and voting thereon, the Same are referred
ugreeably to the provisions of the Constitution
to the General Court next to be chosen.
LEvERETT SALroNsrALL, President.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
In Senate, June 20, 1881.
Ordered, That the Clerk of the Senate caus
tho proposed Amendment of the Constitution,
to be forthwith published three weeks success
sively in all the newspapers printed in thi
Commonwealth.
Sent down for concurrence.
CHAs. CALHouN, Clerk.
House Of Representatives., June 90, 1881.
Concurred
?. w. WARREN, Clerk.