The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-01-15
VOL. %

pe"re personally to vote in the choycs
OF the Governor and rest of The os,ire,x
&c. Therefore il seems kind Of ne.
cesse'y, 10 admit of voting by proxcy.
from such ns are not preset. or ceouo,
c"nveninn,ly there come. Il is there
fore. by this present Assembly, recon-
mended 20 the General Assembly tha,
is to be in October next, and the savd
Assembly upon matuer consideration rs
give full result and issue upun he
matter, and To order the manner ard
regulate the way Of The giving IL aud
sending such volts by proxey, IL that bss
then detsrmimed'the best expidianie q.
way for elec,ion: That so no irregular
'ty may be admitted IN such way of
yoiing."
Ordered. that Capt. George Baxter
shall have thirty pounds presently ior
the twenty-five pounds tha, was forner-
ly Engaged. and his charges at aud Gu,
meng from Boston 10 the Island
Ordered, that the SEALE with tho
Motsoe Rbode-island and Providence
Plantations, with the word HOPE over
the head of the mixer, is the pressn,
scale Of The colony.
Jamss Sands aud Thomas Terry Of
Block Isinnd, were commissioned by the
Assembly rs the Colonies agents TO so
to Block Island, md receive the sub
mission Of the inhabitants TO the king,
and to the Laws under tho Charter, and
also to nominate freemen Of the Island
to be freemen of the CoIony, and pre-
sent their names TO the General Assem-
bly, foradmission. For the government
Of the Island the Assembly ordained
.ha, three select men be appointed by
the freemen of the lslnnd, with power
to call the said freemen together on
their publ,ck business. To hold eour,s
for the trysi Of causes not exceeding 40
shillings, with criminal jurisdiction in
certain cases.
This Assembly also declaseih n
gainst any person acting in any pnbl'cko
office, except he first take the engage
ment according To the form hear sub
joyned.
You A. Il. &c. solemnly engage to
be true and faythfull unto our sovereign
Lord the King, Charles the Second Of
England, Scotland, France an,lJrelond,
aud domlnions and territoryes lhcreun-
to belonging, and to his snid majesty his
heirs and SUCCESSORS, true allegiance 10
bear, and TO execute your commission,
charge and office, according 10 the best
of your skill and knowledge, without
partallyty or affection to nny, and that
according to the lawes already estnb
lislicd or bs established in this colony.
This Engagement, you make aud IN
gugc to obsenrvc under the PENALTY OF
perjury.
Sixteen of the inhabitants of Block
Island were admitted freemen Of the CO.
lony.
This assembly passed the following
resolution.
"At present this General Assembly
dgeth it their duty to signifyc his Mn
jesiyes gracious pleasure vouchsaied 100
these words to ns, verbatum (yIz.) that
no parson within the sayd Colonie az
any time hereafter shall be any way
mo!estcd, punished, disquie,ed, or call
ed in question, for any difference of o.
pinion in matters Of religion, and d" not
nctualley distorbc the civil peace of the
snyd colony"
o. 1t has BEEN said, that the Gene
raj Assembly in March 1868, passed AN
act prohibiting Roman Catholicks from
voting aud acting as freemen--and so 1t
would appear by the printed digest of
lI744. But being informed that Secre-
,ary, Samuel Eddy, Esqr, denied that
any such act was to bee found ON the
Irecord-we have the more carefully ex- ,
amined j, for the purpose Of ascertain
yng the fact We find no such prohibi-
ton contained in the doings Of that As 2
sembIy, altho their record Of tina, session
is preserved entire. The exception IA
l,be printed digirt, 10 contained in bra