Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-05
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By HIS ExcELLENcy HENRY W. EDWARDS. GOUermOr cf the StGte cf COnnecticrt,
 A Proclamation.


 GOrermOr cf the StGte of Connectic1t,
 A Proclamation.
 WHEREAS in pursuance of an act of the Gene " ral Assembly of this State passed June 4th lS6 entitled An act relating to the proposed amend mens to the Constitution of this State :'' the Trcas4 Ter, Secretary and Comptroller of this State have transmitted to certificate in the words and fig. ures following, to wit: ID
 "c0GT1setf~ Tst,.d :s s;, RDer,%e"t Dnsr 2s. c .'a'r
 the votes given in by the Electors their meetings in the several Towns in this State, hcldcn on the first Monday ot November, 1886, signityng their approbn- ton disapprObation of an amendment to the Ccns.i- tuition of this State, relating to the election in the re- spechve towns on the first Monday of April in each year, voting for Governor Lieutenant Governor, rea- surer, Secretary, Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly successvcly or for any number of said Officers at the same time, and proposed by Re- solution of the General Assembly of this State at the session thereof in 1885, and approved by twohrds of each house of said Assembly at the session thereof in l836, counted before the first Monday of December 1886, viz on the twentythird day of November, 1sS6 the votes given and returned according to law and thereupon it appeared that the number of votes so gv- en and returned in favor of adopting and approving said amendment, nineteen tkousdad aine hundred and eghty.ssr, and the number of votes so given and returned disapproyng of the adoption of the same was t'co thousand t'cO Hundred and tioeaty- y-nine JEREMIAH BROWN Treasurer. ROYAL K. HINMAN, Secretary. :. WILLIAM FIELD, Comptroller Which amendment is in the words following, viz
 The Electors in the respective towns on the first Monday Of April in each year may vote for Governor, and Representatives in the General Assembly success slvey or for any number of said Officers at the same time, and the General Assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating and prescribing the order and manner of voting for said Officers and also providing tor the election of Representatives at some time suh sequent to the first Monday of April in all cases when t shall so happen that the Electors in any town shall fail on that day to elect the Representative or Repre- senayes to which such State shall he by law enti- ted Provided, that in a elections of Officers of the of the Electors shall be by ballot either written or printed" -TI,.-7 -
 Therefore it is hereby declared that the majority of the votes Of the Electors given said amendment aforesaid and returned the Secretary of this State are m favor ot approving and adopting said amend Tent, and that majority of the Electors present at the meetings (eaIed for voting on said arendment) nave approved sad amendment, and that said amend ment IS valid to all nents and purposes as part of the Constitution of this State. And, whereas said Treasurer Secretary and Comp troier also Tn pursuance of said act have transmitted to me certificate in the words and figures following, viZ:-
 "c0nnee'iest, a.s ss Dspartn;ent ef sStafe,} The undersigned being designated by law to count the votes gwen in by the Electors at their meetings in the several Towns in this State, holden on the first Monday of November, 1886, sigifying their approba- tlon or dlsapprobaon o an amendment to the Consti tuflon ot this State relating to the election of Comp troler of the Public Accounts of this State, by the electors .heIr meetings in April in each year. and in chosen, and the manner ot returning votes for Comp trcller and how and by whom canyassed, 6c. propo- sed by Resolution of the General Assembly of this | two.thrds of each House of said Assembly, at the session thereof in l93 counted before the first Mon- day of December, 1896, viz. the twenty-third day of November, 1886. the votes so given and returned according to law, and thereuponi appeared that the number of votes given and returned in favor of a. doptlng and approving said amendment wns thirteen Der o votes so given and returned dsapprovng of ,he adoption of the same was hundred and ffiy.fre JEREMIAH gEowN, Treasurer:, ROYAL K. HTNTAN, Secretary. Which amendment is in the words following, viz: A Comptroller of Public Accounts shall be annually chosen by the Electors in their meeting in April, and m the same manner as the Treasurer and Secretary are chosen and the votes for Comptroller shall be turned to, and counted, canvassed and declared by l the Treasurer and Secretary"
 Therefore It is hereby also declared that majority of the of the Electors given on said last recited amendment as aforesaid, and returned to the Secre tary oi hs State are in favor of approving and adopt ing said amendment and that majority of the Elec- tors present at the meetings (called for voting said amendmentp have approved said amendment and that the said amendment is valid t0all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of this State.
 Given under my hand, and the seal of said State at New-Haven, this twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six and of the Independence of the United
 HENRY W. EDWARDS. By his Excelencys command, ROYAL K. HINMAN, Secretary. STATE OF CoNEcTrcur, ss. OGce cf hhe Secretary thereof Dec l3 lS36.
 All publishers of newspapers in this State are re- quested to publish the above Proclamation and for ward their bills for payment to the Comptroerof Pub lie Accounts. R. R. AMMAN.
 A Shoplitter in High Lve-A French lady who resides in William street and ia snnnosed in he orth 5000 dollars, detected in stealing cap from store, after having previously stolen another cap from another store. An officer went to her residence and found a room, the floor of which was covered with most incongruous assortment of items, dead fowl. la dies shawls gentemens caps, cakes of soap, Carroll. na potatoes pieces of musln and an endless variety of small matters of sort other, which, as she could have had little use for and her parsmon- disposition renders improbable that she purchas ed them is supposed they have been all or the great CT part of them stolen. She was held to bail.
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 The reason rhy.--Almost every thing consumed in family. now Commands exhorbitant prices, except cream, of which, by the way, there is none. Jpco;r ing of our mlkman the feaso of its scarcity, he sats- fled query by saying that milk has rig so tarnal high that cream cant reach the top!" On hand in ennsylrdnia.-There has been large meeting of the people in Somerset county, at which Gen. Harrison was nominated as candidate for the Presidency in ls40. The voice of the people of Som erset says correspondent of the U S. Gazette is the welcome watchword to the onset, and will eoon be re- sponded to by the counties and States ol this Union