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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-10-20
Article Ninth.
Of qualifications for office

\ Section |. No person shall be eligible
TO any civil Office, (except the office Of
school commlltee,) unless he be quail
fled c!cctor Tor such Office.
Sec. .. Every person shall be dis
qualified from holding any Office to which
he may have been elected, it he be CON
vlcted Of having offered, or procured any
other person to offer, any br,bc to secure
his election, or the election OF any other
person.
Sec 3. All general officers shall take
the following engagement before they
act IN their respective Offices, TO wit
/ You beng by The free vo,.
of the electors oi thus State of Rhode
Island aud Providence Plantations, elect
ed unto the place Of do solemn.
| y sweat (oraillrm) to be true and faith
lul unto this State, aud to support the
Constitution of tins State and of the
Unied States that you will faithfully
aud imparlaIIy discharge all the duties
oi your aforesaid office to the best Of
your abilities, according to law: : SO
help you God. Or, tins affirmation YOU
make and give upon the peril OF the penal.
~ OF PERJURY.
Sec. !. 1he members Of the General
Assembly, the Judges Of all the Counts,
aud all other officers, both civil aud
military, shall be bound Ivy oath or allr-
nation, To suppod this Constitution, aud
the Constitution Of the United States.
Sec. D. The oath or affirmation, shall
be administered to the Governor, Lieu.
tenant Governor, Senators and Represen-
tati,es by the Secretary OF State, or, ~
his absence, by the Attorney General.
The Secretary Of State, Attorney Gem
rraI, aud General Treasurer, shall be-
engaged by the Governor, or by a Jus
lice ol the supreme Court.
Sec. 6. No person holding any Office
under the government ol the United
'tnics, or ol any other Slnie or country,
shall act ~ general ollccr,o ,or as mem .
ber of the General Assembly, unless At
the time OF taking his engagement, ho
shall have resigned his Office under such
government; aud II any general officer, 4
Senator, Representative, ~ Judge shall, .
alter his election and engagement, ac. I
crp any aPpolnime ut under any other .
government, his Office under this shall be
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Article Thirteenth.
OI amendments

The General Assembly may propose
amendments 10 tins constitution by the
votes OF n majority of all the members
elected 10 each House. Such PROPOSE
iions for amendment shall be published
III the newspapers, aud printed copies of
them shall be sent by the Secretary OF
State, with the names of all the members
who shall have voted thereon, with the
yeas aud nays, 10 all the town and CITY
clerks in the State. The said proposi.
tons shall be, by said clerks, inserted IN
the warrants or notices by them issued
for warning the next annual town and
ward meetings IN Apil and the clerks
shall read SAID propositions 10 The clcc.
tors when assembled, with the names al
all the Representatives aud Senn,ors who
shall have voted thereon, with the yeas
and nays, before the election oi Senator,
and Representatives shall be had liza
mnIoriy of all the members elected TO
each House, NJ said annual meeting
shall approve any proposition thus made,
the same shall bc published and submit
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population, always allowing one Repre-.
sentative FIR n traction exceeding halt
The ratio but each town or city shall
always be entitled ioa, least one rnembe
and no town or city shall ever have NOR
ihan one sixth of the whole numacr al
members to which The flouse is hereby
limited. The present ratio shall bc onr
representative to every fifteen hundred
and thirty inhabtanls, and the GeneraI
Assembly may, alter any new census
taken by the authority Of the United
States or of lhs State, re appurlon the
rcpie' enlallon by altering tie ratio bn
40 town or cily shall be divided into dis
trIcis for the choice OF representatives.
See. =. The House al Representative
shall have aulhoril, Ia elect 10 speaker
clerks, aud other .liice:-. Fhe senioi
member from The town oi Newport. II any
he present, shall pIesIde III The orgaurza
ton of the House.
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Article Twelfth.
M education.

\ Section l. The diffusion of knowledge
as well Us of virtue, among the people
being essential to the preservation OF
their rights aud liberties, it shall be the
duty OF .he General Assembly to pro.
mote public schools, and TO adopt all
means which they may deem necessary
and proper to secure to the people the
advantages and opportunities of cduca.
ton.
Sec. 2. The money which now is. OF
which may hereafter be appropriated by
law for the establishment Of permanent
fund for tha support of Public Schools,
shall be securely invested and remain
perpetual fund for that purpose.
Sec. 9. All donations Tor the support
of Public Schools or for other purposes
OF education, which may he received by
the General Assembly, shall be applied
according TO the terms prescribed by the
donors.
Sec. 4 The General Assembly shall
make all necessary provisions by law lo,
carrying this aiiicle into effect. They
shall not divert SAID money or fund from
the aforesaid uses, nor borrow, appro.
pirate, or use the same, or any paii
thereof, for any other purpose, under any
pietcnce whatsoeVcr
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fishery, ana The privilege Of the shore, to
which they have been heretofore entitled
under tho charter and usqgcs of hi,
State. But no new right in THESE respects,
~ intended I" be granted, nor any existing
right impaired by this declaration.
See. - The mllinr, shall be he'd in
strict sub0tdlnalon tn the clyil aulhoIllv
Sec. 10 No soldier shah, ia time ol
peace, be q,arlercd in ans house wuLou,
he consent of The owner; nor, ia i'm,
of war, but IN manner 10 be prescribed
by law.
sec. 20. The Liberty of the press be
Ing cssen'lD to The sccuri'y OF irc"dpu
IN state. nny person may publish his
sentiments Oh any >uhrc,. heIrg 'e,pousI.
bic i"f he abuse "f thai liberty and II
all Trials lor IIhrl, both civil and criminal
hc lruih, unless published from nilclou,
notIvcS, shall be sulicIcnl driei CO {
ih" person charged.
Sec. u. ! he cdlzens have u right /,
4 pcacei bic m'Ln r 20 assemble for thru
common good. aud 10 apply TO those IL
N's'cu WIN l"' V"NCl" oI 'o'tI"n'h''
for redress of grievances, or for othct
purposes, by petition, address, or renon
STRANGE.
Sec. - The right Of tie people lo
keep aud bear aims. shall not be lnliinged.
Sec 23. The enumeration uf the tore.
going ghl, shall nol be Construct TO i'm
par or deny others r,IaIned by he people
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Article Tenth.
OT lie iudiciaL pomer.

H Section ]. The judicial power Of this
State shall be vested in one Supreme
Court, and in such inferior courts as the
/ General Assembly may, from time tc
/ lime, ordan and establish.
II Sec. .. The several courts shall have
such jurisdiction as may from time 10 time
be prescribed by law. Chancery pow
crs may be conferred on the Supreme
| CouIt, but on no other Court to any
greater extent than is now provided by
law
/ Sec. 8 The Judges of the Supreme
Court shall, in all lIials, instruct the
| Jury in the law. They shall also give
heir written opinion upon any matter Of
law whenever requested to by the Gov
ernor, or by either House Of The General
Assembly.
Sec. L. The judges Of the Supreme
Court shall be elected by the two House 5
10 grand committee. Each Judge shall
hold his office until his place be declared
vacant by resolution OF the General
Assembly to that effect which resolu-
ton shall be voted for by majority Of
all the members elected to the House in
which it may originate, and be concurred
IN by the same majority OF the other
House. Such resolution shall not be en-
leraned at any other than the annual
session for the election OF public officers !;
and IN default OF the passage thereof at
said session, the Judge shall hold his
place as is herein provided. But Judge
Of any court shall be removed from Office,
if, upon impeachmenl he shall be found
guilty Of any official mlsdcmeanor
Sec. g. In case of vacancy by death,
resignation, removal from the State or
from office, refusal or inability TO serve,
of any Judge of the Supreme Count, the
office may be filled by the grand com
ultee, until the next annual election,
and the Judge then elected shall hold his
office as before provided. ln cases of
impeachment, or temporary absence or
inability, the Governor may appoint n
person To discharge the duties OF the Of
flee during The vacancy caused thereby
Sec. 6. The Judges Of The Supreme
Court shall receive a compensation for
their services, which shall not be dinn-
ished during their continuance in Office.
Sec 7. The towns Of New Shoreham
and jamestown may continue 10 elect
their waldpns as heretofore. The oihe,
towns ana the city of Providence, may
elect such number Of Justices Of the
peace, resident therein, as they may
deem proper. The jurisdiction Of sa,J
Justices and wardens shall be regulated 4
by law. The Justices shall be cominls-
stoned by the Governor.
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Article Sixth.
or The Senate.

Section |. hr Senate shall consist oi
the Lieutenant G. werner and ol on. SEGA
tor from each town or city ~ the Stale.
See. ,. The Governor. and, III hI.
absence, the Lieutenant. Governor, shall
preside IN the Senate aud ~ grand com.
ml,lrc. The presiding officer oi The
Senate and grand committee shall have
II right to vote in case Of equal division.
but not Otherwise
Sec 3. il, by reason of death, res gna.
ton, absence, or o,hcr cau,c, there be- no
Governor or Lieutenant Governor pre-
sent. Ia preside Ia the Senate, the Sriatc
shall rlrc, one Of their own members L.
preside dnrIcg such absence or vacancy!
and ,!il such election is made by the
Senate, The Secretary Of State shall pre-.
side.
Sec. 4. The Secretary Of State shall
by virtue ol his Office. be Secretary of
lie ScGu'r, unless olbcrwis isc provided bS
hw and the Senate may elect such o'hcf
officers a. they may deem necessary.
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Article Eleventh.
Oj mpeach hmenis.

Section I. The House of Represcn-
talives shall have the sole power of nn-
parchment. "A vote OF two thirds Of II
the members elected shall be require d
Ior an impeachment OF the Governor -
Any officer ilnpeached, shall thereby be
suspended from office until judgment in
the case shall have been pronounced.
Sec. ,. All impenchmen,s shall be tried
by .he Senate and, when sitting for that
purpose, they shall be under oath Or
affirmation. No person shall be con-
vcted except by vote OF two-lhirds Of the
members elected. When the Governor
is lmpeached, the chief or presiding JUS
tice o! the Supreme Court for the time
being, shall preside, with casting vote
N all preliminary questions.
Sec. 3. The Governor, and all Other
Executive and Judicial officers, shall be
liable TO Impeachment but Judgment in
such cases shall not extend further than
to removal from Office. The person con
victed shall, nevertheless, be liable to
indictment, trial, and punishment accord
ING 10 law,
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Article Eighth.
I,y law.
Of EIecHOns.

Section l. The Govcrnnr, L.u,enan'
Gn,crnor, Senators. Representatives.. Sc
crciar, of STATE, Attorney Gcncral, anc
General Treasurer, shall be elected ~
the town. cI;N. ar ward meetings, IL b,
holden on the first " uducsGay If Aprll
annually uud shall scvcraIly hold lhei,
officers Tor one year. from the iirs, Tue.
day &C Nav EcNt succeeding, and unll
others are legally aud ddly qualified {,
fIl their places. felccred or quali,d d
after the SAID fast Tueday of Mn, the,
shall hold lhrlr Offices for ,lc remainder
of the political year. aud unIl their sue.
cc,snts are qualified To act.
Sc. . The voting for Governor. Lien.
tenant Governor, Secretary OF State, Al.
tpruc> General, General Treasurer. and
Representatives Ia Congress, shall be- b.,
ballot; Senators aud Representatives r
The Gcrcrh Assembly, and town or CT,
Dllircrs. shlll b chosen Nv ballot, on dc
mard oi any seven persons entitled Ia
vote lui the Same aud ~ all Cases where
an oleclIon ~ made by ballot or paper
vote. The mannc: of balloiing shall be- lh,
sdrno as ~ ucw required IN voting for
gcnHul officers, uuil Otherwise picscrI
bed 10y Law.
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Article ScVcAasl.
Of he Erecnt.r .re IlOmer.

/ Sectln, !. '!ha chlct eyecuivc powe,
\ OF lhls Stale shall be vested IN II Cover.
nJr, who. tose her with n l.leulen ,nl
G"veri"r, shall be annually 81, cled By
The people.
Sec : The Governor shah take care
that ;he laws be faithfully executed.
Sec. 3. He shall he captain general
| aud c@mmander.lh chief Of The military
AID naval lorces OF this State except when
! they snail be called into the service Of the
! United States.
Sec 4 lie shall hive power to grant
reprleve-, aleI conviction IL all cases,
| except those of Impeachment, untl the
end of the next session of the General
Assembly.
see. ;. lie my ill vacancies in office
not otherwise provided 10, BY tins con.
s'itution or by law, until she same shall
be filled b> the General Assembly, o: b,
tho people.
Sec. 6. In case Of disagreement be
twcn The two Houses of the General As
srmbly, respecting tic time or place OF
adj ,uruinent, certified Ia ham h, ellhcr
he may dl,urn them to such time n'd
place as hc shall thInk proper provided
that the time of ad adjournmeul shall no: he
cx'cndcd beyond ;hc day Of the next sla,cd
seSSi III.
Sec. 7. H. may, on cxraorlrnar,
occas,un-, convene llIe General Assem-
bly, at any town or city IN tins State, N
any time no provided for by law =; aud ia
ease oI danger from the prevalence ot
cp'dem'c ar contagious disease, IN the
place ~ Which the Gcncral Assembly are
by law To- meet. or to winch they ma,
have been adjourned or tIr other urgent
reasons, he may. oy proclamation, con
veue sud Assembly, at amy other place
rhin th;s State.
Sec >. All commissions shall be IN the
name AID hv authority Of the State nl
Rhode Island and Providence Pla t,lons;
Shall be sealed with tie State seal, ,iLnet |
bv the GD,ernor IL ID at;eslcd By TIC |
Secretary.
Sc. o IN case of vacancy in the Of |
icC uf Governor. or Of his inability 1"
serve, tup' achmcni or absence from ih, .
the office oi Governor and eXelc.se Ih, |
powers and authority "pPerl 'Ining lh,ic
10. until II GpNern"r ~ qualified to act, at
until the Office is filled at the next anuuai
election.
Sec 10. If the oliicCs of Governor and !
Lieutenant Governor he both vacant b,
rGas ~ OF death. reslgnnlIoa, luprach /
ment, absence, or otherwise, The p"isnn
cuiIlcd to yresIAc over the Senate fol
The time being. shall N like manner fill
the Office Of Governor dnriug snch absenc,
ur vacancy.
Sec IL. The compensation of the
Governor aud Lieutenant Governor shaI |
be established BY law, aud shall nol be
diminished duriEg the term Tor which
lhny are elected.
Sec. II. he duties and powers Of the i
Secretary. Attorney General, and Gene
rat Treasurer, shall be the sane uude, II
lhls Constitution as are now established
OF as from time To time may be prescribed
by law II
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Article Fourteenth.
Ocihe adoption of This Constitution.

Il " NE ADOPTION oj "'s to"""mton.
II Section /. This constitution, if adopt
ed, shall 90 into operation on the first
Tuesday of May, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and forty three
The first election Of Governor, Lieuien-
ant Governor, Secretary Of State, Ailor.
ney General, and General Treasurer,
and of Senators and Representatives un-
der said constitution, shall be had on The
first "Wednesday Of April next preceding,
by he electors qualified under said con-
sltulion. And the town and ward meet
ings therefore shall be warned and con-
Quoted as is now provided by law. All
evil and military officers now elected, or
who shall hereafter be elected, by the
General Assembly, or other competent
authority, before the said first Wednes-
day OF April, shall hold their Offices and
may exercise their powers until the said
first Tuesday of May, or until their sue
cessors shall be qualified 10 act. All
statutes, public and private, not repug-
nant 10 this constitution, shall continue
in force until they expire by their own
Limitation, or are repealed by the Cen
eral Assembly. All charters, contracts,
judgments, actions, and rights Of action,
shall be as valid as il this constitution
had not been made. The present gov
ernpent shall exercise all the powers
with which it is now clothed, until The
said first Tuesday of May, one thousand
eight hundred and ioriy-ihree, and until
the government under this constitution 10
duly organized.
Sec. ? All debts contracted and en-
gagrmsDis entered into, before The adop-
lion OF tins constitution, shall be as valid
against the State ns if this constitution
had not been adopted.
Sec. 3. The Supreme Court, establish
ed by this constitution, shall hav. the
same jurisdiction as The Supreme Judicial
Couit at present established and shall
have jurisdiction OF all causes which
may be appealed to, or pending in the
same /; and shall be held at The same
times and places, and IN each county, as
the present Supreme Judicial Court, IN.
lll otherwise prescribed by the General
Assembly.
Sec. 4 The towns Of New. Shorehnm
and jamestown shall continue to ENJOY,
the exemptions from military duty, which
they now ENJOY, until otherwise prescri-
bed 10y law.
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STATE OF RIIODEISLAND AND PROV
IDENCE PLANTATIONS.
Ia Contention,

Ia Contention, II ID. 1919.
| ResoIred, That the constitution framed
by ihis convention, be certified by the
officers thereof, and with the journal and
pape.s of the convention be deposited in
the office OF the Secretary of State vino
shall cause SAID constitution together with
this resolution and all acts and rcsoluinDs
of the General Assembly relating to this
convention, 10 be printed and distributed
according To law and that said Consiitu-
ilon he submitted TO all The people who
may he by law authorised to vote there
on, for their ratification or rejection, at
town or ward meetings, TO he holden in
The several towns and IN The city OF Prov
ldence, on tho
days Of A. ID. l842. The
several town and city clerks shall issue
the necessary warrants for said meetings.
SAID meetings shall be kept open for the
reception OF votes during the time herein
specified, and longer if necessary, viz.
from the hour Of . o'clock in the forenoon
until o'clock in the afternoon and in
IN the town Of Newport, and city of provi-
dence, until nine o'clock in the evening
on the days appointed
In the first line Of the second section
O! article second, relating TO the qualifi-
cation Of electors, when the constitution
Is enrolled, there shall be a blank space
lett between the words erery and male,
and at the meetings hereinbeioro appoint.
ed Tor voting upon the constitution, the
following question shall also be separate
submitted TO be voted upon by those
who may be authorized to vote for or
agaInst SAID Constitution, viz "ln case
the constitution framed by the conven-
ton assembled at Newpor, in September,
l842, be adopted, shall the blank in tho
hrst line OF section second Of article sec
ond of said constitution, be filed bv The
word Whife, and a sufficient number Of
affirmative and negative ballots for this
purpose shall be printed and distributed
by the Secretary. And in case said
constitution be adopted, and there
shall also upon the question in r,a-
tlon to said word mhiie, be n minority
oi votes IN favor OF filing said blank With
sa ii wu, The General Assembly shall
cause the blank 10 be so filled, and The
same shall be part Of said constitution
~ the same manner as If org finally inser-
ted therein by this convention. But if
there be majority Of votes against ill
ling SAID blank as aforesaid, the cons,i-
lniion shall be printed without said blank.
Aud II said constitution be not adopted,
the vote taken ~ relation TO said word
rhHe shall be of no effect
The ballots upon the adoption Of said
constitution, aud also upon The question
~ relation To said word whiie, shall be
returned 10 the neat session al the Gen.
eral Assembly holden after the meeting
he'e'n appointed, IN order that they may
rause ihc votes To be counted and ths
result declared
Ia Convention, Sept. %, I842 The
above draft oI resolutions was read aud
adopted
TllO'S A. JENCkES, Sec'y.
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III T. II A l. ID OF TIL e I'll M e S.

t,icates, the nature oflhs evidence 10 be
required N case Il "A dispute as t. the
right OF any person To vote. and general
ly 10 enact all laws Lecessaiy To carry
mis- article INTO effect, aud to prcvent II.
bu,e, corruptlon, and fraud IA yOliug.
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Proposed Constitution
OF THE STATE OF RHODE Is
ttY LAND AND PROVIDENCE
,..I. PLANTATIONS.

We. the people nf the State e Rhode
Island AID Prov dence Plantations. graIe
inl Ia A:n- hi, q Il for the civil and re-
'ig'ous liberty which lie hath so lonS
permitted us to enj ". aud l""kng t.
lllm for "A blessing upon our endeavors to
paired Ia succeeding generations. do or
diin and establish this constitution Of
Government.
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Immediately vacated but this restriction
shall not apply To any person appointed
To take deposllions or acknowledgements
of deeds, or other legal instruments, by
The authority OF any other State or coun-
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ted to the electors in The mode provided in
the act of approval and il then approved
by three fllhs of The electors the State
present, and voting thereon IN town and
ward meetings, it shall become n part Of
the constitution OF this State.
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Article Third.
Of the distribution of PowerS.

| he PAYERS oi the go,ernmenl shall
he distributed INTO three departments; the
Legislative. ENcculivr. and Judicial.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
IA MES ATKINSON.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

OfricE $50, THAm.s-SrRs.I,
~ The head ~ The CouEr, ia rear Of .M,s,y,.
Il. r. u ". .Ns,oion's
[ III his pop'r he Lqp, orhe Sais and NJ N,
limited States are published by authority
TgRMs-
- advance, or S2.2 at the end Of ,b.y.,,.
H. siNGLt corY,siN CEsrs-Ci
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Article Fifth.

Of he Hon,e If representatives..
Sec. 1. The House oi Representative.
shah never exceed scsruty.two members.
and shall Jc constituted on the basis OF
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-08-11

While on this branch OF the subject would introduce
II necessary, statement and table showing as far
AZ Virginia Is concerned, what would have been her
share OF thu land fund under the operation OF tho
hll' which passed IN 1882. ] will not trouble the
louise however. with reading it, Mr.. G. alluded 10
the following;
From The sul.oincd statement founded on an official
statement from Mr. Woodbury. whilst Secretary oi the
Treasury. appears that the whole amount which would
have gone into thu Treasury Of the State of Virginia
from the year 1892 To tho year 1888 inclusive tha tho
hlll been permitted 10 become law would have been
81 SGD. 90. or. for each year. rs, lW
lhls SUN would have paid an interest public debt
at per cent To thr amount Of fourteen aud n hall mil
hons OF doars or II would have given all citizens III
ifgna Of Il years o age Gas per OF ls3u) up
wards OF So each; or. II divided among the several
counties ol the state II would have yielded 10 each ~
on computation according To the census OF lS3O the
amounts respectively annexed to their the fol
lowing table.
Table Shoeing he amount ,rtich eaei co,nify in he
State 81 6gini0 ,rodd hare receired from lsi2-
from rhlch period Nh, Giay's Land BIZ ,ras 10 hare