Litchfield enquirer., 1851-09-04
Prupesea Amendment to the COnsii-
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Prnnasnd Amendment tO Ghe Consl
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 p.solped bs Gle HoEse of RsprsssptG
 ~. That inc following shall be propo
 nS 1s nm amendment fo the Constitution 0 .a;s S,ate. which when approved aad adoP ,aI in inc nanner provided by the Consls ...;on sl,alI 10 all intenis and purposes be- come n part thereof, viz: T;here shall be one stated session of the naneral Assembly, to be holden in eacl raar alternately at Hartford and New Ha' e m inc first Wednesday of December .nd ot soch other times as the General As .a,,,IJr shall judge necesSary. The session LoId.1 on tl,e first Wednesday of Decem> her A. D., 1852, sllal be holden at Ilart E,ul but the person administering the oI> fee of governor may. in special emergen- c;as. convene the General Assembly at el- theF of said places, at any other time. And in case of danger from tue prevalence of contaoious diseases, in either of snit places, or other circumstances. the person admin ;stering the office of governor, may, by pro- ,.lamotion convene said Assembly at any iother place in this State.
 Tbe Governor of this State shall hold his ofi.e for one year from the frss Wednes- dav of December next succeeding his etec> t;on and until his successor be duly quali- 6ed and inc Governor, Lieut.. Governor, ,nembers of the General Assembly, Freas- ,,rer and Secretary and Comptroller, who may he appointed by the electors m April, A b.. 1852, or by the General Assembly in May. A. D, 1852, may hold thelr offices until the first Wednesday in December, AD,. 1852, and all lle officers appointed 6y the General Assembly or either branch thereof, at their next session in May, D., 1852, who by the Constitution are 10 be ar- pointed annually. shall hold lheir offices until the fourth day ef February, A. D.. 1853. X.
 The annual meetings of the electors for the election of the several officers by them to be chosen at any annual electors meets ing shall be holien on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November in each year, and not on the first Monday of April in each year; and all tEle Pyoceedingss res. pecting re,urns. canyassing and counting oi votes now required by the Constitution to be had in the month of April, shall hereaf- ter De had in the month of November. And the General Assembly shall have power to enact laws providing for the election of re- presentatives at some time subsequent to the Tuesday next after the first Monday ot November, in all cases when 1t shall so hap pen that the electors in any town shall tnll on that day to elect the representative or representatives, to which such town shall be by law entitled, or when an election ha- wing been made, a vacancy occurs from any cause.
 Resolved, That the foregoing proposed aniendment to the Constitution be con,lnu- ed to the next General Assembly, and be published with the laws passed at the pre- sent session. House of Representatives. June 26m 1851. Passed. ". L. MASON, Clerk. Proposed anendment to the Consultation At a Geneial Assembly for the State o
 Connecticut, holden in Hartford, il
 said State, on the first Wednesday Q
 May, 1851
 ResoIved 6y the House of Represe'ata t;ves, That thc following be proposed us an amendmept to the Copstit.ption of this State. which when approved and adopt" ed in the p,aDper provided by fine Con stitntion, shall to all intents and purPo- ses become part thereof :--
 After the year 1854. all annual and special sessions of the General Assem- bly shall be holden at such place as shalI be designated and selected as the capital of this State, by the General Assembly to be holden st Hartford. on the first Wed. nesday of May, 1853. Prouided. that in case of danger from the prevalence of contagious diseases in such place, or oth- CT circumstapces, the person administer. ing the office of Governof may. by pro clamatioon convene said Assembly at any other place in the State.
 House of Representa:iyes, July list, 1851. Passed. M. W. WILSON, Assistant Clerk.