Litchfield enquirer., 1855-11-29
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, at General Assembly OF tho
State Of Connecticut, holden al New Haven
on the first Wednesday Of May 1854. the
House OF Representatives passed Resolu-
ton proposing an amendment Of the Cen.
s,itution o this State, in the following
words, viz: Every person shall be abe
to read any article of the Constitution or
any section Of the statutes Of this State he.
rore being Admitted as an eiec,or," which
proposed amendment was continued TO ,he
next General Assembly and published with
the laws which had been passed at the same
session; and whereas two,hirjs OF each
House at the next session of said Assem-
bly,, holden at Hartford, on the first Wed.
nesday of May, 1855, did, by yeas and nays
approve said proposed amendment, and
ther-upon said Assembly did. by an act
entitled 1" An Act relaii..g to the proposed
Amendment to the Constitution Of this
State" provide for the presen,ment of the
same TO the electors in their respective
towns on tho first Monday in Oct. 1855.
for their appreciation or disapprohation there
OF, and did also prescribe the manner in
which it should be made to appear whether
a majori'yoi the electors presen, at the town
meetings legally warned aud held for that
purpose in their respective towns had APP
proved or disapproved Of the same; and,
whereas, in pursuance Of said act, the
Treasurer. Secretary OF State, and Comp.
,roller, have transmitted TO me their certif.
Gates, under their hands, in the words fol.
lowing, viz:
"rhe undersigned being designated by
law to canvass the votes given by the elec.
Al al,
in this State on The first Monday Of Octo.
Der, A d., 1855, and return to the Secretary
of State, pursuant TO the provisions Of an
act entitled AN Act relating to the Propo-
sed Amendment TO the Constitution Of this
State passed May Session, 1855, hereby
certify that they entered on the duty assign
ed them on the 9th day Of October last,
and within the time prescribed by said act
counted the vote so given in and returned
as aforesaid; that said votes were returned
duly authenticated and vera received at the
Serretary's Office within fifteen days Of said
electors meeting from all the towns In this
State excepting The towns of New Fairfield,
Canaan. Old Saybrook and Stafford that
the number OF votes so returned in favor Of
approving and adopting the proposed amend.
ment 10 the Constitution regarding the quail
ifcaiion of electors Is seventeen thousand
three hundred and seventy Q7,370), and
that the number Of votes SO returned dis.
approving the adoption Of the same is twelve
thousand five hundred and forty -four( IL ,544)
Dated at Hartford. Nov. 5. 1855.
ARTHUR B. CALEF. Treasurer.
n. ID. SPrRRY, Secretary Of State.
ALEX. MgaRiLL, Comptroller"
And il appearing ther-from that majo.
rity of the votes returned to the Secretary
Of State pursuant 10 said art are in favor OF
approving and adopting said amendment,
do therefore hereby declare that majority
Of the electors present at such meetings
aforesaid have approved said amendment,
and that the same is valid TO all inients ard
purposes, as a part Of the Constitution Of
this State.
In testimony whereof ] have caused the
seal Of this State TO be affixed
and set my hand. at Stamford,
this 10Th day Of November. in
L. 5. the year Of our Lord one then.
sand eight hundred and fifty.
five. and Of the independence Of
the United States the eiyhtieth.
WILLIAM r. MINOR. !.
~ Laugh on, and never mind the cen
sure of critics. Joy is one Of the greatest
! panaceas of life. II braces the nerves,
(: makes, the heart dance to pleasant music,
and the very soul ring again with har,no-
nious sounds.
~ The easiest way to get living 10 to
sill on gate and wait tor good luck. In
case good luck don't come along. you are
no worse of than you were before.
" Wendell Phillips says no Yankee 10
| satisfied with truth unless you can provo IA
him that it is worth eight or ten per cent.