The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-02-27
Council of Censors.

18th inst, adjourned without day.
vest erday morning. Below ia an alb
stroct of the several amendments to the
Constitution proposed by them.
l. Biennial sessions of the Legisla-
turc.
9. Governor, lieutenant governor state
treasurer, and members of legislaturc,to
be chosen biennially.
3. The term oe State officers to hc two
years
4. Assistant judges'of County Courts,
sheriffs, high bailfs, states attorneys,
judges Of probate, and justices of the
peace, to be elected biennially, and bold
Office for two years.
s. The House of Representatives, to
consist of one hundred and fifty members
each county having t'c0, and the re-
mainder to be apportionod by the Legis-
lature, according to population. Until
such apportionmcnt, said mombers to be
spportionci as follows: Addison Coun-
ty, ~; Bennington County, Q Caledo-
MIA County, Il; Chittenden County 49,
Essex County, A Franklin County, 10
Grand Isle County,3 Lamoille County,
6 Orange County, 10 Orleans County,
g; Rutland County, Is; Washington
County, 10; Windh am County, 49,
Windsor County, II. y plurality is to
elect
6. The Legislature may divide the
several Counties into representative dis
tricts but no town to be divided in the
formation thereof
7, Tho Senate to be composed Of two
Senators from each County. elected for
four years-ono half to be changed every
two years term Of those first elected to
be decided by lot.
s. The Legislature to classify the
judges of the Supreme Court.so that the
term of one third, as near as may be shall
expire benuialfyi the term thereafter to
be six years the governor to fill va.
cancies
Q. All elections by the General AS
scmLly, or either branch thereof, to be
made UiU6 r0ce.
10. P.escribes mode of voting for
governor, lieutenant governor, and treas
urer, and of making returns (by cert!f-
cate only
IT, State officers to be elected by plu-
rality ofvotcs.
II. Secretary of State to be elected
by the people, in the same manner as
governor.
Is. Auditor of Accounts to be elected
in the same manner.
IA Bank Commissioner ditto.
Is. Registers of probate to be elected
in the same manner as Judges Of pro-
bate.
l6 Yeas and nays not to be taken on
any question in the house of representa-.
tives-except on reconsideration of a
bill vetoed by the gcvcrnor-,unlcss de-
manded by at least ten members,
Il. County Courts empowered to re-
fer civil cases, in such manner as the leg.
islature shall direct.
lS. ModiGcs section 43 of the consti-
tuition, substituting a 4" Constitutional
Council" for Council of Ceusors com.
posed of ono from each county; to be
chosen every ten years commencing in
1869 if a convention is called by them,
TO consist of ninety dclcgateS-two to
each county, the rest to be apportioncd
by the Council according to population.
10. Amended constitution to take ef.
feet Jan. /, 1853.
A conventional to consider these amend
meuts, is called, to meet on the first
Wednesday in January, 1857. The Del.
egates to the convention. ninety in num-
Ter, are to be elected on popular basis.
by county tickets, and are apportioned
among the several counties as follows
Addison Z Bennington G Caledonia 7;
Chiiteuden g. Essex 3; Franklin 5
Grand Isle 3 Lamoille 4 Orange 7
Orleans ; Rutland 6 Washington 7
Windham 8; Windsor 0 The election
is to be OIL the 4th day Of November
the day Of the Presidential election
CoNNoN Schools. Sat a Common
school Convention held at Montpelier on
,hc 24h ult, resolution was adopted
in favor of Normal School, supported
by the State; designed expressly for the
professional training of teachers. Some
kind Of training seems to be needed, for
tho district school pedagogues in some
places. a correspondent of the Middle
bury Register calls attention TO the pc
culiar qualifications of one in that town
~ho disfgurcs the copy books Of his
scholars with such copies as, " Indus.
!ry is the subcstu,e Of Dur.
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