The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-04-16
Council of Censors.
RDIN Al NOE.
STATE OF VERMONT, }

IN COUNCIL or CENsoRs, FEBRUARY, 1856. {
The Council having agreed to propose GER
tain amendments to the Constitution Of this
State, and having determined to call Conven-
ton to consider such amendments
Therefore, it is ordered by said Council, that
Convention Of the people Of the State of Yer
mont shall meet at the State House in Mont
pelier, on the first Wednesday in January, A.
u. 1857, to consider of the amendments to the
Constitution proposed by this Council, and a
dept the same or such parts thereof as the said
Convention shall judge will be most conducive
to the good government, peace and happiness
Of the people of the State Said Convention
may consist of ninety delegates, and no more
to be apportioned to the several Counties in the
State, as follows, TO wit Addison county,
seven Bennington county, six Caledonia
county, seven Chittenden county, eight Es-
sex county, three; Franklin county, eight
Grand Isle county, three; Lamoille county,
four Orange county, seven Orleans county,
five Rutland county, eight Washington
county, seven; Windham county, eight
Windsor county, nine to be elected by the
freemen of said counties respectively.
The first constable, or, in his absence, the
town clerk, or, in his absence, one Of the selec-
tmcn ofeach town in this State entitled TO send
a representative to the General Assembly, with
out further order, shall set up notification at
such place or places shall have been appoint
ed for notifying town meetings in such town. at
least six days before the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der, A. ID. 1856, warning the freemen of their
respective towns to meet on said first Tuesday
in November, A. d. 1856, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, at the place where the last freemen's
meeting was held in such town, for the purpose
of elcctng said delegates at the opening of
which meeting this order shall be publicly read
The first constable, or, in his absence or dis
ability, the town clerk, or some one of the Sc
lectmen of each town, or Justice of the Peace,
shall preside at such meeting, whose duty it
shall be to call on the freomcn of such town
from time to time for the space of four hours, to
give in their votes for such delegates; and every
person legally qualified to vote shall, in his own
proper person, present to the presiding officer,
on one ballot, his vote with the names of the
persons whom he would elect, fairly written or
printed thereon. Said votes shall be received
in the same manner and under the same regu-
lations, as is by law provided in the case of G.
Letting Senators to the State Senate. At the
expiration Of the time aforesaid, the votes SO ia
ken shall DO, by said presiding officer with
the assistance Of the selectmen and justices of
the poace in such town, sorted and counted,
and list of the persons voted for, with the
number Of votes 70 each person, shall be made,
which said list, signed by the presiding officer
and town clerk, if present, shall be recorded in
the town clerks Office. And said presiding Of
| fcer, at the same time, shall make another sim
liar list, which, attested and signed by himself
and the town clerk, if present at such meeting
| he shall seal up and superscribe with the name
Of the town in which said votes were given,
and the following words, Votes for Delega'cs 10
Tie Constitutional Contention, and shall de-
! liver the same to the County Clerk for the same
county within ten days from the time of holding
| said meeting
1t shall be the duty of the County Clerk of
| each county respectively, or in his absence or
disability, the Sheriff of such county, or in the
absence or disability of both, the High Baiif
| of such county, on the tenth day after such
election, to publicly open, sort and count said
votes and make record of the same in the of
fee Of the Clerk of the County Court and shall
| within ten days thereafter transmit to each of
the persons having the greatest number of votes
certificate of his election. And if two or more
| persons shall have received all equal number
| Of votes, the County Clerk shall certify the
| same to said Convention and the Convention
shall designate one of said persons to fill the
| vacancy.
The certificate Of votes for delegates to he
delivered by the presiding officer 10 the Coun-
| ty Clerk as aforesaid, shall be, near as cir
| cumstanccs will admit, in the form following,
| to wit
At freemen's meeting, legally warned and
| holden at -- in the State of Yer
mont, on the first Tuesday in November, A. d.
| 1896, the votes for Delegates to the Constitu-
tional Convention, having been duly taken sort
ell and counted, the following persons had the
number of votes annexed to their names respec-
lively. (Ilere insert the names of the persons
voted for, and the number Of votes given for
each person
Attest, A. B., First Constable.
G. D., Town Clerk.
DAVID HUBBARD, President.
JAMIE N. SLADr, Secretary.