Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-07-22
State of Vermont.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY-GEoRGE w. HENDEE,
GoYERNoR-A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, the Council of Censors, on
the I'D day of October, A. d. 1869, by
an ordinance of that date, proposed GER
tain articles of amendment to the consti-
tuition of this State, and called conven-
ton of the people to consider and pass
upon the same, which convention conven-
ed in the State House at Montpelier, on
the second Wednesday of June, A. D.
1870.
And now, it having been shown offici-
ally to the undersigned, that said Con-
vention, on the 14th day Of June, 1870,
adopted the following of said proposed
articles of amendment, the same are
hereby promulgated as part of the
Constitution Of the State, and as such
should be obeyed and respected.
Articles of amendment adopted and
now part of the Constitution:
Article 2.-SEc. l. The General As
sembly shall meet on the first Wednes-
day of October, biennially; the first
election shall be on the first Tuesday of
Sept, A. d. 1870; the first session of
the General Assembly on the first We'd
desday Of October, A. d. 1870.
Sec. 2. The Governor, Lieut.. Cover
nor, Treasurer of the State, Senators,
Town Representatives, Assistant Judges
of the County Court, Sherifs, High Bail
ifs, States Attorneys, Judges of Pro-
bate and Justices of the Peace, shall be
elected, biennially, on the first Tuesday
OF September in the manner prescribed
by the Constitution of the State.
Sec. 3. The term of office of the Gov.
ernor, Lieut.. Governor and Treasurer of
the State, respectively, shall commence
when they shall be chosen and qualified,
and shall continue for the term of two
years, or until their successors shall be
chosen and qualified, or to the adjourn
ment of the session of the Legislature
at which, by the Constitution and laws,
their successors are required to be chos.
en- and not after such adjournment.
SEC. A. The term of office of Senators
and Town Representatives shall be two
years, commencing on the first Wednes-
day of October following their election.
Article Csc. /. At the session of
the General Assembly of this State, A.
ID. 1880, and at the session thereof every
tenth year thereafter, the Senate may, by
two-thirds of its members, make pro-
posals of amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the State, which proposals of
amendment, if concurred in by major
Jority OF the members Of the House of
Representatives, shall be entered on the
journals of the two Houses, and referred
to the General Assembly then next to
be chosen, and be published in the prin.
cipal newspapers of the State and if
majority of the members of the Senate
and of the House.of Representatives of
the next following General Assembly
shall respectively concur in the same
proposals of amendment, or any of them
1T shall be the duty of the General As
sembly to submit the proposals of amend.
nent, so concurred in. to direct vote of
the freemen of the State; and such of
sad proposals Of amendment as shall re-
ceive majority of the votes of the free
men voting thereon, shall become part
of the Constitution of this State.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall
direct the manner of voting by the peo.
pie upon the proposed amendments. and
enact all such laws as shall be necessary
TO procure free and fair vote unon
such amendment proposed, and to carry
into effect all the provisions of the pre-
ceding section.
SEC. B. The House of Representatives
shall have all the powers now possessed
by the Council of Censors to order i'm.
peachments, which shall, in all cases be
by vote Of tvo-thirds Of its members