The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21
Constitutional Convention.

The Constitutional Convention ad
abolishing the Council of Censors wa
adopted on the last morning of the ses
sion, by vote Of l24 to IS.
The three articles given below repre-
sent the work of the Convention. We
have before given the vote on each The
peopl, are a little surprised at the result
especially with reference to biennial SEES.
sions.
If the economy hoped for is to be re.
allied, they will rejoice. If not, the
measure will be regretted. The amend
ments adopted arc as follows:
ARTICLE II.
SEC. |. The General Assembly shall
meet on the first Wednesday of October
biennially; the first election shall be on
the first Tuesday of September, A. D.
1870; the first session of the General
Assembly on the first Wednesday of DC.
tober, A. d. 1870.
Sec. 2. The Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Treasurer of the State; sena.
tors, town representatives., assistant Judges
OF the county court shall be elected bien.
nially on the first Tuesday of September,
in the manner prescribed by the Const.
tuition of the State.
Sec. 3. The term OF! the Office of the
Governor, Lieutenant 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
adjournment Of the session of the Legis.
lature at which by the Constitution and
laws, their successors are required to be
chosen, and not after such adjournment.
Sec. 1. The term of Office of senators
and town representatives shall be two
years, commencing on the first Wed.
nesday of October following their cleo
ton
Sec. !. The term of Office of the assis.
tant judges Of the county court, sherlffs,
high bailiffs, States Attorneys, judges of
probate and justices of the peace, shall be
two years, and shall commence on the first
day of December next after their elec-
ton.
ARTICLE ----
Proposed for adoption if article tpo is
adopted and article foar is rejected.
The judges of the Supreme Court shall
be elected biennally, and their term of
office shall be two years.
ARTICLE 6.
Sec. |. At the session of the General
Assembly of this State, A. d. 1880, and
at the session thereof every tenth year
thereafter, the Senate may, by vote of
two-thirds Of its members, make proposals
of amendment to the Constitution of the
State, which proposals of amendment, if
concurred in by majority of the mem
bers 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 principal newspapers of
the State and if a majority of the men,
bers of the Senate and of the House of
Representatives Of the next following
General Assembly shall respectively con-
cur in the same proposals of amendment
or any Of them, it shall be the duty of
the General Assembly to submit the pro-
posals so concurred in to direct vote of
the freemen of the State; and such of
said 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-
pic upon the proposed amendments, and
enact all such laws as shall be neces sary
to procure free and fair vote upon each