Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-07-15
STATE or FREMONT.
ny MS ExcELLEscY
GEORGE w. HENDEE, GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.

A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, the Council of Ccnsors, on the
22d day of October, \. d. 1863, by an ordi-
nance Df that date, proposed certain articles
If amendment to the constitution of this
State, and called a convention of the people
to consider and pass upon the same, which
convention convened in the State House at
Montpelier, on the second Wednesday of
June, A. d. 1870.
Aud now, it having been shown officially
to the undersigned, that said Convention,
ON the nth day Of June, 1870, adopted the
following of said proposed articles of
amendment, the same are hereby promul-
gated as a part of the Constitution of the
State and MS such should bc oboyed and
respected.
Articles of amendment adopted and now
part of the Constitution:
Article 2.-Sec. /. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Wednesday of Octo-
Der, bennially; the first election shall be
on the first Tuesday of Sept, A. d. 1870
the first session of the General Assembly
on the fir Wednesday of October, a. ID.
1870.
See. =. The Governor, Lieut.. Governor,
Treasurer of the State, Senators, Town Rep
rescntatives, Assistant Judges of tho Coun-
ty Court, Sherifis, High Baliils, States At
torneys, Judges of Probate and Justices OF
the Peace, shall be elected, biennially, on
the first Tuesday of September in the man
ner prescribed by the Consultation of the
State.
Sec. 3. The term of Office of the Governor,
Lieut.. Governor and Treasurer OF the State,
respectively, shall commence when they
shall be chosen and'qualfed, and shall con-
Time for the term of two years, or until
their successors shall be chosen and quail
fed, or to the adjournment of the session
of the Legislature, at which, by the Consti
tuition and laws, their successors are re-
quired 10 be chosen, and not after such adj
jOurnment.
See. 4. The term of Office of Senators and
Town Representatives shall be two years,
commencing on the first Wednesday Of Dc
tober following their election.
Sec. 3. The term of Office of the Assistant
Judges of the County Court, Sherfls, High
Bailifs, States Attorneys, Judges Of Pro-
bate and Justices of the Peace, shall be two
years, anu snail OH Tue llTSt udy
Of December next after their election.
Article G.-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 two-thirds
of its members, make proposals of amend
ment to the Constitution of the State, which
proposals of amendment, if concurred in
by u majority 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 chos-
en-, and be published in the principal news
papers of the State; and i'll majority of the
members of the Senate and of the House of
Representatives of the next following Gen
eral Assembly shall respectively concur in
the same proposals of amendment, or any
Of them, it shall be the duty of the General
Assembly to submit the proposals ofamcnd-
mcnt, so concurred in, to direct vote Of
the freemen of the State; and such of said
proposals of anne Hdment as shall receive
majority of the votes of the freemen voting
thereon, shall become part of the Consti-
tuition of this State.
Sec. 2. The General Assembly shall direct
tuc IldnHer Ol NOllHS ny lHe peOplb u pom
the proposed amendments, and enact all
such laws as shall be necessary to procure
free and fair vote upon such amendment
proposed, and to carry into effect all the
provisions of the preceding section,
Sec. 3. The House of Representatives shall
have all the powers now possessed by the
Council of Censors TO orderlmpeachments
which shall in all cases, be by vote Of
two-thirds of its members.
Sec. 4. The forty third section of the
ond part of the Constitution of this State is
hereby abrogated
Article THE Judges of the Supreme
Court shall DO elected bennally, and their
term of Office shall be two years.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
State at Morristown, this Goth day Of
June, A. d. 1870, and of the independence
of the United States the ninety-fourth.
GEO. w. HENDEE.
BY the Governor,
JOHN w. MARSH,
Sec'y of Civil and Military Affairs.