Litchfield enquirer., 1873-10-02

persons elected as delegates in said towns,
 respectively. Said Secretary shall season l ably transmit to the town clerks of the
 several towns, blank forms for such re- turns, with instructions as t0 the manner in which said returns shall be made: and | the returns made in accordance with such
 forms and instructions, shall be sufi- cient.
 Sec. 4. All of the votes so returned
 shall be counted by the secretary, treas
 urer and comptroller, on or before the
 twentieth day of September, 1878, and
 they shall thereupon certify the result of
 their canvass of said votes to the Govern
 or. If 1t shall appear by said canvass,
 that majority of said votes has been cast
 in favor of calling said Convention, as
 fore the twenty fifth day of September,
 that said Convention is duly called; but if
 it shall appear by said canvass, that a
 majority of said votes has not been cast
 in favor of calling said Convention, as
 aforesaid, then the Governor shall, on or
 before said last named day, issue his
 proclamation, declaring that said Con-
 vention has not been duly called.
 Sec. ,. If said Convention shall be du-
 ly called, as aforesaid, the delegates so
 elected shall meet in Convention in the l State House in Hartford, on the fifteenth | day of October, 1873. They shall choose
 one of their number to be their President,
 and they may appoint such other officers l as they may deem necessary for the con- | venient transaction of their business, and l they may determine what shall be the du- | ties and compensation of such other off, | cers, respectively. Said Convention shall | be the final judge of the election returns | and qualifications of it's own members, | shall cause record of it's proceedings to
 be duly kept, and shall have power to l make all rules and regulations, not incon- l sistent with the provisions of this Act, which said Convention may deem neces- sary for it's government, or for the proper transaction of it's business. A majority of the whole number of said delegates, | duly elected and sworn, shall be necessa-
 ry to constitute quorum for the transac tion of any of the business of said Con- vention, but a smaller number may ad- journ from day to day.
 Sec. 6. Said Convention shall frame, under and in accordance with the imita- tions and restrictions of this Act, form of Constitution for this State, to be sub { mitted to the electors of this State, in the AAuuuCH Auu 6tblO Convention may, if 1t shall see fit, frame and propose any article or articles for sep arate submission to said electors, and
 may provide that such article or articles shall constitute part or parts of said pro- posed Constitution, if not so approved. Sec. 2. Said Convention shall not have power to embody, and shall not embody,
 ill said proposed Constitution, or in any article to be separately submitted as afore- said, any provision whereby eff sad Con- stitution or article should be adopted) any town may or can cease to exist as Q separate! town; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent said Convention, if it should see fit so to do, from making provision whereby any town, having q city within it's limits, may
 be merged into such city, so that such city may stand ill the place of such town, | and become vested with all the powers, rights and functions of such town, . Sec. 8. Said Convention shall not have power to embody, and shalt not embody, in said proposed Constitution, or in any such separate article or articles, any pro- vision or provisions whereby any town can cease to have. at any time, at least one Representative in the House of Represen- tatives. Said Convention shall not have power to embody, and shall not embody, in said proposed Constitution, or in any such separate article or articles, any pro- vision or provisions, whereby any town can have, at any time in the House of Representatives, i'll addition to it's present number of Representatives, more than one Representative for every ten thou sand inhabitants, according to the census of the United States last heretofore taken;
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 Der of inhabitants in any towd, being di- vided by ten thousand, shall leave re- mainder exceeding one-half of ten thou sand, said remainder may be deemed equivalent to ten thousand for the pur- poses of this section.
 Sec. g. Said Convention shall not have power to embody, and shall not embody, in said proposed Constitution, or in any such separate article or articles, any pro- vision or provisions, whereby any Repre- sentatives shall, or can, be elected other wise than by towns-each town to have, as now, the right of electlng it's own Rep- resentative or Representatives however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, said Convention may make, in said Constitution, provi- sion whereby any city, into which the town in which it is situated shall have been merged as aforesaid, may acquire, with the other rights of said town, the right of electing Representative or Rep resentatiyes instead of said town; and provided further, that said Convention may make, in said Constitution, provision
 whereby any town or city, entitled to more than two such Representatives, may be divided into Representative districts, equal in number to it's Representatives, and each entitled to elect one Represen- tative and no more. .- Section TO- Every delegate to said Con-
 vention shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, make solemn oath or affirmation that he will faithfully dis
 charge the dutles of said office to the best of his ability, and that he will faithfully
 observe and obey all the requirements of
 this Act.
 Section II. The form of Constitution
 which shall be framed by said Convention,
 as aforesaid, and any such separate arti- cle or articles which may be proposed by
 said Convention, as aforesaid shall be submitted to the electors of this State for their adoption or rejection, at electors l meetings, which shall be held in the sev-
 eral towns upon some day to be designat- ed by said Convention, which day shall D0 AOb 10SS bk1aA OnO A1AOAtA anu HUI AAOE0 than three months subsequent to the final adjournment of said Convention.
 The Secretary of this State shall cause such proposed Constitution and such sep arate article or articles, if any there should be, to be published before the holding of said meetings, within such times and in such manner as said Convention shall pre- scribe. At said last named electo1s' meet ings, the selectmen of the several towns shall provide at each place of voting in every town, and at each place of voting in every voting district where town is di- vided into voting districts, ballot-box for the reception of votes for and against the adoption of said proposed Constitu- tion. Upon every such ballot-box shall be conspicuously labeled or marked the worlds -lShau the proposed Constitution De aGopted9. If any article shall be separately submitted as aforesaid. another baIlot-box shall be provided, in l;ka manner for the reception