The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-31
CITY ADV ERTISEM ENTS
STATE OF VRAENEs
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City Of fPortland.

DURsUANT to warrants from the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Portland, the duly
qualified electors OF said City hereby notified TO
meet in their RESPECTIVE Ward Rooms, Mon.
.ay, the thirteenth day Of September next.
at ten O'Clock i'm the forenoon, TO give in their
votes for Governor. Four Senators and Five Repre-
sentatives to the State Legislature County Commits.
sioner County Treasui err Clerk of Courts judge of
Proba and Register of Probate. Also to give their
votes upon the following qoestions, viz Shall the
Constitution of the State OF Maine be amended as
proposed by Resolves of the Legislature, approved
February twenty-fourth, A. d, 1875, to wit:
ELECTION OF SENATORS BY PLURALITY VOTE.
Senators shall be elected by plurality of the votes
given in by qualified electors
Sections four and five of Article four, Part second
of the constitution, amended, by striking the
word ''majory wherever occurs in said sections
and inserting instead thereof the word plurality.
RELATING TO SPECIAL LEGISLATION AND CoRPoR-
ATIONs.
Amend Article four, Part third, of the Constiu-
tion, by adding thereto the following sections:
Secllon 10. The Legislature shall from time to
time. provide as far as practc ttle by general laws,
Tor all matters usually appertainng TO special or
private legislation
'Section14. corporations shall be formed under
general laws and shall not be created by special
Of the Legislature, except for municipal purposes,
and in cases where the Directs OF the corporation
not etLerws be attained and however formed they
shall forever be subject to the general laws of the
state.'
POWER OF GOVERNOR TO PARDON
Article five, Part first section eleven, shall be
amended, by striking out of said section all after
the word "repreves, and by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: 'Commutations and pardons. except in
cases Impeachment, upon such conditions, an d
with such restrictions and limitations as may be
deemed proper, subject to such regulation may be
provided by law relative to the manner of app ing
for pardons. And he shall communicate to the legis
ature at each session thereof each of repreye,
remission of penalty, communication or pardon grant
ed, stating the name of the convict, the crime of
hich he convicted. the sentence and fits date
the date of the reprieve remission, communication
pardon, and the conditions if any, upon which the
Same was granted
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF MUNICIPAL AND
POLICE COURTS.
The constitution shall be amended, by striking out
Section eight of Article six, and inserting the fol-
lowing:
Section g. Judges ofmunicipal and police courts
same manner as other judicial officers and shall hold
their offices for the term of four years; provided
however, that the present incnmbenrs shall hold
their offices for the term for which they were elected
TAXATION.
Section eight of Article nine shall be amended, by
inserting after the word rea,," the words and per-
sonal that the section as amended shall read as
follows:
Section g. All taxes upon real and personal
estate sessed by authority of the state, shall be
apportoned and assessed equally according to the
just value thereof
Said article shall be further amended, by adding
Section O. The legislature shall never, in any
manner, suspend or surrender the power Of tax
ation.'
ABOLIsHING LAND AGENCY.
Section ten of article nine, of the amendments, is
hereby amended, by striking out the words "land
agent and"
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Article four, Part third, shall be amended by ad-
| ding thereto section nine, as follows:
The Legislature shall, by two-thirds concurrent
vote of both banches, have the power to call consti
tutioua conventions for the purpose OF amending
this constitution
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.
The legislature may enact laws excluding from the
righ of suffrage, for term not exceeding ten years
all persons con siced Of bribery at my election or Of
voting at any election under the influence of brbe
| CoDIFICATIoN OF THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION
Article 10. Section six of Article ten shall be
amended, by striking out the same, and inserting in
stead thereof the following:
Section 6. After the amendments proposed here
with shall have been submitted to popular vote, the
range the constitution, amended, under appropri-
ate titles and il proper articles parts and sections,
emitting all sections, clauss and words not in force
and making no other changes in the provisions or
language thereof and shall submit the to the
legislature at its next session. And the draft and
| arrangement, when approved by, the Legislature.
shall be enrolled Oh parchment and deposited in the
office the secretary of state; and printed copies
thereof shall be prefxed the books containing the
| laws of the state. And the Constitution, with the
amendments made thereto, in accordance with he
provisions thereof, shall be the supreme law of the
state.
Section T. Sections ope two and five, of article
ten of the existing Constitution shall hereafter be
omitted in printed copies thereof preixed to the
laws of the state but this shall not impair the valid
ity of under those sections; and said section five
shall remain in full forcea part of the Consit utou
according the stipraons of said ection with the
same effect as if fcontained in said printed copies
The polls on such day of election to remain open
until four o'clock in the afternoon when they shall
be closed.
The Aldermen of said City will be in open session
| in the Ward Room in City Building. (entrance on
Myrtle StreeD. from nine ocl ck in the forenoon to
one O'Clock in the afternoon on each of the three
flav uofa a1a ND
and from three o'clock to five o'clock the after
The last of said three secular days for the
purpose of receiving evidence of the qualification OF
voters whose names have not h entered the list
OF qualified voters in and for the several Wards,
and for correcting said lists.
Per Order, Fl. l. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
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