The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-30
CITY ADV ERTISEM ENTS
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
City ofPortland.

3oANT to warrants from the Mayor and
sAuermen Of the City of Portland the duly
qnalined electors OF said City hereby notified to
meet ID their respective Ward Rooms, on HIOn.
S"y, ."e thirteenth day of September next.
voles ior governor. Four Senators and Five Repre-
sentauVes to the State Legislature. County Commits
Proba our Treasures Clerk OF Courts Judge Of
votes upon the following questions, viz: Shall the
CONSTITUTION Of the State OF Maine be amended as
proposed by Resolves of the Legislature, approved
fepruary 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 out the
word majority" wherever it 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 Constu-
lon, ny AIDING thereto the following sections:
. 'Secilon IL. The Legislature shall from time to
tlme provide as far practc tile, by general laws,
,of a matters usually appertaining to special Or
Section IA. Corporations shall ba formed under
general laws, and shall be created by special
OF Iue LEGISLATURE except for municipal purposes,
ana IN cases where the objects OF the corporation
not Otherwise 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, oy striking out of said section all after
tne WORD reprieves, and by adding thereto the fol-
cases na and pa pardoms except IN
with such restrictions and limitations as may be
deemed proper, subject to such regulation may be
PROVIDED py law relative to the manner of pplsing
tor pardons And he shall communicate to the legis-
aure at each session thereof each case of reprieve
remission Of penalty, communication pardon grant
ed. stating the name of the convict, the crime of
which he was convicted, the sentence and fts date
the date of the reprieve, remission, Communication or
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 8. Judges of municipal and police courts
shall Re aapponte by the executive power in the
same mauneras other judicial officers, and shall hold
their offices for the term of four years; provided
however, that the present incumbents shall hold
their offices for the term for which they elected
TAXATION.
Section eight of Article nine shall be amended by
Inserting after the word rea, the words 'and per-
sonal so that the section as amended shall read
follows:
Sections. All taxes upon real and personal
estate, assessed by authority of the state, shall be
apportioned and assessed equally, according to the
Just value thereof
Said article shall be further amended, by adding
the following:
Section g. The legislature shall never, in any
manner, suspend or surrender the power of tax
ation.'
ABOLlSHING LAND AGENCY.
Section ten of article nine, of the amendments, is
hereby amended, by striking out the words 'Iand
agent and"
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Article four, Part third, shall be amended by ad-
ding thereto section nine, as follows:
The Legislature shall, by a two-thrds concurrent
vote of both branches have the power to call const
tutional conventionsfor the purpose of amending
this constitution
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.
The legislature may enact laws excluding from the
11ght OF suffrage for term not exceeding ten years,
all persons convicted OF bribery at any election of
voting at any election, under the influence of bride.
CoDIFICATIoN OF THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION.
Article 10. Section six of Article ten shall be
amended by striking out the same, AMI 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, as amended, under appropr-
ate titles, and i'll proper articles parts and sections,
emitting all sections, clauses and words not in force,
and making no other changes in the provisions or
language thereof, and shall submit the same to the
legislature at its next session. And the draft and
arrangement, when approved by the legislature.
shall be enrolled parchment and deposited in the
Office the secretary of state; and printed copies
thereof shall be prexed to the books containing the
laws Of the state; And the Constitution, with the
amendments made thereto, in accordance with the
provisions thereof shall be the supreme law of the
state.
Section Z. Sections one, two and five of article
ten of the existing Constitution shall hereafter he
omitted in any printed copies thereof prefxed the
laws of the state but this shall not impair the valid
ity of under those sectons and said section five
shall remain in full force las part of the Constitution
according to the stpratons of said section, with the
same effect as if contained 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 Street, from nine ocl0ck in the forenoon to
one O'Clock in the afternoon on each of the three
secular days next preceding such day of election and
and from three o'clock to five o'clock on the after
the last of said three secular days for the
purpose of receiving evidence of the qualification of
voters whose names have not he 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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