The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-13
CITY ADVERT ENTS
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City OF Portland.

DURSUANT to warrants from the Mayor and
A Aldermen Of the City of Portland, the duly
qualified electors of said City hereby notified to
day, the thirteenth day Of September next,
at ten O'Clock i'm ahe forenoon, to give in their
votes for Governor. -Four Senators and Five Repre-
sentatlves to the State Legislature, County Comms-
sioner County Treasurer, Clerk of Courts, Judge OF
Probate and Register of Probate. Also to give their
Constitution of the State OF Maine be amended
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 are amended by striking out the
word "majority,' wherever it in said sections
and inserting instead thereof the word plurality.
RELATING TO SPECIAL LEGISLATION AND CoRPOR-
ATIONS.
Amend Article four, Part third. of the Constitu-
ton, by adding thereto the following sections:
Section 10. The Legislature shall from time to
time provide as far practicable, by general laws
Tor all matters usually appertaining to special or
private legislation
Section IA. Corporations shall be formed under
general laws and shall not be created by special acts
of the Legislature, except for municipal purposes,
and in where the objects OF the corporation can
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, by striking out of said section all after
the word "repreves' and by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: 'Commutations and pardons. except in
with such restrictions and limitations may be
deemed proper, subject to such regulation may be
provided by law, relative to the manner of applying
for pardons And he shall communicate to the legis
ature at each session thereof each of reprieve
remission of penalty, communication pardon grant,
ed stating the name of the convict, the crime of
W hich he was convicted the sentence and it's 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 8. Judges ofmunicipal and police courts
shall Re appointed by the executive power, in the
same manner as other judicial officers and shall hold
their offices for the term of four years. provided.
however, that the present ncumbents 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 real the words 'and per-
sonal, so that the section as amended shall read
follows:
Section 8. 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 9. The legislature shall never, in any
manner, suspend or surrender the power of tax
aton.'
ABoLIsHING 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 adj
ding thereto section nine, as follows:
The Legislature shall, by two-thirds concurrent
vote of both branches have the power to call consti
tutional conventions for the purpose of amending
this constitution
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.
The legislature may enact laws excluding from the
right of suffrage, for term not exceeding ten years
all persons convicted of bribery at any election or OF
voting at any election under the influence of bride
CoDIFIcATIoN OF THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION
Article 10. Section six of Article ten shall bt
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
chief justice of the supreme judicial court shall
range the constitution, as amended under apprOpr
ate titles, and III proper articles parts and sections
emitting all sections clauses and words not in force
and making no other changes in the provisions OF
language thereof, and shall submit the to TIT
legislature at its next session. And the draft and
arrangement, when approved by the legislature.
shall be enrolled on parchment and deposited in thu
Office Of the secretary of state; and printed copie.
thereof shall be prefxed to the books containing the
laws of the state. And the Constitution, with tb
amendments made thereto, in accordance with the
provisions thereof shall be the supreme law of the
| state.
Section 7. Sections one, two and five, of article
ten of the existing Constitution, shall hereafter bt
omitted in any printed copies thereof prexed to the
laws of the sae but this shall not impair the valid
ity of under those sections and said section v
shall remain in full force part of the Constitution
according to the stiprlatOns of said secton with the
same effect fcontained in said printed copies
| The polls such day of election to remain opeI
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 OF
Myrtle Street,, from nine O'Clock in the forenoon to
one o'clock in the afternoon on each of the three
secular days next preceding such day of election
| and from three O'Clock to five o'clock the after
noon the last of said three secular days for thu
purpose of receiving evidence of the qualification o
voters whose names have not been entered the lis
Of qualified voters in and for the several Wards
a nd for correcting said lists.
Per Order, H. /. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
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