Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-09
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT.


 CONNECTICUT.
 PASSED AT THE MAY SESSION OF THE GENERAL AS
 sExBLY, 1875.
 fPublished by Authority.j -~ g.
 [House Bill No. s1.l
 CHAP. xcv.
 An Act Relating to Bonds for construction of High.
 ways. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represents
 tives in General Assembly convened:
 That bond shall be offered in evidence under the provisions of section fOrtyseyen, part one, chapter seven title sxteen page 23o of the general statutes unless the condition of the shali contain pro vsO that the highway shall be constructed and graded 10 the acceptance of the county commissioners.
 Approved July 22d. 1875.
 House Bill No. 272.l
 CHAP. xcvI
 An Act submitting the Constitutonal Amendments to
 the Inhabitants of the Towns for their Approval Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
 lives in General Assembly convened;
 WHEREAS, at general assembly of the state of Con- necticut, holden at Kew Haven on the frst Wednes- day of May, A. D. 1S74 the house of representatives did pass two certain resolutions therein and thereby proposing certain amendments to the constitution ol said house. continued to the present session of the general assembly, and were published in the manner prescribed by the eleventh article Of the and whereas at this present session of said assem by twO-thirds of each house thereof have approved Of both of said amendments in the manner prescribed and specified in said article, the first of which said amendments ls in the words following. viz.
 ResOtUed by te House of Representatives. that the following be proposed amendment to the consti- tuition of this state. which when approved and adopted in the pr, vided by tho constitution shall be- come a part thereof viz;
 SEC. l. gene al election for governor lieutenant governor, secretary of state treasurer comptroler and members of the general assembly. shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1S76 and annually thereafter for such officers are herein and may be hereafter prescribed. Lee.
 SEC. 2 The state officers above named and the sem ators from those districts having numbers elect ed on the Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem- ber 1876. And those elected benniay thereafter on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November shall respectively hold their offices for two years from and after the Wednesday following the first Monday of the next succeeding January. The senators from those districts having odd numbers elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1S76 shall hold day following the first Monday of January, 1S17 the electors resOing in the Senatorial districts having odd numbers shall on the Tuesday after the frst Monday of November, 1877 and biennially thereafter elect Senators who shall hold their offices for two years from and after the Wednesday following the first Monday of the next succeeding January. The repre- senatves elected from the several towns the Tues day after the first Monday of November 1876. and those elected annually thereafter shall hold their of fees for one year, from and after Wednesday follow ing the first Monday of the next succeeding January
 SEC. g. There shall be a stated session of the Gen. eral Assembly in Hartford. on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1877, and annually there after the Wednesday after the first Monday of Jan uary.
 sfc f. The pei sons who shali be severally elected to the state offices and General Assembly on the first Monday of April 1876. shall hold their offices only uu til the Wednesday after the first Monday Of January, 1877. t~-e fS
 sEc s. The General Assembly elected in April 1s76 shall have power to pass such laws may be neces to carry into effect the provisions of this amend ment.
 And the second of which amendments is in the words and figures following, viz:
 AesOUed by the House af Representatives. That the tuition, which when approved and adopted in the provided by the constitution shall to all intents and purposes become part thereof. to wit: a .r The general assembly shall have power by vote of twothrs of the members of both branches to restore the privileges of an eector to those who may have the stme by conviction of crime said amendments by the inhabitants of this stae in town meetings to be warned and held for that purpose to the of said eleventh article of the constitution of this state.
 lie it enacted by the Senate and House Representa-
 tives in General Assembly convened;
 SEc That the c0nstables in the several towns in this state shall the inhabitants in their reepec tive towns to meet the first Monday of October, A. D. 1S76 at o'clock in the morning of said day for the purpose of signfng in the manner hereafter provided, their approbaton or disapprobaton of eit or both of said proposed amendments which meet ings shall be held at the usual places of holding an- nual town meetings in said towns respectively. SEC. 2. The presiding officers of such meetings shall be appointed in the manner provided by law for the appointment Of such officers at electors meetings. The polls shall remain open until the hour prescribed by law in the several towns and voting districts pectively for the reception of ballots for town officers, at the annual town meetings, and no longer.
 SEC, 3. It shall be the duty of the town clerks assstants to be appointed for the several voting districts in the several towns by the town clerks i'm medlatey after the organization of said meetings, to present to said meetings said proposed amendments to said consultation. according to the requirements of the eleventh article thereof and the electors present at such meetings shall be called upon by the presid- ing officers thereof to bring in their balls approving or disapproving said amendments, in the manner sa6 nf used for that purpose shall be as follows, viz z:
 Constitutional amendments. first Monday of octo- Der. 1875.
 No.1. For annual elections on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each year commenc- ing in November 1876. Sessions of the General As- semby annually in January. State officers elected bi ennially.
 Nc. 2 For comforting power on general assembly to restore forfeited electoral privileges This ballot will be counted as affirmative ballot for both amend meuts. unless the numbers or either of them are plainly erased, and in that event it will be counted negative ballot for those amendments which may be 30 erased.
 Those in favor of approving and adopting said amendments shall give in ballot in the form preced ing. Those who disspprove of either or both said anne ndments shall give in ballot in the form preced ing but with the numbers set opposite the amend ments they disapprove plainly erased, and each num- Der erased shall be counted as negative ballot dsaP proving the amendment opposite such number. All numbers not erased shall be counted affirmative ballots approving the amendments Set opposite them respectively. The ballots shall be examined assorted and counted in the manner now provided by law for the examination, asserting and counting of ballots given in at the annual town meetings, and the num- of al native and negative ballots for each amend ment, shall be declared in open meet ng by the presd inR officer. In towns divided into wards voting districts for annual town meetings. the ballots may received at tho places and in the provided for the reception of ballots for town ocers and they shall be examined. assorted counted and declared in the manner above provided, and the result shall be return ed in the manner provided by law to the pre- siding officer to whom other returns are made.
 SEC. f. The presiding officers in said several town meetings shall under their bonds resepc ctively, make duplicate certificates the number of votes given a proving said amendments and of the numbsr of votes said amendments. the numbers to be in words at full length, of which certificates shall be deposited in the Oce of the town clerk and the oth shall be transmitted by mail to the secretary of state at HartfOrd or sha be delivered to him. sealed The certificates shall be in form as prescribed by the secretary of state. T third Monday of September, ls7s transmit certihed copies of each of the proposed amendments. and also blank forms and instructions forthe counting and also sufficient number of ballots in the fern herein provided for to the town clerks of each of the seve towns in this state for the use of said towns. state shall be counted by the secrets treasurer aud comptroller on or before the first day of November ls7s and they on or before the tenth day of Noye- Der. 1873, shall transmit certificate under their hands. of the number of votes returned approy ing and adopting, and of those returned aa disappros. ing each Of said amendments, to the person adminis- tering the government of this state, who within i've days after the receipt of the same. shall issue his proclamation reeitng said certihcAtes and 1t sha appear herefrom that majority of said votes is in favor Of approving and adopting either beth of sad amendments. he shall declare such proclamati0n and that majority of the electors pres6nt at ahe meetings aforesaid have approved said amendment, |, either of them and that the same valid to al inteuts and purposes as part of the constutivn uf this stafe and shall appear from said certificates that majority of said votes s not in favor Of either of said amendments he shall declare in sad proclamation sha be published at the expense of the state t-o newspapers in each county in this state and shall be recorded in the public records the state. tssz "a
 SEC :. The qualifications of voters at said meet. ings shall be the same are prescribed by law for voters at electors meetings. registry list shall be used and the names of those voting shall be checked in the manner provided at meetings of electors
 SEC. S. Any person who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty required of him by this act or shall be guilty of fraud in the performance thereof shall upon conviction thereof before the superior court in the county where he resides pay ine not exceedine one hundred dollars he chan be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding sixty days.
 Approved. July 2Sd, 1875.
 tHouse Bill No. 26s.l
 An Act to correct Errors, and supply Omissions in thu
 General Statute Laws Of the State of Conr recticut Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represents
 lives in General Assembly convened:
 SEC. l. That, for the purpose of correcting error, and supplying omissions in sAn Act to establish tn Fevfsions of 1S75." to make the same truly CT and for tha