Litchfield enquirer., 1876-10-26
By His ExceIlency CHARLES R.. INGERSOLL, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DmuNaah ', mn sn As

A PR0CAa matiOn
 WHEREAS at General Assembly of the State of Con-
 necticut. holden at Hartford the first Wednesday
 of May, A. b. 1875, the House of Representatives
 passed six resolutions therein and thereby propos
 ing certain amendments to the Constitution of this
 state, the first Of which proposed amendments was in the words following, viz:
 "In case new town shall hereafter be incorporated such town shall net be entitled to representa-. tive in the general assembly unless it has at leas. twenty-five hundred inhabitants, and unless the town from which the major portion of it's territory taken has also at least twenty-five hundred inhabitants but until such towns shall each have a. least twenty-five hundred inhabitants such town shsl for the pur of representation in the general assembly, be at tached to. and be deemed to be part of the town from which the major portion of it's territory taken and shail be an election district of such tQ the purpose Of representation in the house of repre- sentatiyeS. And the second of which proposed amendments was in the words and figures following, viz
 "The prov lions of section two article four of the constitution and of the amendments thereto shall ap- ply, snstatis nautandis to all elections held on the Tuesday alter the first M> nday of November and annually thereafter"
 And the third of which proposed amendments was Judges of the court of common pleas and of the district courts shall be appointed for terms of four snail De appointed for terms of two years.'' . ana the fourth of which proposed amendments was 1n the words and figures following, viz:
 Judges of probate shall be elected by the electors sldng Tn their respective districts the Tuesday
 ter the nrst Monday of November, 1876, and biennial
 y thereafter Those persons elected judges of pro- pate on the Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem- per- lof6 and those elected benniay thereafter shall hoId their offices for two years from and after the Wednesday after the first Monday of the next suc- ceeolng january. Those persons elected judges of prooate on the first Monday of April, 1877, shall hold tnelr offices only until the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1877
 And the fifth of which proposed amendments was in | the words following, viz: Ine compensation Of members of the general as- semoly shall not exceed three hundred dollars per an hun, ana one mileage each way for each session. at l the rate of twenty-f cents per milen Ana the sixth of which proposed amendments was | in the words following. viz: '.' That article eight of the amendments to the con- stltutlon be amended by erasing the word white l from the first line."
 And whereas said several resolutions proposing said of representatives continued to the session eral assembly holden at Hartford the first wednes day ot May 1876. and were published in the manner prescribed by the eleventh article of the constitutions ana Wnefeas at said sesslOn of the general assembly holden at Hartford on the first Wednesday of May 1S76 and twOhrds of each house thereof approved each and all of said resolutions and said amendments by yeas and nays and said general assembly did by an Act entitled An Act submitting the constitutional amendments to the inhabitants of the town for their approval provide for the presentment of the same to the inhabitants of the several towns for their consid erations in town meetings warned and held for that purpose on She first Monday of October A. D. 1876 and did therein also prescribe the mannerin which it should be made to appear whether majority of the electors present at said town meetings had approved | or disapproved of the same.
 And whereas in pursuance of said ac the secretary of state, treasurer and comptroller have transmitted to their certificate in the words and figures follow l ing, viz:
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