The Portland daily press., 1879-07-02


The governor senators and representatives in tha
legislature, shall be elected biennially, and hold
office two years from the first Wednesday in Janua-
ry next succeeding their elections and the Iegisla
ture the first session next after the adoption ut
this article, shall make all needful provisions bv
law concerning the tenure of Office of all county Off
GERS, and concerning the annual or biennial repors
OF the state treasurer and other state officers and
Institutions; and shall make all such provisions by
law as may be required in consequence of the change
from annual to biennial elections and from ANIMAL
to biennial sessions of the legislature The first
election under this Article shall be in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty; and the first
meeting of the legislature under this Article shall
be on the first Wednesday of January eighteen
hundred and eighty-one.
Section tour, article two; section five. part one
article four; section four part two. article four.
section one, part three, article four; section thir
teen, part one, article f1ve section two part two
s alcGe hve section sect one part three article ve
part TOUR article fye section three, article seven
section four article nine and section eleven article
nine, are amended, by substituting the word .bien
MAI Tor the word "annuap' wherever it occurs
Section two, part one, article five, is amended, bv
striklng out all after the word 'ofice and substi-
tuting therefor the following words: for two wears
rom tne nrst Wednesday OF January next following
the electlon Section seven, article SIX and section
two, article ten are hereby amended by striking ont
tne word annual and inserting in place hereof the
RESOLVED, That the aldermen of cities, the select
men OF towns and the assessors of the several plan
tations of this state, are hereby empowered p. and
directed to notify the voters Of tt cir resnectva
cities, towns and plantations, in the manner nrc
ga1t d BY law at the annual meeting in
proposed in the foregoing resolution and the nnas
ton shall be, shall the constitution be amended as
proposed Dy resolution of the legislature providing
tor biennial sessions of the legislature and that the
governor and other state officers shall be elected on
the second Monday of September biennially and tho
IN lhhabtants Of the said Cities towns and plantations
sna vote Dy Dahot ON said question: those in favor
OF said amendment expressing it by the word Yes
upon ener ballots those the
and the ballots shall be received, sorted counted
ana aeciared, IN open ward, town and plantation
heetlng and lists shall be made out of the votes by
the aldermen seectmen, assessors and clerks of the
several wards towns and plantations, and returned
70 tne once OF the secretary of state in the same
manner votes for senator's; and the governor and
council snail count the and make return there
OF to the next legislature; and ii majority Of tho
votes are In favor of said amendment the constihl
ton shall be amended accordingly. '''D-
RESOLVED That the secretary of state shall nrenare
ana furnish to the several Cities towns and nlapta'
LIONS, plank returns in conformity to the resolves.
accompanied with copy of these resolves 0''
lApproved March 4, $780,