Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-27
CHATTER iis.

tl'asscd June ~ lEeD
AN ACT 10 approve and publish. and submit
TO the electors. "A proposition OF amendment
10 the constitution Of this state.
Whereas, An article Of amendment 10 the
constitution of this state Was proposed by the
last general assembly, by the votes of the
majority Of all the members elected 10 each
house. and the same has been published and
read 10 the electorsat their annual town and
ward meetings Ia April last. as required by the
thirteenth article OF the constitution OF this
state. and Is now presented 10 this general
assembly for their action thereon; and major
ity Of all the members elected To each house M
said annual meeting being present and approx
ing Of said proposed amendment:
IL Is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
Section 1. The following proposition OF
amendment to the constitution Of this state.
proposed by the last general assembly, Is here
by declared approved, aud for the purpose Of
publication and submission TO the electors
shall be- designated as follows:
ARTICLE \.
section 1. Hereafter the general assembly
may provide by general law for the creation
and control Of corporations: Provided, how
ever, that no corporation shall be created with
the power TO exercise the right Of eminent do
main, or to acquire franchises In the streets
and highways Of towns and cities, except by
special act of the general assembly upon pc
tition for the same, the tendency whereof
w, .
"Sec. 2. This amendment shall take In the
constitution Of the State the place of Section
II of Article ". OF the Legislative Power
and shall be deemed TO be In amendment OF
said section aud article"
Sec 2. The said proposition OF amendment
shall be submitted 20 the electors for their ap-
proyAl or rejection at meetings OF the electors
% be held ON the eighth day Of November, A.
ID. leg, The voting places In the various citiea
aud towns shall BE- kept open during the hours
required by law for voting for state onlcers.
See .. The secretary Of state shall cause the
said proposition of amendment 10 be published
In all the papers publishing the laws OF the
state for one week next preceding the day Of
said meetings OF said electors; and the said
proposition shall be inserted by the town and
city clerks In the warrants or notices by them
10 be issued previous To said meetings OF the
electors for the purpose OF warning the town.
ward or district meetings. and said PROPOSE
tion shall he read by the town. ward and dis
trict clerks TO the electors In the town, ward
and district meetings. 90 be held IA aforesaid.
See; T. The town, ward and district meetings
To be held aforesaid shall be warned, and
the list OF voters shall be canvassed and made
up, and the said town, ward and district meet
ings shall be conducted In the same manner
as now provided by law for the town, ward
and district meetings for the election OF gen
cral officers
Sec. 8. At the close OF the polls on said day of
said meetings OF the electors, the moderator
and town clerk, or the ,wardep and ward clerk.
or the moderator and district clerk, shall, In
open town, ward or district meeting, count
said ballots and seal up the same and shall
certify that the ballots by them sealed up are
the ballots given In at said meetings Of the
electors, the number Of such ballots, and that
the number Of ballots on said proposition does
not exceed the number OF electors voting at
said meetings, and shall deliver or send such
ballots, so sealed up and certified, 10 the secre-
tary OF state within five days after said eighth
day of November, A. ID. lS92.
Sec. u. The governor, secretary OF state. and
attorney general shall count said ballots on or
before the twenty-third day Of November, A.
ID. lHg. And the governor shall announce the
result by proclamation, on or before the first
day of December, A. ID. lsIs, and II said propo-
sition Of amendment shall have been approved
by three-ffths OF the electors Of the state pres
ent and voting thereon In said town. ward and
district meetings the same shall be declared
to be n part OF the constitution of the state,
and shall be numbered as an additional article
In amendment thereto.
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect on and after
rs passage.
l certify the foregoing To be true copies.
GEORGE ii. UTTER,
Secretary of State.