Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-22
PUBLIC LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND
Passed at the May Session, 1873.
CHAPTER 1.2hS.

| AN ACT to approve and publish, and
submit to the electors, a proposition OF
amendment to the constitution of the
State.
WHEREAS, An Icle OF amend dment to
he constitution of this State was pro-
posed by the last General Asse m bly,, by I he
votes Of the ma ajority OF all the mem bers
elected to each house, and the same has
been pu blisbed and read To tn electors at
their annual town ana ward meetings In
April last, as required ty the thirteenth
article OF che constitution OF this State,
and Is now presented to this General As
sem oily for their action thereon; and a
majority OF all the members elected to
each house al said annual meeting being
present and approving OF said proposed
amendment:
u l. enacted bv the General Assembly as
follows;
SECTION The following proposition
OF endment TO the constitution of I his
State, proposed by The .sst General Assem-.
ply, II hereby declared approved, and for
the purpose OF publication and submis-
sion to the electors shall be designated as
follows:
"ARTIcLE X.
"SEcTIoN /. In all elections held by
the people for State, city, town, ward or
oinctTs, tue pbfhOu or chDu1uHt6
receiving the largest number OF votes cast
shall be declared elected.
"SEC. 2. This amendment shall take In
the constitution OF the State he place OF
section 10 OF Article VIII, 'Of Elections,
which said section Is hereby anDulled."
SEC. 2 The said proposition OF amend
ment shall be submitted to the electors
for their approval or rejection, at meet
ings of the electors to be held on the
twenty eight day of Novemb her, A. ID. 1893.
The voting places in the various cities and
towns shall be kept open during the hours
required by law for voting for State Of
ticers.
SEC. 3. The Secretary OF State shall
cause the said proposition OF amendment
to be pu blished in all the papers publish
| ing the laws OF tina state for one week
next preceding the day OF said meetings
| OF said elect ors; and he said proposition
shall be inserted by the town aud city
clerks in the warrants or notices by them
TO be issued previous to said meetings OF
the electors for the purpose OF warning
| the town, ward or district meetings.; and
SAID prouosition shall be lead by the
town, ward and district clerks to the elec-
tors In the town, ward and district meet.
| ings, to be held as aforesaid.
| SEC. 4. The town, ward and district
| meetings to be beld as aforesaid shall be
| warned, and the list OF voters shall be
canvassed and made up, and the said
| town, ward aud district meetings shall be
| conducted, In the same manner as now
| provided by law for the town, ward and
| district meetings for the election of gen.
| eral officers.
SEC. 5. At the close of the polls on said
| day OF said meetings OF the electors, the
| moderator and town clerk, or the warden
| and ward clerk, or the moderator and dis
trict 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 bal.
| lots given in at said meetings OF the cleo
| tors, the nun Der OF such ballots, aud that
| the number OF ballots on said proposition
| does not exceed the number of electors
| voting at seid meetings, and shall deliver
| or send such ballots, so sealed up and GER
| titled, 10 the Secretary OF State within five
days after said twenty eighth day OF No
vemoer, A. ID. 1893
| SEC g. The Governor, Secretary OF
| State, and Attorney General shall count
| said ballots on or before the fifteenth day
| OF Decent Der, A. ID 1893. And the dow
| ernor shall announce the result, by proc.
| lametion, on or before the twentieth day
| OF Decent Der, A. ID. 1893, and II said pro-
| position OF amendment shall have been
| approved by three tifths OF the electors OF
| the State present and voting thereon In
said town, ward and district meet ings,
the same shall be declared to be a part of
he co institution OF the State, and shall be
| nun bered as an additional article In
| amendment thereto,
SEC. Z. This act shall take effect on and
after It's passage.