The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-01
CITY 1DYERTIsEMENrs.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVE.
DENCE PLANTATIONS.
CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
GEM e RAJ
ELECTION! F.!

WHEREAS, WEDNESDAY,, THE THIRD DAY
oFAPklL, 1885, is by the Constitution and Laws
Election OF General ofncers: -
And whereas the following AMENDMENT TO
posed;
"ARTICLE--. SECTION l. The senate shall
consist Of one senator from each town or city in
the state. The lieutenant governor shall preside
in the senate and In grand committee. Tho presid.
ing officer of the sebsc and grand committee shall
have rightto vote in case " equal division, but
1sEc. IT, by roasoL OF death. resignation, alb
senee, or other cause, there b. no lieutenant-
governor present TO preside in the senate, the sen
ate shall elect one OF iis own memoers 70 preside
during such absence or vacancy and until such
election Is made by the senate, the secretary OF
state shall preside The senate snail haye au-
rs IL may deem necessary
"sEc j. The house OF representatives, shall
never exceed seventy two members, and shall be
constituted on the basis OF population, always
allowing one repr eseBtalive for fraction exceed,
ing bali the ratio; but each town or city shall
always be entitled 70 at least one member and no
town or city shall have more than one-sixth
the house is hereby limited The present ratio
shall be one representatiy TO every four thousand
three hundred and twenty three inhabitants. and
toe general assembly may, after any new census
taken by the authority of the United States o
OF this stute. re-appogtion the representation b.
altering the ratio. The general assembly ma!
by law from time 20 time in its discretion,
council OF any city, apportion the represents
tives 20 which such city is or may hereafter be
the representative so apport ioned shall DO voted
for and elected only BY the electors in the ward
wards to which they are apportioned: Provided,
however. that each ward In any city so appor-
toned shall, II the number OF representatives TO
which such city Is entitled equals the number OF
wards, have at least one representative; but no
town shall be divided into districts for the choice
of representatives.
secretary OF state, attorney general, general treas
urer, senator's and representatives shall be elected
to be held on the first Wednesday OF April In each
alternate year, and shall severally hold their
Say ae' Of '' May sexs S@ sssSoesns sad ss rs,
Wednesday of April and uatii others are legally
elected or auaIi8eS alter the said last tuesday Of
May they shail hold their offices for the remain.
der OF the two years ensuing said last Tuesday OF
May. and until their successors are qualified TO
eeutive Power Section of Article .vnI. 'of
ElectIons,' aud Article XIII 'Of Amendments
nuap wherever il occurs in ali the above named
sections and in Article XIII OF the Consultation,
'ns inserting in lieu thereof the word 6isaaia
law for the continuance in Office of any officers Of
election or appointment until other persons are
'sEc T. The FIRST election under this Article
shall be had on the hrst Wednesday of April next
following the adoption thereof, provided by
Article XIII Of the Constitution of the State.
'sEo 9. This amendment shall take in the
Constitution OF the State, the place of section of
Article of the douse OF kepresentatives,' which
section is hereby annulied; OF Article vi .of the
] OF Article viii .of Elections which is here.
by annulled; OF Section l6 Of Article
~, which Is hereby annulled; and also OF
the word annual wherever IL occurs ip the seve-
raj sections, and in Article XIII, referred to in
Section s OF this Amendment"
The names OF all the members who voted thorspa.
with the yeas and nays, are as follows, via:
In the Senate.
His Honor the Lieutenant Governor; Messrs.
Andrew J. Anthony. East Providence; Charles j.
Arms East Greenwich; Albert ;. Babcock, Hop
hinton; Edward A. Brown, Middletowni Christie.
pber K. Champlln. New Shoreham; Joseph &.
church, Charles town; Benjamin Drown, Warren ;
Edward y. Dutemple, Exeter; Edward
T.. Dyer, Portsmouth,; T.. Charles Francis,
woonsocket; Edward l.. Freeman Lincoln; Fred
erick h. clifford, Little Compton; William Gregory.
North Ktngstown; william hoxsey, Westerly;
John Jenoks, harrington; Alfred w Kenyon, Rich
| mond; sylvester X. Merrill Cranston; Henry 9.
| Osborn. Tiverton; Ira II; Parks, North
| smithheid; John Hare Powell, Newport;
Walter A. Read, Glocester; William O..
Rocker. Warwick; Martin =. smith, scituate; };
Charles N. yler, Coventry; Jesse V. II. Watson,
| South t.ingstowa; Thomas C. Watson. Jamestown'
Andrew Il. Whipple, smithheld: Andrew j. wilcox,
| North Providence; John c. y. Woods, Providence;
James VI. Wright, Foster.
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