Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-27
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Sepul Advertisements.
CTATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PRovI.
~ DENCE PLANTATIONS.
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY OF STAFF,
PROVIDENCE, Il. l., February Is. 1895.
sIR:-At the present session Of the General
Assembly begun and holden at Providence
on the a0th day of January. 1880. a resolution
cd viz:
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND.
MENT TO HElCONsTITUriON
OF THE STATE.
Resolved, A majority OF all the me bers
elected a. each House OF the Genera Ast en-
ely vEa,ng ttos5rsior; 10 sra mat the i"ilowing
be proposed TO the qualified electors OF the
State. IN &C. ordnnce with the provisions of
adoption. To be denou mated "Article - OF
Amendments." 10 wit:
"ARTICLE
"sECrIoN l. The Senate shall consist of
one Senator from each town or city In the
State. The Lieutenant Gov ernor shaIl pre-.
side In the Senate and In gi ana committee.
The presiding officer OF the Senate and grand
committee shall have a right TO vote In case
OF equal division, but not otherwise.
n.
tion. absence, or other cause, there be no
Lieutenant.Governoi present to preside in
the Senate, the Senate shall elect one Of its
own members to preside during such alb.
sence or vacancy; and untillsuch election Is
made by the Senate, the Secretary OF state
shall preside. The Senate shall have author.
ity TO elect It's secretary and such other OF.
ncers as IL may deem necessary.
"SEc. 8 The House OF Representatives
shall never exceed seventy-twO members.
and shall be constituted on the basis of Don.
ulation. always allowing one Representative
for traction exceeding hair lhe ratio; but
each town or city shall always be entitled TO
at least one member; and no town or city
shall have more than one-sixth of the whole
number OF members to which the House 10
hereby limited. The present ratio shall be
one representative TO every four Thousand
three hundred Ynd twenty.three inhabi.
tants, and the General Assembly may. after
tSy any sew ceSsSs .Ssen 9y the authority OF
tlOn The representation by Offering the
ratio. The General Assembly may by law
qnested so to do by vote OF the CITY Council
OF any city. apportion the representatives 20
which such city Is or may hereafter be en-
city, and tho Represent at,ves SO apport,on, nSSn
ed shall DO voted for and elected oaiy by tue
electors In the waid or wards 10 which hey
that each ward IN any city 30 apportiOned
shall, II the number OF Representatives. to
wnicn sucn city 10 entitled equals the mum.
Der OF wards, have at least one represents.
tive; but no Town shall De divided into dis.
irists ior the choice OF RepI Ieseniatives.
"slc: =. The Goyernor. Lieutenant.Gov.
General Treasurer, senators and Represen.
tatives. shall be elected biennialIy ut tue
town, ward or district meetings to be held
ternate year. and shall severally hold their
onces for TWO years from the last Tuesday
OF May next succeeding said II st Wednes.
chosen and duly qualified TO I'LL their places.
IL elected or qualified after the sSiu last
tuesday OF Mays they shall hold their offices
said last Tuesday OF May, and until Their
successors are qualified To- act.
"SEC. 3. Section 0 OF Article VII. "Of the
'Of Elections, ,"and Article Q, XIII, "Of mend.
ments." are hereby amended by striking ont
me word "Annuar' wherever IT occurs In all
The above named sections and in Article Xiii
of the Consti: ution, and inserting IN lieu
thereof the wOid "Diennial."
"oEC. q. Tne General Assembly may pro-
any officers OF election OF appOintm en- until
other persons are qualihed to taAe tneir
places.
"sec7. The first election under this Arti.
April next following the adoption thereof.
as pro. ided by Article XIII OF The Lonstitu.
Ion Of the State. -
OF the State. the place Of Sec
Ion OF Article "Of the House or Repre-.
,cnlatives," which section is hereby an.
luiIea; of Article vi = or the Senate" which
article Is hereby annuled; OF section / OF
Article VIII "Of Elections" which Is hereby
or Section ~ Of AIt,cIe ", which
3 hereby annulied; and also the word ..un.
lual' wherever II Occure In the several sec.
ions. ana In Article XIII. referred TO IN Sec.
ion OF this Amendment"
The names OF all The members who voted
hereon. with the yeas and nays. arc as fol.
OWs. VIZ,