Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-30
9epal Anurrtternte,tts.
CTATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PRoyI.
- DENCE PLANTATIONS.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STAFF.
PnovIDENcR. II. l., February 2s. 1898.
Assembly begun and holden nL Providence
on me 18th day of January. Isia, n resoiuti,n n
IN the words following was this day adopt.
ed VIZ:
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND.
MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE.
| Resolved. A majority OF NIL the members
elected 10 each House OF the q GeL ernl Assein.
Dly voting therefor. that The following
nnendunenL To the onstiLution OF tho tate
sa 10 p,oposeu 10 tne Qualified electors OF 'hs
Article Nil Of tho Constitution, for iheir
adoption. 10 be denon mated "Arliclc = OF
Amendments." TO witt
"ARTICLE
"sEcrIoN I. The Senate shall consist OF
one senator from each town or city In the
State. The Lieutenant Governor shall pre.
side In the senate anti In grand committee.
The presiding officer OF the Senate and grand
committee shall have right TO vote In case
OF equal division, but not Otherwise.
"Sec. ?. IL, by reason OF death, resigna-
tion. absence, or other cause, there be no
Lieutenant-Gcvernol present TO preside In
the Senate, the Senate shall elect one CT It's
own mem bers to preside during such NIB.
sence or vacancy; nnd untilIsuch election IS
made by the Senate, the Secretary OF state
shall preside. The Senate shall have author
ity TO elect its secretary and such other Of
hcers Us 1t may deem necessary.
"SEc. The House Of Representatives
shall never exceed seventy.twO members.
ana shall be constituted on the basis OF pop
nlation. always allowing one Representative
tor fraction exceeding hair Lne rallo; Dut
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
IN Ia
hereby limited. The present ratio shall be
one Representative to every four thousand
tants, and the General Assembly may after
any new census taken by the authority Of
the enited States or OF this state. Ieappor.
ton The representation by OlLerinK the
ratio. The General Assembly may by law
from time 10 time In lts Il iscretion, wnen re-
OF any city. apporiion the rcpresen taiives 10
which such city Is or may hereafter be en-.
titled. amonH the several wards In such
city, and the Representatives so appOrtiOn-
ed shall be voted Tor and elected oAiy by the
electors IN the ward or wards 10 which they
are ,srss. a%ppoImonea; % PROVIDED. HOWEVER.
shall. IL the number OF Representatives to
whi, such city IS entitled equals The mum.
Der OF wards, bave nj least one representa-.
tive; but no Town shall be divided into dis
,riels Tor the choice OF Representatives.
o,sr "sho; q =: The GGo]yernor &c ] .Lientenant-Goy.
General Treasurer, senators and Represen.
iatives. shall DC elected biennially Mt the
on the first Wednesday of April In Z nch al.
ternate year. and shall severhily hold their
offices for two years ION the last Tuesday
any or April, and until others are legally
chosen and duiv quailtied to ill their places.
IL elected or quniifed after the SAID last
Tuesda, of May, they shall hold their Offices
for the remainder OF the two ars ensuing
said last Tuesday OF May, and until the ir
successors sre qual Ified TO act.
"SEC. 5. Section of Article VII. "Of the
Executive Power" Section of Article VIII,
"Of Elections, ,"and. Articj elXIII, "Of Amend.
the word "Annual' wherever 1t occurs In ali
the above named sections and in Article XIII
thsr" OF the iS and inserting In lieu
"oEC. y. The General Assembly may pro
vide by law for the continuance In office OF
any officers OF election or appointment until
other persons are qualineu to taAe their
places.
Gle shall be had on The first Wednesday of
April next following the adoption Thereon,
as prov idcd by Article XIII OF The Constitu.
tion Cf the State.
"sec 8. This amendment shall take in the
Constitution OF The State, the place of Sec
ton l OF Article "Of the House of Repre-.
nuied; of Article W. or the Sennts." !" which
Article Is hereby annuiled; OF section l OF
Article VIII "Of Elections" which Is hereby
annulled; OF Section IL OF Article ", which
Is hereby annulied; and also the woru can.
nuaI" wherever It occurs In the several sec.
tions. ana In Article XIII, eferred tO IN Sec
ton OF this Amendment"
The names OF all the members who voted
thereon. with the yeas and nays. are a. fol.
lows, VIZ.
IN THE SENATE.
YEAS.
Ills Honor the Lieutenant Governor.
Mr. Andrew j, Anthony, East Providence
CharlesJ Arms, East Greenwich
" Albert 3. BaDcock, Hopkinton
" Edward A. Brown, Mtidietown
christopher +. Champlin New shoroham
. Josepn =. Cnufch, ChariestUwn
henltinin Drown. Warren
Edward p. Dutemple, Exete,
. Euwhru r. Dyer, Portsmouth
Il. charles Francis. Woonyocket
Edward l.. freeman, Lincoln
Z: Frederick Il. Clifford, Little COmptOn
william Gregory, North Kingstown
" Wulhm hOAsey, sWesterly
Jnnn Jencks, Barring on
. Alireh w. kenyon, Richmond
sylvester X. Merrill, lCranston
Henry y. Osburn, Tlverton
y Ira ii. Parks, North Smithfieid
John hare Powell, Newport
" Malter IA Read GlOcester
William u. Rocker, warwick
Martin >. Smith, Bcituats
Charles nj. Tyler, Coventry
Jesse V. Is. watson, South KinKstown
Tnolnas u watson. JamestOwn