Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-27
WEDNESDAY, APRIL Sd,

1895, at O'Clock In the forenoon, ut the fol
lowing places. Wis:
room on Fountain street. The electors In
Ward No. . at the ward room. corner OF Pros
pect and Division streets. The electors In
Ward No. 3 NJ the court room on North Main
street. The electors In Waro No. at the
ward room corner Of Mulberry and Cedar
streets. The electors OF Ward No. At the
ward room, corner Of Pawtucket avenue
ami Sterry street.
: For the following purposes, VIZ: To give
In their ballots In their respective wards for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
OF State, Attorney General and General
Treasurer Of the State for the year ensuing.
all on enc ballot.
Also to bring In their ballots for one Sen.
ator and six Representatives to represent
the city In the General Assembly for the en-
suing ear, all on one ballot.
The ballots for Representatives to be mum.
bered one, two, three. four, five and six
(l-2-3-4-5 anu g..
The following amendment to the Consts.
tuition OF the STATE having been proposed at
the present session of the General Asseu-
bly,, which by Article XIII OF the Constitu
tiOn OF the State Is required to be Inserted In
the warrants Or notices OF the next annual
town, ward and district meetings in April,
and to be read by tho CLERK s. to the eisetEr
Representatives and Senators who shall
have voted thereon with the yeas and nays
tatives shall be had, IL as follows:
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND.
MENT TO HEICONsTITUTION
OF THE STATE.
Resolved, A majority OF all the members
elected 10 each House OF the General Assem-.
bly, voting therefor, that the following
amcndment to the constitution OF the state
State, In accordance with the provisions OF
Article XIII OF the Constitution, for their
adoption. 10 be denomtnated "Article - OF
Amendmentss" TO wit:
"ARTICLE -.
"sECTIoN /. The Senate shall consist of
one Senator from each town or city in the
State. The Lieutenant Gov ernor shall pre-.
side In the Senate and in grand committee.
The presiding officer Of the Senate and grand
committee shall have q right TO vote in case
OF equal division, but not otherwise.
"Sec. 2. II, by reason OF death, resigna.
tion, absence, or other cause, there be no
Lieutenant-Gcvernolp present to preside IN
the Senate, the Senate shall elect one OF It's
own members to preside during such alb.
sence or vacancy; and until!such 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
ficers az 1t may deem necessary.
"SEc. The House Of Representatives
shall never exceed seventy-twO members,
and shall be constituted on the basis OF pop.
ulation, always allowing one Representative
for fraction exceeding half the ratio; but
each town or city shall always be entitled 10
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 IL
hereby limited. The present ratio shall be
one Representative to every four Thousand
three hundred End twenty.three inhabi-
tants, and the General Assembly may, after
any new census taken by the authority OF
this United States or OF this State, Te-appor-
ton the representation by Offering the
ratio. The General Assembly may by law
from time TO time in Its discretion, wnen re-
quested so to do by vote or the City Council
of any city. apportion the representatives. 20
which such city Is or may hereafter be en-
titled. among the several wards In such
city, and the Representatives so appOrtiOn-
ed shall be voted for and elected only by the
electors In the ward or wards TO which they
are apportIOned: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that each ward In any city so apportioned
shall, the number OF Representatives to
which such city Is entitled equals the mum.
ber of wards, have at least one representa-
tive; but no town shall be divided into dis
iriets for the choice of Representatives.
"SEC. 4. The Governor, Lieutenant-Gov.
ernor. Secretary OF State, Attorney General,
General Treasurer, senators and Represen.
ratives. shall De elected biennially at the
town, ward or district meetings to be held
on the first Wednesday of April In each al
ternate year, and shall severally hold their
offices for two years from the last Tuesday
of May next succeeding said II st Wednes.
oay or April, and until others are legally
chosen and duly qualified to fill their places.
IL elected or qualified after the sSiu last
Tuesday OF May, they shall hold their offices
for the remainder OF the two y, ars ensuing
said last Tuesday OF May, and until til, Ii
SUCCESSORS are qualified TO act.
"SEC. 3. Section OF Article VII. "Of the
Executive Power" Section 8 OF Article VIII,
"Uf Elections" ,"and ArticleiXlIJ, "Of Amend.
ments." are hereby amended by striking out
the word "Annuar' wherever II occurs IN all
the above named sections and in Article XlII
OF the Constitution, and inserting In lieu
thereo OF the woid d "biennial."
"oEC. q. The General Assembly may pro-
vide Nv law for the continuance In office Of
any officers of election or appointment until
other persons are qualined to take their
places.
"sec 7. The first election under this Arti.
Gle shall be- had on the hrst Wednesday OF
April next following the adoption thereof,
as provided by Article XIII OF The Constitu
ton Of the State.
"sec g. This amendment shall take In the
Constitution OF the State, the place Of Sec.
tion I OF Article v "Of the House OF Repre-.
senlatives," which section 10 hereby an.
nulied; OF Article vi OF the Senate" which
article Is hereby annuiled; of section l of
Article VIII "Of Elections" which Ii hereby
annulled; OF Section 10 OF Article Nv, whicn
Is hereby annuiied; and also the word "an.
nual" Wherever It occurs In the several SEQ.
tions. ana in Article Kill. referred TO In SEQ.
ton of this Amendment"
thereon. with the yeas and nays. are ~ fol.
lowr, VIZ.
IN THE SENATE.