Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-01
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81 DENCE PLANTXTIoSs.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
PROVIDENCE, II. l., February %. 1895.
sIR:--At the present session of the General
on the a0th day OF January. 1885. a resolution
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 all the members
elected 20 each House OF The Gencral AsseIn-
bly, voting therefor. that the following
be proposed To the qualified electors OF the
s,nte; IN niG1Gordance with the proyisions OF
adoption, To be denoDinat "Article - OF
Amendmcntss" To wit:
"ARTICLE
"SEcrIoN I. The Senate shall consist OF
one Senator from each town or city I'm the
State. The Lieutenant Governor shall pre-.
side In the Senate and In grand committed
rhe presiding officer of the Senate and grand
committee shall have right To vote In case
OF equal division, but not otherwise.
"Sec. 2. II, by reason OF death. resisne-
tion. absence, or other cause, there be no
Lieutenant-Gcvernol 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 untilIsuch election IL
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
hcers as IL may deem necessary.
"SEc. The House OF Representatives
shall never exceed seventy.two members.
and shall be constituted on the basis OF pop.
Tor u fraction exceeding hair the IaIio; but
each town or city shall always be entitled TO
at least one members and no town or city
shall have more than one sixth of the whole
number OF members to which The House is
hereby limited. The pre- sent ratio shall be
one Representative TO every four thousand
thite hundred End twenty.thi co inhabi.
tants, and the General Assembly may, after
any new census taken by the authority OF
ths United States or OF this state, Ie.appor-
ton The representation by Offering the
ratio. The General Assembly may by law
from time To time in It's discretion, wnen re.
OF any city. apporiion the representatives 70
which sucn city Is or may hereafter be en-
titled. among. the several wards In such
ed shall be voted for and elected oRiy by tue
electors In the ward or wards 10 which hey
are apportioned: PROVIDED. HOWEVER,
shall, II the number OF Representatives. to
whit h such city - entitled equals the mum.
Der OF wards, have at least one representa-
triets Tor the choice OF Repi iesentatives.
"SkC. 4. The Governor, Lieutenant-Gov-
u General.
General Treasurer, senator's and Represen.
tatives. shall be elected biennially at the
town. ward or district meetings to be held
ternate year. and shall severaliy hold their
offices for two years from the last Tuesday
OF May next succeeding said H. st Wednes.
chosen and duiy qualihed to fill their places.
II elected or qualified after the ssid last
Tuesday OF May, they shall hold their Offices
for the remainder OF the two y. ars ensuing
said last Tuesday OF Nav. and until their
successors are qualified 10 act
"SEC. 8. Section Of Article VII. "Of tho
"Of Elections, "and. ArticIelXiII, "Of Amend.
ments." are hereby amended by striking out
the word "AnnuaI" wherever 1t occurs in all
the above named sections and in Article XIII
of the Constitution, and inserting In lieu
thereof the word "biennial."
"sEC. 8. The General Assembly may pro- .
any officers OF election or appointment until
other persons are qualined to take their
"sec 7. The first election under this Arti.
Gle snail be had on The first Wednesday, OF
as prov ided By Article XIII OF the Constitu.
"Sec 8. This amendment shall take in the
Constitution OF the State, the place Of Sec.
tion OF Article "Of the House OF Repre-.
sentatives," which section IL hereby an
nulied; of Article vi OF the senstc." which
Article VIII "Of Elections" which is hereby
annulled; OF Section lC OF Article Nv, which
is hereby annulied; and also the wOrd "an.
nual" wherever 1t occurs In the several sec.
Ons on IN ATiS,s Kill 10 IN Sec
The names of all the members who voted
thereon. with the yeas and nays. are as fol.
IN THE SENATE.
YEAS.
His Honor the Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. Andrew J. Anthony, East Providence
Charles d: Arms. East Greenwich