Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-02

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STATE oE RmoDE IsLASp "a SI,hNl APP phoVi'
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STAFF.
PROVIDENCE, II. J., February 2s. 1925.
SIR AT tho present session OF the General
Ass mbly begun and holden ~ Providence
on me 2vth dny of January. lse,. RESOLUTION
In the words following WAS this day adopt.
ed VIZ:
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND.
MENr TO THE CONSTITUTION
or THE STATE.
Resolved. A majority or all the me embcrs
bly, voting thelef,r. that the following
amendmenl TO The onstitution of the htate
state. In acc ordance with the provisions OF
Article XIII OF the Constitution, for their
ado "A ~ be deno,Oinated "Artiole - OF
Ame..d.l.vhts." To wit:
"ARTICLE
as T.oS :. The Senate shall consist Of
one ZEN ..or from each town or city In the
State. The Lieutenant Governor shall pre-.
side In the Senate and I'm grand committee.
rhe presiding offioer OF the Senate and grand
committee snail have right to vote In case
OF equal division, but not otherwise.
"Sec. 2. II. by reeson OF death, resigna .
Cons ABSENCE or other cause, there be no
Lieutenant-Gcvernoi present to preside In
the Senate, the Senate shall elect one OF It's
own members to preside during such ab-
sence or vacancy; and untilIsuch election 10
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 Us II may deem necessary.
"SEc. The House of Representatives
shall never exceed seventy.two members.
and shall be constituted on the basis of pop
ulataon, always allowing one Representative
Tor fraction exeeedins hair the Ialio; Tut
each town or city shall always be entitled TO
NJ least one member; 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 present ratio shall be
one Representative To- every four Thousand
thee hundred End twenty.thiee inhabi-
tants, and the General Assembly may, after
this United States or or this State, Te.appor-
lop The representattOn by sltering the
ratio. The General Assembly may by law
from tune To time In It's discretion. wuen re-
quested so TO do by vote OF the City Council
OF any city. appOrtiOn the repres sentatiyes 20
which sucn city Is or may hereafter be en-.
titled, among, the several wards In such
city, and the Represen, ativcs SO appOrtion-
ed shall be voted tor and elected osiy by the
electors In the ward or wards IN which they
that each ward In any city 30 apporlIOned
shall, IL the number of Representatives. TO
Will. such city IL entitled equals ;he mum.
tive; but no Town shall be divided Into dis.
triets Tor the choice OF Rcpi esentatives.
"sic; 4. The Goyernoi, Lieuienant.Gov.
General Treasurer, senators and Represcn.
Iatives. shall DC elected biennially at the
town, ward or district meetings TO be held
on the first Wednesday Of A pr.I In each al.
ternate year. and shall severaly hold their
ofices for two years from the last Tuesday
uay OF April, and until others are legally
chosen and duiv quniIned To Ill their pia ces.
IL elected or qualified after tho said Inst
Tuesday of May. they shall hold their Offices
FORTH remainder OF the two ars ensuing
said last Tuesday OF May, and until their
successors are qualified TO act.
"SEC. 5. Section 0 of Article VII. "Of the
Executive Power" Section OF Article VIII.
"Of ELECTIONS, "and. .Articj eiXlII, "Of Amend.
ments." are hereby amended by striking out
the word "Annuar" wherever 1t occurs IN all
the above named sections and In Article XIII
OF the Constitution, and inserting IN lieu
there OF the wOid "biennial."
"oEC. q. The General Assembly may pro-
vide bv law for the continuance In Office of
any officers OF election or appointment until
other persons are qualined to take their
places.
"eec 7. The first election under this Arti.
Gle shall be had ON The H. st Wednesday of
April next following the adoption thereof,
as prov ided Dy Article XIII OF the Constitu.
ton Of the State.
"sec 8. This amendment shall take in the
Constitution OF the State, the place OF Sec
ton OF Article Y "Of the House OF Repre-.
nulIed; OF Article vi or the Senate" which
aI ticle Is hereby annulled; OF Section l of
Article VIII "Of Elections" which Is hereby
annulled; OF Section lC OF Article Nv, when
Is hereby annulied; and also the wora can.
nual" wherever 1t occurs In the several sec.
ton OF this Amendment"
The names OF all the members who voted
thereon. with the yeas and nays. are as fol
lowe, VIZ.