Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-28


room on Fountain street. The electors Il
Ward No. 2 at the ward room. corner OF Pros
| pect and Division streets. The electors Il
| Ward No. . nj the court room on North Mail
| street. The electors In Ward No. at tn
ward room, corner of Mulberry and Ceda
streets. The electors OF Ward No. at tn
| ward room, corner OF Pswtucket avenu
| and Sterry street.
For the following purposes, VIZ: To give
| In their ballots In their respective wards fol
| Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
| OF State, Attorney General and Genera
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 represen,
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, hve and 81,
Q-2-3-4-5 and o..
The following amendment to the Const,
.ntioa OF the State having been proposed al
the present session or the General Assem-
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 distI let meetings In April,
here 20 with the oams. ne o fhs
Representa- atives and Senators who shaIl
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 TO each House OF the Gen eral Ass EN-.
bly, voting therefor. that the following
amendment to the onstitution Of the state
state. in acc ordance with the provisions of
Article XIII OF the Constitution, for their
adoption, to be denOminated "Article - OF
Amendments." TO wit:
"ARTICLE -.
"SECTION l. 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 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-Governolp present to preside In
the Senate, the Senate shall elect one Of its
own members to preside during such alb
sence or vacancy; and untilisuch election Is
made by the Senate, the Secretary of State
ity TO elect its secretary and such other Of
hcers as 1t may deem necessary.
"SEC. 8 The House Of Representatives
shall never exceed seventy-two members.
and shall be cOnstt ,uted on the basis OF pop.
ulation, always allowing one Representative
each town OF city shall always be entitled TO
at least one member; aud no town or city
shall have more than ne-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
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, Ie-appor-
ton the %, representat,on by slteripg the
from time TO time in Its discretion, wnen re.
quested so to do by vote OF the City Council
of any city. apporiion the representatives 20
which sucn 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 80 apportioned
shall, IL the number OF Representatives to
Der Of wards, have at least one representa-.
tive; but no town shall be divided into dis.
,riets Ior the choice of Representatives.
"SEC. 4. The Governor, Lieutcnant-Gov.
ernor. Secretary OF State, Attorney General,
General Treasurer, senators and Represen.
tatlves. shall be elected biennially ut 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
day OF April, and until others are legally
chosen and duly qualified to fill their places.
II elected or qualified after the ssid last
for the remainder of the two y, ars ensuing
said last Tuesday OF May, and until tn, IL
successors are qualified TO act.
Executive Power" Section 8 of Article VIII,
"Of Elections, "and Artic) 2iXlII, "Of Amend.
ments." are hereby amended by striking out
the above named sections and In Article Nil
OF the Consti. ution, and inserting In lieu
thereof the word "biennial."
"sEc. o. The General Assembly may pro.
VII nv "A continuance
any officers OF election or appointment until
other persons are qualined to taKe their
places.
"sec7. The first election under this Arti.
Gle shall be had on the frst Wednesday OF
April next following the adoption thereof,
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.
ton I OF Article v "Of the House OF Repre-
nuea Of s she senas e,s Which
Article viii "of Elections" which is hereby
annulled; OF Section 10 of Article Nv, whicn
nuai" wherever It occurs In the several sec.
,ions, ana in Article XIII, .eferred TO IN Sec.
ton 3 OF this Amendment" A
The names OF all the members who voted
thereon. with tue yeas and nays. are 40 fol.
IN THE SENATE.
YEAS.
Mr.. Andrew j, Anthony, East providence
Charles J Arms, East Greenwich
Albert 3. Babcock, Hopkinton
Edward A. Brown. Mridietown
christopher r.. Cnamplin, New shoreham
Joseph T.. Church, ChRrlestown
BENJAMIN Drown, Warren
Edward Il. Dutemple, Excite.
Edward n. Dyer. Portsmouth
Il. Charles Francis, Woonsocket
Edward l.. Freeman, Lincoln
Frederick Il. Clifford, Little Compton
william Gregory, North kinRstOwn
William Hoxsey, WESTERLY
John Jencks, harrington
Alfred W. Kenyon, Richmond
sylvester X. Merrill, lCranstOn
Henry T.. Osburn, TiveIton
Ira n. Parks, North Smithfield
John hare Powell, Newport
Walter A. Read. Glocester
william u. Rocker, warwick
Martin y. Smith, Scituate
/" Charles NJ. Tyler. Coventry
Jesse V. IS. Watson, south KingstowD
" Thomas T.. Watson. jamestown
Andrew Is. Whipplc, Smithneld
Andfew j. Wilcox. North Providence