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


all on enc ballot.
Also to bring In their ballots for one Sem
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 stx
(l-2-3-4-5 and 81.
Toe following amendment to the Constt
.utiOu of tho State having Detn proposed at
the present session OF the General Asse" :
bly,, which by Article XIIi OF the Coasiitu
ton or the state Is req aired TO be inserted In
the wal rant or notices of the next annual
town, ward and district meetings In April,
and to be read by the Clerk 10 the electors
Representatives and Senators who shall
have voted thereon with the yeas and nays
before the election OF Senator and Represen.
tatives snail be had, Is as fCllows:
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND.
MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE.
Resolved. A majority OF all the members
bly, voting therefor. that the following
amendment TO the constitution of the state
be proposed to the Qualifi electors OF The
Article XIII OF the Constitution, for their
ado III 1T, TO be denOmtnnted "Article - OF
AmeTLE ents," 10 wit:
"ARTICLE
"SN,TIoN /. 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 I'm grand committee.
rhe presiding officer Of the Senate and grand
committee snail have right 10 vote in case
OF equal division, but not otherwise.
"Sec. 2. II, by reason OF death, res1gna.
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 ab.
sence or vacancy; and 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.
fcers as IL may deem necessary.
"SEC. The House Of Representatives
shall never exceed seventy.two members,
ana shall be constituted on the basis of pop.
ulatlon, always allowing one Representative
for q fraction exceeding halr the ratio; but
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
number OF members To which The House IL
hereby limited. The present ratio shall be
one Representative to every tour thousand
three hundred end twenty.three inhabi.
tants, and the General Assembly may, after
any new census taken by the authority OF
the United States or OF this State, Te.appor-
ton The representation by Offering the
ratio. The General Assembly may by law
qucsted so To do by vote OF the City Council
OF any city. apportion the representatives 20
which sucn city Is or may hereafter be en-
titled, amongi the several wards in such
city, and the Represent atives so apportion
ed shall be voted for and elected oA,y by tue
electors In the ward or wards 10 which ihey
are appoItioned: PROVIDED. HOWEVER,,
that each ward in any city so apporlioneG
shall, II the number OF Representatives. to
which such city ~ entitled equalo The nun
6er OF wards have SsI a. least one Topresea;a
triets for the choice OF Repl esentatives.
"SkC. 4. The Governor. Lieutenant.Gov.
ernor. Secretary OF State, Attorney General.
| tatives. shall De elected biennially at the
tow, ward or district meetings TO be held
on the first Wednesday VI April In each al
ternate year. and shall severaIly hold their
| offices for two years from the last Tuesday
| OF May next succeeding said ii st Wednes.
any OF April, and until others are legally
chosen and duly qualitied to I'LL their places.
| IL elected or qualified after the said last
| Tuesday of May, they shall hold their Offices
for the remainder OF the two y ars ensuing
successors are qualified 10 act
"SEC. 8. Section OF Article VII. "Of the
| Executive Power" Section Of Article VIII,
ments." are hereby amended by striking out
| the word "Annual" wherever 1t occurs in ali
the above named sections and in Article Kill
| OF the Constitution, and inserting in lieu
thereof the word "biennial."
| "sEC. 8. The General Assembly may pro
| vide by law for the continuance IN Office oi
any Officers of election or appointment unit
other persons are qualified to take theiI
| places.
",ec7- The first election under this Arti
| Gle shall be had on the first Wednesday OF
| April next following the adoption thereof
| as provided by Article XIII or the Constitu
| tion Of the State.
| "Sec 8. This amendment shall take in the
| Constitution OF the State, the place OF Sec
| tion OF Article "Of the House OF Repre-
sen, atives," which section is hereby an
| article - hereby annulled; OF section ! ol
Article VIII ''Of Elections" which Is hereby
| apnulled; OF Section 10 Of Article Nv, whicf
| Is hereby annulied; and also the woru ssan
| nusl" wherever II occurs In the several SEQ
tions. ana In Article XIII, referred to In SEQ
ton OF this Amendment"
| The names OF all the members who voted
| thereon. with the yeas and nays. are as iol
lowe, VIZ.