The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-15
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
GTATE OF NEW JERSEY
y DEPARTMENT or STATE.

SIAIE OF NEW JERSEY.
- DEPARTMENT or STATE
As required by an act entitled =" An net to
provide, for submitting. proposed amendments
to the Constitution of this State to the people
thereof, approved May p, 1897. notice is here
by given that on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth
day of September, 1879
SPECIAL ELECTION
will be held in the several election districts or
precincts of this State at such places rs the
clerks of the several townships, cities and nut
inequalities of the state shall provide, to ena-
BILE the electors qualified to vote for members
of the Legislature to vote for or against each
Of the following proposed amendments to the
Constitution.
GEoRaE WURTs,
Secretary of State.
Proposed amendment to the constitution, re-
lating to lotteries and gambling.
Amend paragraph of section VII of article
~ , SO ms to read as follows:
: No lottery shall be authorized by the leg
islature or otherwise in this state; and no
ticket in any lottery shall be bought or sold
within this state, nor shall pool-sellng, book
making or gambling ofany kind be authorized
or allowed within this state, nor shall any
now prohibited by law be legalzed, or the
remedy, penalty or punishment now provided
therefor be in any way diminished
Proposed amendment to the constitution, re-
lating to appointments to office.
Add the following to section XII of article V:
the senate by the governor for any Office of
trust or profit under the government of this
state, and shall not have been confirmed he
fore the recess of the legislature shall be
eligible for appointment To such office during
the continuance of such recess.
Proposed amendment To the constitution. pro-
Niding for woman suffrage.
ARTICLE IL
Amend section to read as follows:
J. Every male citizen of the United States
OF the age of twenty-one years who shall have
been n resident of this state one year and of
the county of which he claims his vote five
months next before the election shall he en-
hereafter may he elective by the people and
every female citizen of the United States of
the age of twenty-one years, who shall have
been resident of this state one year, and of
the county of which she claims her vote five
months next before said meeting, shall
be entitled to vote at any school meeting held
she may reside for members of boards of edu-
cation and all other school officers that now
are or hereafter may be elected at such meet
lngsi provided, that no person in the military,
naval or marine service of the United States
shall be considered a resident in this state by
being stationed in any garrison, barrack or
military or naval place or station within this
state; and no pauper, idiot, insane person or
persons convicted of n crime which now eN-
cludes him or her from being witness, I'M
less pardoned or restored by law To the right
of suffrage, shall enjoy the right of an eleetor ;
and provided further, that in time of war no
elector in the actual military service of the
state or of the United States in the army or
navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by
reason of his absence from such election dis
trict; and the legislature shall have power to
provide the manner in which and the time and
place at which such absent elector may vote
and for the return and canvass of their votes
IN the election district in which they respect
lively reside
September |, 1897.