Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-09-23
DRoPOsED AmENDMENTs
TO THE
CONSTITUTION
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

CTATE OF NEW JERSEY
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
AS required.by an act entitled An act to pro
vide for submitting proposed amendments to the
Constitution OF this State to the people thereof
approved May 25. 1897, notice is hereby given
that on Tuesday, the twenty eighth day OF Sep
tember, 1897,
will be held in the several election districts or
precincts of this State, at such places as the
clerks OF the several townships, cities and muni-
cpalities of the State shall provide, to enable
the electors qualified to vote for members of the
Legislature to vote Tor or against each of the
following proposed amendments to the Consti-
tuition GEORGE WuRTs
Secretary Of State.
Proposed amendment to the constitution re-
lating to lotteries and gambling.
Amend paragraph Of Section VII of article
", SO as to read as follow:
No. 2. No lottery shall be authorized by the
legislature or otherwise in this State; and no
ticket in any lottery shall be bought or sold
within this state, nor shall pool-sening book
making or gambling Of any kind be authorised
or allowed within this state, nor shall any gam
bling devise. practice or game OF chance now
prohibited by law be legalized. 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:
| No person who shall have been nominated to
the senate by the governor for any office OF trust
or profit under the government of this state. and
shall not have been confirmed before the recess
OF the legislature, shall be eligible for appoint
ment to such office during the continuance of
such recess.
Proposed amendment to the constitution pro-
| viding for woman suffrage.
| ARTICLE Ii.
| Amend section | to read as follows:
| /. Every male citizen of the United States of
4 the age of twentY-one years, who shall have been
| a resident of this state one year and of the
next before the election shall be entitled to vote
for all officers that now are or hereafter may be
elective by the people; and every female citizen
OF the United States of the age Of twenty -one
| years, who shall have been a resident OF this
State one year, and of the county of which she
meeting shall be entitled TO vote at any school
meeting held in any school district in this state
| in which she may reside for members Of boards
OF education and all other school officers that
now are or hereafter may be elected at such
meetings; provided. that no person in the mill
tary, naval or marine service of the United States
| shall be considered resident of this state by
being stationed in any garrison, barrack or
military or naval place station within this
state; and pauper, idiot, insane person or per-
him or her from being a witness, unless par
doned or restored by law to the right of suffrage
shall enjoy the right of an elector; and pro
| vided further. that in time of war no elector in
the actual military service of the state. of the
United States in the army or navy thereof, shall
be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence
| from such election district; 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 respectively reside.