Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-02
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

The legal voters of the Town of Wa terbury are hereby warned and noti- fled that the Annual Meeting of said town will be held in City Hall Build ing, in said Waterbury, on Monday, the 7th day of October, 1901, at o'clock in the forenoon. for the follow ing purposes:-
 To choose by ballot Selectmen, a Town Clerk. Collector of Taxes, Board of Relief, Registrars of Voters and Constables.
 To take action with reference to the payment of tuition fees of pupils from the Town School Districts in the Wa terbury High school from September1, 1901, to January 1, 1902.
 To vote by ballot on the advisability of calling a Constitutional Convention tor the purpose of framing. in the man. ner and under the limitations and re- strictions of Chapter 146, Public Acts, 1901, form of constitution for this state, to be proposed to the electors of said state for their adoption or rejec- tion.,
 To signify by ballot their approval or disapproval of the following pro- posed amendment to the Constitution of this State: ,.'In the election for governor, lieutenant governor, secre- tary, treasurer, comptroller and attor- ney general, the person found by the general assembly. in the manner pro- vided in the fourth article of the Con- stitution of this State, to have re- ceived the greatest number of votes for each of said offices respectively, shall be declared by said assembly to be elected. But if two or more per- sons shall be found to have an equal and the greatest number of votes for any of said offices, then the general assembly, on the second day of it's ses- sion, by joint ballot of both houses, shall proceed without debate to choose said officer from list of the names of the persons found who have an equal and greatest number of votes for said office'
 To signify by ballot their approval or disapproval of the following pro- posed amendment to the Constitution of this State:-
 "Section l. From and after the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1905, the senate shall be composed of not less than twenty four and not more than thirty-six members, who shall be elected at the electors meetings held biennially on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
 "Section q. The general assembly which shall be held on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1903, shall divide the State into sena- sa1 ,J sa4x fA4c vided: the number of such districts shall not be less than twenty-four nor more than thirty-six. and each dis trict shall elect only one senator. The districts shall always be composed of contiguous territory, and in forming them regard shall be had to popula- ton in the several districts, that the same may be as nearly equal as pos sible under the limitations of this amendment. Neither the whole or a part of one county shall be joined to the whole or part of another county to form a district. and no town shall be divided unless for the purpose of forming more than one district wholly within such town. and each county shall have at least one senator. The districts. when. established as herein after provided shall continue the same until the session of the general assembly next after the completion of the next census of the United States, which general assembly shall have power to alter the same, if found ne- cessary to preserve a proper equality of population in each district, but only in accordance with, the principles above recited; after which said dis tricts shall not be altered, nor the number of senators altered, except at session of the general assembly next after the completion of a census of the United States. and then only in inbefore provided"
 The polls will be open for the recep- tion of ballots at o'clock in the fore noon of said day, and will be closed at o'clock in the afternoon of said day. in the following places:-
 IN FIRST WARD: Second Regi- ment Armory, corner of Phoenix and Abbott Avenues.
 IN SECOND WARD: A temporary booth in the rear of tenement of Hen- ry w. Scovill. corner of West Main and Prospect Streets Entrance from Prospect and North Main Streets: also Ford's Hall in Waterville.
 IN THIRD WARD: The Lobby and City Court Room. City Hall Building, West Main Street.
 IN FOURTH WARD: The Audi torium Building. South Main Street, below Grand
 IN FIFTH WARD: A temporary booth on vacant lot on the northerly side of Scovill Street. between Brook and Spring Streets.
 Dated at Waterbury this first day of October, 1901.
 Z FRANK P. BRETT. Town Clerk.
 MORTIMER DORIAN.
 WILLIAM IT. DISLEY.
 GEARGE RlYTfrF1TnN