Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-01
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

The legal voters of the Town of Wa terbury are hereby warned and noll- 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 5 o'clock in the forenoon, for the follow ing purposes
 To choose by ballot Selectmen, 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 October l, 1901, to January Fl, 1902 x
 To vote by ballot on the advisabiIty of calling Constitutional Convention for the purpose of framing, in the man iner and under the limitations and re- strictions of Chapter 14e. 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: tIn 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 tWogor 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:-
 ssSection 1. 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.
 .sSection 2. The general assembly which shall be held ongthe Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1903, shall divide the State into sena- torial districts, as hereinafter pro- vided; the number of such districts shall not be less than twenty-four nor more than thirty-sixA and each dis l 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- I ton in the several districts, that the same may be as nearly equal as pos l sible under the limitations of this amendment Neither the whole or a part of one county shall be joined to ! the whole or a part of another county l 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 l 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 l in accordance with the principles ! h ioJ, csoi AfC
 tricts shall not be altered, nor the number of senators altered, except al a session of the general assembly next 1 after the completion of a census o1 the United States, and then only 1T accordance with the principles here l inbefore provided.'
 The polls will be open for the recep ton of ballots at 8 o'clock in the fore 1 noon of said day, and will be closed
 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon of said I day, in the following places:-
 IN FIRST WARD: Second Regi
 ment Armory, corner of Phoenix and
 Abbott Avenues
 1 IN SECOND WARD: A temporary
 booth in the rear of tenement of Hen | ry w. ScOvill. corner of West MaiI
 and Prospect Streets. Entrance from
 Prospect and North Main Streets; also
 Ford's Hall in Waterville.
 IN THIRD WARD: The Lobb,
 and City Court Room, City Hal
 Building, West Main Street.
 IN FOURTH WARD: The Audi
 torium Building. South Main Street
 below Grand
 IN FIFTH WARD: A temporar,
 booth on vacant lot on the northerl.
 side of Scovill Street. between Brool
 and Spring Streets.
 1 Dated at Waterbury this first da. T of October 1901.