The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-24
THE CONSTITUTION.
WHAT THE CONVENTION HAS DONE
 TO IT.
Review of tho Winters Work and
 Sketch of the New Draft.
TO IT.

consldefatlon. All the rest has beel
 once gone over and is ready for thu
 committee on style" A review O
 what has been done can now be safely
 made.
 In the bill of rights the declaration
 that No preference shall be given bS
 law to any Christian sect of mode O.
 worship" has been changed to reat
 any religious sect" etc. Later in tho
 constitution where the same topic re.
 CUTS the same change of words is
 made) It is provided that 'No persor
 shall be subject for the same offense tc
 be twice put in jeopardy of life or
 limb" This is in the United States
 Constitution, but has not been in ours
 So also a new provision has been made
 to the effect that there shall be no dis
 functions made because of race or color.
 In respect to representation, the house
 is made over to consist of one member
 from each town; and the senate is to
 consist of sixty members, who are to be
 chosen from districts of practically
 equal population, made up regardless of
 county lines, but preserving town lines
 except where several districts are all in
 one town.
 In the matter of elections ballot is declared to be whatever the legislature
 may so designate, thus providing for
 machine voting; sending returns of
 elections to the sheriff is abolished;
 and, in case of tie in a senatorial elec-
 tion, a verbal change is made so that
 instead of reading 'in eases where no
 choice is made by the electors" it shall read Fin case no choice is made by the electors in any district" This is clear where the other was vague.
 The pay of members of the general assembly is fixed at five hundred dol lars for the term for which they are elected, and In addition the legislature may arrange for free transportation "by the most convenient route"
 The attorney general is made con stitutional officer (the place never be- fore having been mentioned in the con- stitution) and the pc son holding that office is included amrns those who are disqualified from being members of the general assembly.
 The governor is made Commander in-chef of the military forces of the state" instead of "captain general of the militia" The governor may hold a bill ten days, excluding Sundays, in stead of three days, while deliberating on it's merits, and he may veto items in appropriation bills. The suggestion that two-thirds of the general assem- ply instead of a majority be required to override a veto was rejected
 Tn the article on the judiciary pro- vision is made by which the governor may appoint judges of the supreme and :, superior courts when vacancies occur at l times when the general assembly is not | In session. Judges of these courts re- tiring as before at seventy years, be- { come now under constitutional provi- t sion state referees. The general assem- ply is authorized to increase the pay of 1 supreme or superior court judges while they are in office. but not to reduce it under such circumstances. ((This ob- viates the difficulty caused by the gen. eral regulation forbidding to the occu- pant of the office at the time of the vote. Since judges grow in usefulness as they continue in office that provision tended to give the most pay to the and least experienced judge) The suggestions of specific increase of pay and of continuous tenure of office ID to seventy years and of pensions af- CT passing that age were all rejected.
 The appointments of common pleas ind district court judges were put un- Ter the same regulations as those of upreme and superior courts and their erms were fixed at four years instead if two. It was further provided that he general assembly may create a ourt of not less than three judges of he superior court who shall review and ass upon errors of fact. l In the article on religion there has tood remarkable centence which has ctually read held according to law or a any other manner The new draft uts this into words that mean what { yas intended The text of the I chool fund section is altered by leav- I lg out the clause that called in 1918 for { n early inventory. The section l bout increasing pay or adding to C mounts payable to contractors is al- t cred to meet the case of judges already sferred to- and to include Tor other I with the prohibited or 0 anizations. .. It is provided that lt ,wns may by vote of their electors de- l. de whether to elect selectmen annual or biennially This accommodates c cities that have had to D ave annual elections simply for select n en. n Several additions already new are a ven herewith in full: h ''The legislature shall not authorize S " municipality to issue bonds or de- 8 sntures for any purpose except to take $ ) an outstanding issue of bonds or e her form of indebtedness, unless the D t so authorizing such issue shall con- '' in provision submitting to the quail h ed electors of such municipality the u iestion whether such issue shall be SC ade or not and no such issue shall be h. ade unless the same is approved by a ot ajority of the electors so voting there- sl l." cl No member of the general assembly w all receive any civil appointment in tf Is state, or to the United States sen ge e. from the governor, the governor B d senate or from the general assem- '. or either branch thereof. during the m for which he shall have been cted.
 No probate district shall be changed
 diuon,tiplied uplecs bV a ma iority ,,a