The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-10-06

An act to approve and publish, and submit
To the electors, proposition or amendment
to the Constitution of this state
(PASSED APRIL 90, l9l1J
Whereas, n proposition OF amendment TO
the Constitution OF :his state was proposed
by the General Assembly ut its January ses
sion, A. ID. 1910, 10y the votes of the majority
of all the members elected To each house,
and the same was published ana was read
To the electors NJ their annual town and
district meetings In November, A. ID. 1910, as
required by the thirteenth article of the
Constitution OF this State, and Is now pre-.
scented To this General Assembly for its ac
tion thereon; and n majority of all the
members elected TO each house at said an
nual meeting beng present and approving
OF said proposed amendment.
IL is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
section 1.-The following proposition OF
amendment TO the Constitution of this State,
proposed by the last General Assembly, IL
hereby declared approved, and for the pur.
pose OF publication and submission 10 the
electors shall be designated as follows;
ARTICLE XVI.
"Section 1.-The Governor, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, secretary of state, Attorney General,
General Treasurer, and senators and Repre-.
sentatives in the General Assembly, shall
be elected at town, ward and district meet.
| ings an the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November. biennially, commen.
cling A. ID. 1912. and shall seyerally hold their
Offices for two years from the first Tuesday
| i'm January next succeeding their election
and until their successors are elected and
"Sec 2-This amendment shall TAX G, I'm the
Constitution OF the state, the place of section
| 2 of article NI of articles OF amendment to
| the Constitution, which said sections, and
| all other provisions OF the Constitution In
| consistent herewith, are hereby annulled,"
| 2.-1he said proposition ofamendment
| shall be submitted To the electors for their
| approval or rejection at meetings OF the
| electors To be held on the seventh day OF
| November, A. ID. 1911. rhe voting places in
| the several cities and towns shall be kept
| open during the hours required by law Tor
| voting therein for general officers OF the
| state.
| sec s-The secretary of state shall cause
| the said proposition OF amendment To be
| published as n part uf this act In the news
| papers OF the state prior To the day of said
| meetings of the said electors; and the said
| proposition shall be Inserted by the Town
| and city Clerks I'm the warrants or notices
| by them to be issued previous To said meet
! ings OF the electors for the purpose of warn
| ing the town, ward or district meetings, and
said proposition shall be read by the town
| ward or III strict clerks To the electors IN the
town, ward or district meetings to be held
| as aforesaid.
| Sec 4.-Tne town, ward and district meet
ings TO be held as aforesaid shall be warned
and the list of voters shall be canyassed and
| made up, and the said town, ward and dist
| rict meetings shall be conducted I'm the same
| manner as now provided by law for tn,
town, ward aud district meetings for tn,
election of general officers of the state.
sec. 5.-This act shall take effect upon 10.
passage.
tL.sj J. FRED PARKER,
secretary OF state.