The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
BY HIS ExcEHnENCY lSIMEO ON IF. BALDWIN Governor of the state of Connecticut A PROCLAMATION


 in the words following:
 Tn case of the death, resignation, refusa1 to serve, inability to perform the powers and duties of his office. or removal from office of the governor,
 ef his Impeachment absence from the state, the lieutenant-gover- no shaHI exer iee the powers and au> thority appertaining to the office Of governor, until another be chosen at the next periodical election for gov ernor, and be duly Qualihed;- or until governor, fmpeacned, or absent, shall be acquitted or return,s and the sec- iond of which amendments is in the words following:
 s.The General Assembly shall ad- journ sine die not later than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in June folf@wing it's organization;
 AND WHEREAS the resolutions so proposing said amendments were by order of sasd House of Representa- tives continued to the next General manner prescribed by the eleventh ar- ticle of the Constitution:
 AND WHER EA s, at said next Gen. eral Assembly holden at Hartford on the wednesday, after the first Monday of January, 1911. two-thfrds of each rTcnse thereof 1rproved Of said reso- nays 2 nd said eneral Assem- ply did. by an act entitled; ssAn Act Submitting P~rnosed Arnendrne rents to the Const1- tuition Concerning the Powers and Dulles of the Lieutenant-Govern and the Date of Adjournment of the General Assen bly,, 's and amendment thereto. provide for the presentment of the same to the inhabitants of the several towns holding town meetings on the first Monday of Oeto Der, 1911s and towns holding elections subse- in town meetings directed to be held for that rurpose, and also the manner in which it should be made to appear, whether a majority of the electors - 1+4 ed, or disapproved, of the same;
 AND WHEREAS. certified copies pursuance of said act transmitted by 2etarv Of tI,eS state to the town clerk in each town in the State. and we presented to the inhabitants town meeting in each town. legally warned and held for that purpose, on eoad ssrrs Noudav in october, 1911, and at elections held subsequent there
 AND WHEREAS. in pursuance of said act the secretary. deputy treas> sence of the treasurer from the state. and comptroller did, on the twelfth day of November. 1912, count the votes returned to the secretary as Of ISaovernber. 1912. transmit to me their certificate under their hands in the words; and figures following, viz:
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 office of the Secretary.
 Fsr-ecrd November 12, 1919. ITO HIS Exceilency, Simeon F Bald- 1
 v<iys Governor:
 .sThe undersigned having been des- ignated by law to canvass the votes hv tue e1ecthrs at their meet ings in all the towns holding town mee etings. on the first Monday of Oc-I tobers A. D: 197 I. end in other towns. excepting Stamford, which failed to ta1t 5 vote lon said ai11endfnents. at | <<a-~ of ard against the proposed amend | ments to the Constitution sConcernin9 | the Powers and Duties Of the Lieu fenanlovedrnnr aa sF tssa aggara9 .n9 Asse1r bly, hereby certify that they entered on the duty prescribed them | ou the twelfth day of Novfm Der. and | duly canvassed the said votes. which were received accordines to law from all the towns ir this State except from the town of Stanford. from whicn no returns were received.
 ssThe whole number of votes re- ceived and counted relative to said r--.~- oses ConSti+-,ffonaf amendment the Powers and Duties of tn ousand five hundred and eight, of which number twentv~nine tfaousand =ever hrsrilred and thirty -eignt are in eavof of approving and adopting said nronosed amendment and four thou zsv7s seven hundred and seventy are against the approval and adoption of
 
 aniendrnent .concerning the Date Of Ad1curnn1ent of the General Assem- blys is t1irty-five thousand two hun fred and fourteen. of which number forty-nine are in favor of approvfngi and adopting said proposed amend-I nert. and four thousand eight hun- ired and sixtv-five are against the ep- : orovai and adoption of said proposed 1 amendment
 .All of which is respectfully sub nitted. N ,rvr.r.z-vv F. ROGERS. Secretary. ssB. FRANK MARSH, Deputy Treas. IActins Treasurer in the absence 1
 of the Treasurer from the State9.I
 ssComptroller" {
 AND WHEREAS, it appears from ,sfr7 ce~tfera+e that majority of said votes are in favor of appreVing of said proposed amendments. I do 5nersrorel n declare that majority of the eIec- ors present at the town meetfngsl Aforesaid have approved of said pro- posed amendments and that the same1 re valid to all intents and purposes ts a part of the Constitution of this C ,tate. lave caused the seal of the State to i ,e hereunto affixed. and have here-l f Ir+d Eef my hand. at Hartford. on z his 14th day of November. in the t year of our Lord one f tf1ousanf nine hundred { ( and twelve. and of the I SEAL independence of thel [ United States the one C SIMEON E. BALDWIN, Governor. e ,l His ExceIlency's Coirmand: MATTHEW H. ROGERS. Secretary. ( il