Putnam patriot., 1913-10-24
By kss Excellency
 SIMEON E. BALDWIN. Governor oi ths Siats ot conneeticut A PROCLAMATION

Whereas. At general assembly of the staso of Connections. held al Hartford, on the We'd nesday after the first Monday Q. January. l9It, the house Of representatives cir propose rrr- tain amen, ment to the constitution of this state, in the words following, via
 "Section Three of Aitcl, Twenty seven of the amendments to the constitution is hereby amended to read as follows: The compenss- ton ot members of she general assembly shaA not exceed five hundred dollars each for tho term for which they are elected, and mileage each way Tor the regular session at tnc rate of twenty five cents per mile: each mem- Der shall also receive one mileage al the same rate Tor attending any extra session called by the governor
 And Whereas. The resolution so proposing said amendment was by order of said house of representatives continued to the next general assembly, and was published in the manner prescribed by the eleventh article of the eonsti- tution:
 And Whereas, At said next general assembly holden at Hartford on the5Wetnesday after the first Monday ot January, l9l3, two-thirds of ,ach house thereof approved of said resolution and amendment hv yeas and nays, and sad general assembly did, by an act entitled An act submitting proposed amendment 10 the constitution concerning the compensation of members of the general assembly, plovde for the presentmcnt ol the same to the inhabitants of the several towns holding town meetings on the fiist Monday of October, 1918. for their con- aderation, in town meetings directed to be held for that purpose, and also the manner in which it should Ee made to appear, whether majority of the electors present. at said town meattngs | approved or dsapproyed ot the same; And Whereas. A certified copy of said pro- posed amendment was in pursuance Of said act | transmitted by the secretary of the state to tho tewn clerk n ca b tow in the state, and was ] presented to the inhabitants thereof for their consideration, at town meeting, in each town legally warned and held for that purpose, on said first Monday in October, 1918;
 And Whereas, In pursuance of said act tho secretary, treasurer and comptroller did on the eleventh day of October, 1913, count the votes returned Co the secretary as aforesaid. and did, on the flteenfh day of October, 1913, transmit to me thcir cefVnlcate under their hands tn the words and figures following, vix.;
 "state of Connecticut,
 Office of the Secretary,
 Hartford, October l5th. 1913 "To His Fxccllcncy. Simeon |. Baldwin,
 Governors
 "The undersigned, having been designated 1 by law to canvass the votes given In hy the electors at their meetings iu the several towgs i1 this state on the hpet Monday in October. 4, D., lll3, in favor of and against l the proposed Con fitntionM amendment con corning the compensation of members ot inc general assembly," hereby certify that they en- tered upon tue NutN Hltrtffnfa thSui oh thc ttth day ot uetohsr instant and duly canvassed the said votes which were received according to law from all the towns in this state.
 "The whole number oi votes received and counted relative 10 said proposed constitutional amendment is iorty.three thousand two hun- drod and five, of which number seventeen thousand eight hundred and twelve are in favor of approving and adopting sadpreposed amend ment and twenty-five thousand three hundred and nincty-t rec arc against the approval aud adoption of said proposed amendment. All of which is respectfully submitted.
 .ALBERT PHILLIPS, Secretary. "B. F. MARSH, Deputy and Acting
 rreasuftr, the treasurer be ineapaci.
 tated hy illness.
 DANIEL F. DUNN, Comptroller. '' Now, Therefore, Inasnueh as it appears from said certificate that majority ot the yates | returned are not in invur ui said proposed amendment i do so deelare and therefore luther declare that said proposed amendment has not been approved by majority of the electors present at the town meetings before which the same came for considera, ion and that said proposed amendment therefore has not been adopted
 In witness wher Of have cansed the seal of
 the state 10 be hereunto affixed,
 and h ye hereunto sei my hand. at fl Hartford, on this 18th day oi Octo- SEAL Der. in the year of our Lord one
 - thousand niue hundred and thir-
 teen, and of the independence of
 the United States the one hundred
 and thirty.eight.
 SIMEON E. BALDWIN. Governor. By His Exceeney's Command:
 ALBER [ PHILLIPS, Secretary. TT t..la .f s....