The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-05
VIII.

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shall apply
VIII.
Article SO. That the judges of the
supreme court be and are hereby au-
thorized and directed to revise chap
ter 2 of the constitution by ipcorpor-
ating into said chapter all amend
ments of the constitution that are /
now or may be then In force and ex-
Guiding therefrom all sections, clauses |
and words not in force and rearrang. |
ing and REMEMBERING the sections |
thereof under appropriate titles as in
their judgment may be most logical /,
and convenient; and said revised |
chapter as certified to the secretary
of state by said judges or a majority
thereof shall be a part of the con-
stitution of this state in substitution
for existing chapter and all amend
ments thereof.
Sec. 2. The people shall be as
sembled for the purpose Of voting on
said articles of amendment in their
respective towns and cities at the
same time and place as for the an
nual town or city meeting, on the first
Tuesday of March. 1918, it being the
fourth day thereof, and the warning
/ for each meeting shall contain an
article. ir substance as follows:
ITO see IL the freemen will vote
to accept or reject the proposed arti-
/ cles OF amendment to the constitu-
/ tion OF Vermont"
The omission of such article from
the warning shall not invalidate nor
affect the vote on said proposed arti-
Giles of amendment; and the freelnen
OF each town or city shall vote on said
articles of amendment. whether the
warning contains the foregoing arti
Gle or not.
Sec. 3. Al such meetings the free
men may give in their votes by ballot
for or against each of said articles
of amendment and the same officer
shall preside in each such meeting
as in the annual town or city meeting.
The board of civil authority shall. in
open meeting. receive, sort and count
the votes of the freemen for and
against said articles of amendment,
and the result shall be declared by
the presiding officer. The result of
said vote shall be recorded by the
clerk of the town or city, and true
returns thereof shall be made out
> under the hand of said clerk and shall
be sealed up and transmitted by mail
or otherwise TO the secretary OF state
within seven days after the said meet
, ing. In the several cities, the meet
ings held under this act shall be con
! dtsrfaI uarnrAfn0 80 rfctr
of their respective acts OF incorpor
alton relating to annual city meetings
:, and of the several acts In amendment
! thereof. The ballot boxes for the re
ception of votes on said articles o.
: amendment shall be opened at tn,
time the meeting is called, and shall
u close at three o'clock in the afternoon
! Sec. 4. The secretary OF state shall
y forthwith, upon the passage Of thi
u act, prepare copies of each OF tn,
said proposals of amendment and for
ward the same for publication 10 al
the newspapers published In the state
Il and each of said proposals shall be s
n published once each week for tire
q successive weeks In each of such pa
n pers at the expense OF the state Sal
secretary shall cause ballots TO be pre-
\. pared for a vote by the freemen upo
# said proposals Of amendment, and a
: of said proposals shall be printel
g upon n single sheet Said secretar
II shall transmit 10 the clerk OF eac
n town or city on OF before the twent!
Z. second day Of February, 1913. ballot
10 equal in number 70 twice the numbe
n. of votes cast therein for governo
b at the general election in 1912, an
such ballots shall be IN the followin
of form:
es shall the following proposal {
IN amendment TO the constitution Of We
Ne mont be ratified and adopted?" (Hel
IL insert the particular proposal In full
Yes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
he No NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
n and the voter shall make a cross
". the blank square against the answ,
es he desires to give as to each propos
nd Of amendment.
of Sec. ;. The qualifications of vote
on said proposals Of amendment sha
vn be the same as those required OF VI
ers at general elections, as provide
an in chapter Z Of the Public Statut
he and the amendments thereto: and Il
all provisions Of sections Is to 81. bo
Of inclusive. Of the Public Statutes al
es- the amendments thereto relating
Of checklists. shall apply: provide
as that the checklist specified in secti'
75 Of the Public statutes. 10 be us
at the meeting hereinbefore provid
for. shall be prepared and posted
least twenty days before the fiji
Cd. Tuesday I'm March, 1913. Votii
h. booths shall be prepared, and ball
m clerks and assisting clerks shall
es- appointed. as in case Of general ell
he tons.
nd Sec. 6. The governor and secrets
res Of state shall. Oh the second Tuesd
i've Of April. 1913. open and tabulate {
re- returns made as aforesaid; and II
ere shall appear thsrefrom that said AZ
q. cles Of amendment or any Of The
her have been ratified and adopted BY
he majority Of the fresusn voting the
- on. such amendments sh7il = enroll