The sun., 1915-10-03

the practice under statutes in force for
the last twenty years. The increase TO
ifteen days between registration and cleo
and verifying the lists. The amendment
also allows the enactment OF laws TO pro-
vide that voter residing In city OF
large village, whore personal registration
prevails. may register specially with dcsis
mated officers within period OF several
months before the regular days OF regis,
tration, II his vocation or occupation will
take him out OF the county on those days
The voters chiefly affected Will be fedora
employees at Washington. railroad men
who operate trains. and commercial trav.
ellers although the amendment Is no,
confined IN effect to those ei.ses ,ster,, can' mne
sus shall also be used In determinlns
whether a city or village has over hve
section J. All elections by the citizens
except for such town officers as may by
law he directed to be otherwise chosen.
as may he prescribed by law. provided
;hat secrecy in voting be preserved.
Section 6 All laws creating. regulating
or affecting boards or officers charged
with the duty of registering tvotersl
electors. or Of distributing ballots at the
polls 70 ivotersl electors. or OF receiving,
recording or counting votes at elections
shall secure equal representation OF tn.
two political parties which. at the genera
eleeticn next preceding that for which
the highest and the next highest mum
bcr OF votes. All such boards and officers
shall be appointed or elected in such man.
representatives OF said such parties re-
spectiveiy. az the legislature may direct
tinue until the legislature shall otherwise
provide. This section shall not apply to
town meetings IL or to village elections.
ARTICLE III.
Section 1. The Legislative. power of thi.
90. .l.. - tad In. ha 40 Ia m nl4l
assembly.
section .. The senate shall consist OF
nifty members except as herednafter pro.
vided. THE senators elected In the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety
five shall hold their offices for three years
and their suceessorsI They sha!. pe s',, Shosen
Of one hundred and nifty members. who
shall he chosen for one year.
Abstract.-The amendment, simply etmi-
mates the obsolete matter inclosed with
Section s. The state -hali be divided into
MY districts to be called senate districts
each Of Iwhoml which shall choose one
senator. The districts shall be numbered
| from one TO ilfty. inclusive.
(and then follows the description OF the
| senate districts as created By the constitu-
iion OF 1894. beginning with district NUN
ber one and ending with district number
hfty. Such division OF the state Into SEN
ate districts 10 not restated here, In tull.
! because It has already been superseded by
the act of the legislature, chapter I2I OF
the laws OF 1907. creating the present sen
ate districts. which are not affected BY
ms proposeu .ohs.''u''on On, my nir
ture Of isisD - '''' '"'
The senate districts .hall remain as .st
ps.seN consE'e" o"'" ""e'e" =" "'''
Abstract.--The amendment simply elimi-
mates the obsolete division OF the state
,s,a, u,T ssnate ip W W n.y., "nr
continues the present senate districts. as
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n"rat.oh 10 pe ih'ue ny '"e ''ts'"'u''
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scion An enumeta',oh OF Ihe N
haeitsnts OF the STATE shall be taken under
, w uttt''un @ ~ W 80 -, a., -.
uuI ms '"' Hon'H~ VI N", .Hu 's"' q" a. ~
year one thousahu nlne nunune. atu Nv
anu III me hane Inohtns 49,; tnth - 80 ~.
therehfter' ana the SAID ulstricts sha'. be
50 a.tereu py 'nr Iesisia'urr W nne ~. =,
teeuIhr session "i'et 'he return w every
ehuh.tatioh.I ,,
Such senate uistricts shnu oe 20 nuetre'
~ sne ies's,n."re ~ 'ns nr.s rsa s ,,.s,',
80" .rr .r N..m ~" .r.,'
tnc stare eh"meson , .asen !" a.. ."- y.s, yn1,
one .housenu niue nuhu!N nuu n,ee" ""u
small remain unauered mnt' nNrseu NJ
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har wv" a. a. tnh,'ti,,n,s ac,',i,nr .t,ans and
Yer ~ ~ ~'ni,.nia',' ~ . 'u''.. ,,ahn' tna
., ~ "a - ] 10 -, 80 II ~ ,,,- - ~,
nc s,a- 81 ar''i" i,','i y, u'.'gn,u a' 49, ~, n
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no county shall be diyided in the forma
,In, ~ +. ssnut. district exc.pt 10 make
Two. or more, senate districts wholly in
surh rn,infy
No town and no block In /, city inclosed
bv streets or pu,,lic ways .hau be divided
In ihe formation Of senate districts nor
snail any district contain A greater exrrss
ifI pupu.a;l ION over an ad Joining district In
Tho game county than the population Of a
town or b,o,k therein adjoining such dis
,rir, t'ountl.. fnwns or blocks vhIt Il
ffou their location. may b- Included in
either OF ~, Districts shall be 80 placed
as Ia MAX. Isaidl such districts most
rnarlv canal in number of iuhlhitauts sN
,f'1iny ,II.us N rountv shall have four
rr n,nr. srn,tols unless fl shall have A
,uu r,,l, for each senator No county
.hsu h.ye NOR. than onr.th third of ain the
s.rn,nrs aud un fVo counties or he ter
rt,n,v ,h.ranr os fpny1 orV,utz.d an ,h.
A., ,,.x az January. onr thou.n nd EIGHT
hun,,red and ninrty five Which ar. Adj.
'"i"inr cnIntiss or which are separated
nnlv by pubIic waters shall have NOR.
81, nn.'h,I. ~, ali IN. ser,fnrs The
-, ,nr nnnortioninr sonatots shall nj.
,,avs bc oh,aIn.d bv dlyiiing m. number
~ nf'inhnhi,ants' rxciuiing aliens, 6y afty
a. ~. san,tn s,,,I ,iw,vs no comrnseI
Si n,ty members. except ,hs, u any county
80 80 nnnr,ionmsnt ( shan he ,n.itiad
", va ~ .;,S 'ppatin To- An 'adJitiouai s.u,tnr
RI or senators. such additional senator