Putnam patriot., 1916-11-24
BY HI { EXCELLEkCY, MARCUS H. HOLCOMB,
Governo, of the State of Connecticut

Governor of the State of Connecticut.
 PROCLAMATION.
 WHEREAS, at . General Assembly of the State of Connecticut held at Hartford on the Wednesday alter the first Monday of January, 1913, the House of Representatives did propose an amendment to the Constitution of this State, which Is in the words fol. lowing:-
 "rhst portion of section three Of ar. ticle twenty sever of the amendments to the constitution which relates to milesge of members Of the general as sem bIy.is hereby amended to read as follows: and in addition to such com pensation, the general assembly may provide by law for the transportation of each member by public conveyance by the most convenient route between his home station and the place Of meeting during the session or sessions of the general assembly to which he WAS elected" And
 W Fl EREAS, the resolution 'so pro- posing said amendment was by order of said House of Representatives con tinued to the next .Genersl Assembly, and was published in the manner pre- scribed by the eleventh article of the Constitutions: and
 WHER REAS, At said next General Assembly held at Hartford on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1915, two thirds Of each House thereof approved of said resolu- ton and amendment by yeas and nays, and said General Assembly did, by an act entitled: "An act submitting d Proposed Amendment to the Constitu- ton concerning Mileage of Members of the General Assembly," sprovide for the presentment of the same to the in- habilants, qualified to vote At electors meetings, of the several towns hold ing meeting on the first Monday of Oc- tober, 1915, and of the towns holding elections subsequent thereto, for their consideration in town meetings direct ed to be held for thnt purpose, and al' so the manner in which 1t should be made to appear, whether majority of the electors present at said town meet ings approved, or disapproved, of the same: and
 WHEREAS, certified copies of said proposed amendment were in pursu- ance of suid act, transmitted by the Secretary of the State 10 the town clerk in each town in the State, and were presented to the inhabitants thereof tor their consideration, at a town meeting in each town, legally warned and held for that purpose, on said first Monday in October, 1915, and at town elections held subsequent thereto: and
 WHEREAS, in pursuance of said act, the Secretary, Treasurer, and Comptroller did on the fourteenth day of November, 1916, count the votes re turned to the Secretary as aforesaid, and did on the fourteenth day of No- vember, 1916, transmit to me their certificate under their hands in the words and figures following, viz:
 State of Connecticut,
 Office of the Secretary,
 Hartford, Nov. 1i, 1916. To ,his Excellency, Marcus Il. Hol-
 comb, Governor:
 We, the undersigned having been designated by law to canvass the votes given in by the electors at their meet ings in the towns holding town meet ings on the first Monday of October, A. D. 1915, and In other towns at their next regular town elections, in favor of and against the proposed amend menu ID lllt CpDstliQiiOi 'toiiCSib bihS Mileage of Members of the General Assembly," hereby certify that we en- tered on the duties prescribed us on the fourteenth day of November, 1916, and duly cansassed the said votes, which were received according to law from all the towns in this State.
 The whole number of votes received and counted relative to said proposed .I a frNsNs ing Mileage of Members of the General Assembly, is thirty seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy Of which numoer twenty two thousand, four hundred and fifty nine are in favor Of approving and adopting said proposed amendment, and fifteen thousand, three hundred and eleven are against the approval and adoption of said pro- posed amendment.
 All of which is respectfully sub- mitted.
 CHAS. D. BU RNES,
 FREDERICK :. CHAMBERLAIN, Treasurer, MORRIS C. WEBSTER, Comptroller. AND WHEREAS, it appears from l said certificate that a majority of said votes are in favor of approving of said proposed amendment, 1 do therefore herein so declare; and do also herein declare that . majority of the electors present st the town meetings aforesaid have approved of saidiproposed amend. ment and that the same Is valid to oil intents and purposes @ . part of the | Constitution of this State.
 | lSEAL] LIN TESTIMONY Where of have caused the seal of the Stats | to be hereunto affixed and have here unto set my hand, at Hartford, on this fourteenth day Of November, m the year of our Lord one thousand, ntns hundred and sixteen, and of the In | dane ndence of lhA Ifniied SlniNa lhs