The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-26
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, at a General Assembly If the State of Connecticut, held at Hartford, on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, l943, the House of Representatives did propose two amendments to the Constitution of this State which are in the words following;
 "If, at the time fixed for the be. ginning of the term of the governor, the governor-elect shall have died or shall have failed to qualify, the lieutenant.governor may qual' fly as governor, and, upon so quail flying, shall become governor. The general assembly may by law pro- vide for the case in which neither the governor-elect nor the lteuten- ant-governor-elect shall have quail fed. by declaring who shall, In such event, act as governor or the man ner in which the person who is so 10 act shall be selected, and such person, shall act accordingly until a governor or a lieutenant-goNer- nor shall have qualified" and
 The salary of members of the general assembly shall be six hum dred dollars for the term for which they are elected" and
 Whereas, the resolutions so. pro- posing said amendments were by order of said House of Representa-. tives continued to the next General Assembly. and were published In the manner prescribed by the Eleventh Article" of the Constitution! and
 Whereas, at said next General Assembly held at Hartford on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, ie45, two-thirds of each House thereof approved of said resolutions and amendments by Assembly. did by an act entitled, Concerning Qualification by the Lieutenant- -Governor- Elect as Gov ernor In the Event of the Death of the Governor Elect" and an act entitled, Concerning the Salaries of Members of the General As- smebly." and
 Whereas. copies of said proposed amendments were in pursuance or said Act, transmitted by the Secre- tary of the State to the town clerk in each town in the State, and said amendments were presented to the inhabitants thereof for their con- sideTation, at a, town meeting in each town, legally warned and held for that purpose on said first Mon- day in October, i945. and at town elections held subsequent thereto; and
 Whereas. pursuant to said Act the Secretary, Treasurer, and Comptroller, as the Board of Can vassers did, as provided by law, duly canvass said votes and have transmitted to me their certificate under their hand in the words and figures following to wit:
 Hartford. November 2I. l94C. To His Excellency.
 Raymond F. Baldwin,
 Governor:
 We. the undersigned, having been designated by law to canvass the votes cast in favor of, and against the proposed Amendment to the Constitution Concerning Qualifca- ton by the Lieutenant-Govern Elect AS Governor in the Event of the Death of the Governor Elect" bers of the General Assembly" by the electors of this State at town meetings warned and held for the purpose of submitting said proposed Amendments 10 said electors, as specified by law, do hereby certify, that We have duly canvassed said votes which were received from all the towns in this State as by law provided.
 The whole number of votes re- ceived and counted relative to said proposed Amendment Concerning Qualification by the Lieutenant iovernor- Elect as Governor in the event of the death of the Governor Elect" was seventy-two thousand, four hundred and sixty-one, of which number ffty-four thousand. i've hundred and eighty-one were in favor of the adoption of said Amendment and seventeen thousand. eight hundred and eighty were against the adoption of said Amend ment, and the whole number of votes received and counted relative 10 said proposed Amendment Con cerning the Salary of Members of the General Assembly was seventy four thousand and fifty, of which number thirty-nine thousand, three hundred and sixteen were in favor of the adoption of said Amendment and thirty four thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four were against the adoption of said Amendment
 CHARLES J. PRESTIA,
 SECRETARY.
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