Year: 1872

an amendment to the constitution of this

 state, which, when approved and adopted

 m the manner provided by the constitu

 60ns shall to all intents and purposes, be

 come part thereof to wit :-"An annul

 and special sessions of the general assem ply shall on and after the first Wednesday of May A. D. 1875, be held at Hartford,

 but tha person administering the office of

 governor may, in case of special emergen

 cy, convene said assembly at any other place in this state"

 Resolved, That the foregoing proposed

 amendment to the constitution be contin ned to the next session of the general as

 sembly, and be published with the laws

 passed at the present session.

 Accepting donation ofa state house at Ne W Haven. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. May Session, A. D. 1872.

 Whereas. at a meeting of the court of common

 council of the city of New Haven duly warn cd. and held on the 9th of May. A, D, 1872 resolution was passed in the words ond figures following: to wit, & ssResolvep, that the senator nf this district and the representatives of this town be re- qnested to offer to the state of Connecticut.in behalf of the city of New Haven and at it's ex- pense. state house, which shali cost Q sum not exceeding one million of dollars, and that sald senator and representatives request the state to accept the same

 Provided such proposition or offer be ac- cepted by n majority of tho legal voters of this city " therefore, Resolved by this Assem- ply:

 Sec. I That the offer, by the city of New Haven of state house, to be erected in and by said city, at an expense not exceeding one million dollars be and the same is hereby ac ccpted.

 Sec. 2. That said city of New Haven. for the purpose of defrayiug the expense of erect ing said state house be, and the same is here by authorized to issue its bonds, with coupons attached to an amount not exceeding the sum of ono million dollars. and bearing lnterestat no greater greater rate than six per cent. per annnm, payable semi annually and said bonds shall be called and known as capi- tail bonds of the city of New Haven, and shall be free from taxation, and shall be executed under the corporate name and seal of said city, by such person or per- sons as the court of common council of said city shall appoint for that purpose. Said court of common council shall pre- scribe the denomination or amount for which said bonds shall severally be issued the form thereof, the rate of interest there on, not exceeding six per cent. per annum and time of paying said interest and the time when said bonds shall mature.

 Sec. 3. That said city of New Haven be and hereby is authorized to hold special city meeting, to be warned in the manner provided in the charter and by laws of said city for the purpose of em- towering saip to issue it's b0nds in accord anoe with the second section of these res- olutions and for the purposes in said sec tion named. The vote at said meeting shall be by ballot, and shall be cast by the electors of said city, in their respective wards. as shall appear by the registry list last perfected before said meeting is held and the ballot boxes shall be open at sev- cn o'clock in the forenoon and close at five in the afternoon of the day of sad meeting. Upon each ballot shall be writ ten or printeh the word ''Yes," or the word ''No;" af if majority of the ballots cast at said meeting shall have upon them the word s'Yes" then the issue of said bonds for the purposes set forth in these resolutions shall be deemed approved by said city, otherwise not.

 Sec. 4. These resolutions shall not take effect except for the purpose of authoriz ing said city meeting as aforesaid, until next preceding section hereoI, shall have been passed in the manner prescribed in said section. Proposed amendment to the constitution

 relative to power of juries.

 Resolved by this Assembly That the following be proposed as an amendment to the-constitution of this state, whiah when approved and adopted in the manner pro- vided by the constitution, shall to all ill tents and purposes become part thereof viz:

 In all civil actions tried by jury, if nine members of the panel agree upon verdict of the court may accept such yer dict as the verdict of said jury.

 Resolved, that the foregoing propoeed