schools, see constitution, expended in, no other schools than those which are con Part First, Art. ducted according to law, under the order and superintend III. 12 Allen, 500, ence of the authorities of the town or city in which the 103 Mass. 94, 96. money is to be expended; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance, exclusively, of its own school. Legislature to prescribe for the election of sheriffs, regis ART. XIX. The legislature shall prescribe, by general law, for the election of sheriffs, registers of probate, [com ters of probate, missioners of insolvency,] and clerks of the courts, by the etc. See amendments, Art. XXXVÍ. 8 Gray, 1. 13 Gray, 74, Reading constitution in English and writing, neces. people of the several counties, and that district-attorneys shall be chosen by the people of the several districts, for such term of office as the legislature shall prescribe. ART. XX. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this commonsary qualifica- wealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in tions of voters. ments, Art. the English language, and write his name: provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from comSee also amend- plying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now XXIII., which has the right to vote, nor to any persons who shall be amendments, by sixty years of age or upwards at the time this amendment Art. XXVI. Census of legal House of representatives to consist of 240 members. Legislature to apportion, etc. 10 Gray, 613. shall take effect. ART. XXI. A census of the legal voters of each city and town, on the first day of May, shall be taken and returned into the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the last day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven; and a census of the inhabitants of each city and town, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of every tenth year thereafter. In the census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made of the legal voters; and in each city, said enumeration shall specify the number of such legal voters aforesaid, residing in each ward of such city. The enumeration aforesaid shall determine the apportionment of representatives for the periods between the taking of the census. The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred and forty members, which shall be apportioned by the legislature, at its first session after the return of each enumeration as aforesaid, to the several counties of the commonwealth, equally, as nearly as may be, according to their relative numbers of legal voters, as ascertained by the next preceding special enumeration; and the town of Cohasset, in the county of Norfolk, shall, for this pur authorized counties. division to be pose, as well as in the formation of districts, as hereinafter provided, be considered a part of the county of Plymouth; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the common- Secretary shall wealth, to certify, as soon as may be after it is determined certatore by the legislature, the number of representatives to which to divide each county shall be entitled, to the board authorized to divide each county into representative districts. The mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, the county commissioners of other counties than Suffolk, — or in lieu of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, or of the county commissioners in each county other than Suffolk, such board of special commissioners in each county, to be elected by the people of the county, or of the towns therein, as may for that purpose be provided by law, shall, on the first Tuesday of August next after each Meeting for assignment of representatives to each county, assemble at first Tuesday a shire town of their respective counties, and proceed, as Proceedings. soon as may be, to divide the same into representative districts of contiguous territory, so as to apportion the representation assigned to each county equally, as nearly as may be, according to the relative number of legal voters in the several districts of each county; and such districts shall be so formed that no town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor, nor shall any district be made which shall be entitled to elect more than three representatives. Every representative, for one year at least next preceding Qualificationsof his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district presentaties. for which he is chosen, and shall cease to represent such 598. district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth. The districts in each county shall be Districts to be numbered by the board creating the same, and a descrip- described and tion of each, with the numbers thereof and the number certified. of legal voters therein, shall be returned by the board, to the secretary of the commonwealth, the county treasurer of each county, and to the clerk of every town in each district, to be filed and kept in their respective offices. The manner of calling and conducting the meetings for the choice of representatives, and of ascertaining their election, shall be prescribed by law. [Not less than one quorum, see hundred members of the house of representatives shall amendmen constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize temporarily, adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.] 122 595, numbered, Art. XXXIII. See P. S. c. 31. ART. XXII. A census of the legal voters of each city Census, etc. and town, on the first day of May, shall be taken and Voters to be basis of apportionment of senators. Senate to consist of forty members. Senatorial districts, etc. See amendments, Art. XXIV. returned into the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the last day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven; and a census of the inhabitants of each city and town, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of every tenth year thereafter. In the census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made of the legal voters, and in each city said enumeration shall specify the number of such legal voters aforesaid, residing in each ward of such city. The enumeration aforesaid shall determine the apportionment of senators for the periods between the taking of the census. The senate shall consist of forty members. The general court shall, at its first session after each next preceding special enumeration, divide the commonwealth into forty districts of adjacent territory, each district to contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of legal voters, according to the enumeration aforesaid: provided, however, that no town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor; and such districts shall be formed, as nearly as may be, without uniting two counties, or parts of two or more Qualifications counties, into one district. Each district shall elect one of senators. senator, who shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five years at least immediately preceding his election, and at the time of his election shall be an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen; and he shall cease to represent such senatorial district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth. [Not less Art.. than sixteen senators shall constitute a quorum for doing Quorum, see amendments, Residence of two years re business; but a less number may organize temporarily, adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.] ART. XXIII. [No person of foreign birth shall be enquired of natu- titled to vote, or shall be eligible to office, unless he shall to entitle to suf- have resided within the jurisdiction of the United States eligible to office. for two years subsequent to his naturalization, and shall ralized citizens, frage or make This article annulled by Art. XXVI. Vacancies in the senate. be otherwise qualified, according to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth: provided, that this amendment shall not affect the rights which any person of foreign birth possessed at the time of the adoption thereof; and, provided, further, that it shall not affect the rights of any child of a citizen of the United States, born during the temporary absence of the parent therefrom.] ART. XXIV. Any vacancy in the senate shall be filled by election by the people of the unrepresented district, upon the order of a majority of the senators elected. council. ART. XXV. In case of a vacancy in the council, from Vacancies in the a failure of election, or other cause, the senate and house of representatives shall, by concurrent vote, choose some eligible person from the people of the district wherein such vacancy occurs, to fill that office.. If such vacancy shall happen when the legislature is not in session, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may fill the same by appointment of some eligible person. article of ART. XXVI. The twenty-third article of the articles Twenty-third of amendment of the constitution of this commonwealth, amendments which is as follows, to wit: "No person of foreign birth annulled. shall be entitled to vote, or shall be eligible to office, unless he shall have resided within the jurisdiction of the United States for two years subsequent to his naturalization, and shall be otherwise qualified, according to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth: provided, that this amendment shall not affect the rights which any person of foreign birth possessed at the time of the adoption thereof; and provided, further, that it shall not affect the rights of any child of a citizen of the United States, born during the temporary absence of the parent therefrom," is hereby wholly annulled. Art. II., Chap. ART. XXVII. So much of article two of chapter six Provisions of of the constitution of this commonwealth as relates to per- VI., relating to sons holding the office of president, professor, or instructor vard College, of Harvard College, is hereby annulled. officers of Har annulled. ART. XXVIII. No person having served in the army Superseded by or navy of the United States in time of war, and having been honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of being a pauper; or, if a pauper, because of the nonpayment of a poll tax. Art. XXXI. cincts in towns. ART. XXIX. The general court shall have full power Voting preand authority to provide for the inhabitants of the towns in this commonwealth more than one place of public meeting within the limits of each town for the election of officers under the constitution, and to prescribe the manner of calling, holding and conducting such meetings. All the provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with the provisions herein contained are hereby annulled. ART. XXX. No person, otherwise qualified to vote in voters not diselections for governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and qualified by representatives, shall, by reason of a change of residence change of resi. within the commonwealth, be disqualified from voting for months from said officers in the city or town from which he has removed time of removal. Amendments, Art. XXVIII. amended. Person who served in army or navy, etc., not disqualified his residence, until the expiration of six calendar months from the time of such removal. ART. XXXI. Article twenty-eight of the amendments of the constitution is hereby amended by striking out in the fourth line thereof the words "being a pauper", and inserting in place thereof the words : - receiving or having received aid from any city or town, - and also by striking out in said fourth line the words " if a pauper", so that the article as amended shall read as follows: ARTICLE XXVIII. No person having served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war, and having been honfrom voting for orably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified non-payment of poll tax. Provisions of amendments, Art. III., relative to payment of a tax as a voting qualifica to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of receiving or having received aid from any city or town, or because of the non-payment of a poll tax. ART. XXXII. So much of article three of the amendments of the constitution of the commonwealth as is con tained in the following words : "and who shall have paid, tion, annulled. by himself, or his parent, master, or guardian, any state or county tax, which shall, within two years next preceding such election, have been assessed upon him, in any town or district of this commonwealth; and also every citizen who shall be, by law, exempted from taxation, and who shall be, in all other respects, qualified as above mentioned", is hereby annulled. Quorum, in each branch of the ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each general court, branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for to consist of a majority of members. Provisions of Art. II., § I., Chap. II., Part property quali II., relative to fication of governor, annulled. Provisions of the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members. All the provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with the provisions herein contained are hereby annulled. ART. XXXIV. So much of article two of section one of chapter two of part the second of the constitution of the commonwealth as is contained in the following words: "and unless he shall at the same time be seised, in his own right, of a freehold, within the commonwealth, of the value of one thousand pounds"; is hereby annulled. ART. XXXV. So much of article two of section three of chapter one of the constitution of the commonwealth of travelling to as is contained in the following words: "The expenses of travelling to the general assembly, and returning home, house, annulled. once in every session, and no more, shall be paid by the the general assembly by members of the government, out of the public treasury, to every member who shall attend as seasonably as he can, in the judg |