A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
JAMES FENNER, President.
HENRY Y. CRANSTON, Vice-Pres’t.
Thomas A. Jenckes,
Walter W. Updike, } Secretaries.
Articles of Amendment.
Adopted November, 1854.
ARTICLE I.
It shall not be necessary for the town or ward clerks to keep and transmit to the General Assembly a list or register of all persons voting for general officers; but the General Assembly shall have power to pass such laws on the subject as they may deem expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall hereafter exclusively exercise the pardoning power, except in cases of impeachment, to the same extent as such power is now exercised by the General Assembly.