09-R354
2009 -- S 0701
Enacted 10/28/09
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
TO APPROVE AND
PUBLISH, AND SUBMIT THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE (CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STATE)
Introduced By: Senators Metts, Pichardo, Jabour, Perry, and Miller
Date Introduced: February 26, 2009
RESOLVED,
That a majority of all members elected to each house
of the general
assembly voting therefor, the
following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed to
the qualified electors of the state in accordance with
the provisions of Article XIV of the
constitution for their approval and that it take the place of the
Title and the Preamble to the
constitution and Article III, Section 3, which are hereby amended
to read as follows:
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
STATE
OF
PREAMBLE
We,
the people of this State which state shall henceforth be known as the state of
Rhode
Island, grateful to
Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long
permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon
our endeavors to secure and to
transmit the same, unimpaired, to succeeding generations, do
ordain and establish this
Constitution
of government.
ARTICLE
III
OF
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE
Section 3. Oath of general officers. - - All general
officers shall take the following
engagement before they act in their respective offices, to wit:
You being by the free vote of the
electors of this state of
be true and faithful unto this state, and to support the
Constitution of this state and of the United
States; that you will
faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties of your aforesaid office to
the best of your abilities, according to law: So help you
God. [Or: This affirmation you make and
give upon the peril of the penalty of perjury.]
RESOLVED,
That this amendment shall take, in the Constitution of
the State, the place
of the Title and the Preamble to the constitution, and
of Article III, Section 3, of the constitution;
IT
IS FURTHER RESOLVED, That the said proposition of
amendment contained in this
resolution shall be submitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection at the next statewide
general election to be held in November, 2010. The voting
places in the several cities and towns
shall be kept open during the hours required by law for
voting therein for the members of the
general assembly and such other officials as may be up for
election; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the secretary of state shall cause the said
proposition of amendment to
be published as a part of this resolution in the
newspapers of the state prior to the date of the said
meetings of the electors; and the said proposition shall be
inserted in the warrants or notices to be
issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the
purpose of warning the town, ward, or
district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the
town, ward or district clerks to the
electors in the town, ward or district meetings to be held as aforesaid;
and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the town, ward and district meetings to be held
aforesaid shall be
warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made
up, and the said town, ward and
district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now
provided by law for the town,
ward and district meetings for the election of members of
the general assembly and such other
officials as may be up for election.
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LC00913
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