OF THE

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCEs and Edited WITH
SKETCH OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE, THE
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION, AND APPENDIX,

BY

JAMES FAIRBANKS COLBY.

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CONCORD, 1902.

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PRINTED BY IRA C. EVANS Co., CONCORD.

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Rec. June
June 11, 1906

CONTENTS.

I. Preface....

II. Constitution of New Hampshire established October 31, 1783, as

subsequently amended and in force December 1, 1902..

III. Index to Constitution........

IV. Sketch of the Constitutions of New Hampshire, including-

Name and bounds..

Early government.

Revolutionary government..

Suggestions of Gen. John Sullivan on plan of government

for New Hampshire......

Page.

5

9

48

59

59

62

65

Draft of Constitution submitted to the people for approval

and rejected, 1779...

Third Constitutional Convention, 1781-83.

Address of Convention to the people upon submitting first

draft of proposed constitution, 1781.....

Constitution (third draft) as approved by the people and

established October 31, 1783...

109

IV.

Sixth Constitutional Convention, 1876.

Amendments proposed (13), 1876...

219

224

Popular vote thereon.....

Constitution unchanged, 1877-89..

Seventh Constitutional Convention, 1889..

Amendments proposed (7), 1889.

Popular vote thereon.

Constitution unchanged since 1889..

V. The basis of representation in New Hampshire previous to the

adoption of the Constitution of 1783. By George Hill Evans.....

VI. The basis of representation in the house of representatives in New

Hampshire since 1783. By William Hugh Mitchell.

APPENDIX.

Page.

1. Chapter 22 of Public Statutes of New Hampshire, councilor dis-

tricts, 1901.....

2. Chapter 23 of Public Statutes of New Hampshire, senatorial dis-

tricts, 1901......

275

276

3. Acts of the General Court of New Hampshire providing for the call-
ing of a convention to revise the constitution, approved March,

1901..

279

4. Act of the General Court of New Hampshire relating to the repre-
sentation of towns, approved March 21, 1901.....

281

5. List of delegates returned to the secretary of state as elected to

the convention to revise the constitution....

285

6. Population of New Hampshire by counties, 1790–1900..

292

7. Increase of population of New Hampshire as shown at each census

and density to square mile, 1790–1900. .

294

8. Total number of males in New Hampshire, arranged according to

nativity and literacy....

294

9. Total number of males in New Hampshire, arranged according to

general nativity, color, citizenship and literacy.

295

10. Population of Councilor districts in New Hampshire...

11. Population of Senatorial districts in New Hampshire...

12. Population of New Hampshire by towns, 1790-1900, and number of

representatives returned by each town to the General Court at

each decennial period, 1791-1901....

296

297

298

13. Total number of representatives returned to the General Court each

year, 1784-1901....

318