sentatives at two successive sessions, are submitted to the
qualified voters of the state for ratification.

Rhode Island.

A charter granted in 1663, by Charles II, to the Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, continued, with some modifications, the basis of
government of this state, until 1842, when the present constitution was
adopted.

_Electors._ Every male _native_ citizen, resident in the state two
years, in the town or city six months, and having within a year paid a
tax of $1, or has done military duty. Also every naturalized citizen,
resident in the state one year, in the town or city six months, owning
real estate worth $134 above all incumbrances, or which rents for $7 a
year. Voters in this state must be registered in the town clerk's
office, at least seven days before they offer their votes.

_Legislature_ styled _general assembly_. Representatives, not to exceed
seventy-two, are apportioned among the towns, no town to have more than
one-sixth of the whole house. The senate consists of the
lieutenant-governor and one senator from each town or city. The
governor, and in his absence, the lieutenant-governor, presides in the
senate, and in grand committee, (the two houses united.) _Quorum_, a
majority.

Bills when passed by both houses are laws.

_Executive._ The governor and lieutenant-governor are elected annually
by majority. If no candidate has a majority, the two houses in joint
assembly (grand committee) elect from the two having the highest numbers
of votes.

A secretary, an attorney-general, and a general treasurer, are elected
in the same manner as the governor.

_Judiciary._ A supreme court and such inferior courts as the legislature
shall establish. Judges of the supreme court are elected by the two
houses in grand committee. The judges hold their offices until their
places shall be declared vacant by the general assembly.

_Amendments_ must be agreed to by two successive legislatures, (a
majority of all the members elected to each house voting in their
favor,) and approved by three-fifths of the electors of the state voting
thereon.

Connecticut.

This state was governed under a charter granted by Charles II, in 1662,
until 1818, when the present constitution was adopted. This constitution
has received numerous amendments.

_Electors._ Every white male citizen, who has resided in the state a
year, and in the town six months, who sustains a good moral character,
and