1859-05-09 ElectionCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth, to notify and warn in the usual
manner the qualified voters of said Town, to meet at the Town Hall on Monday that Ninth day of
May current, at one o'clock in the afternoon, to give in their ballots for or against the following
article of amendment of the Constitution agreed upon by the last and present General Courts and
submitted to the people for their ratification and adoption.
Article of Amendment.
'`No person of foreign birth 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 right which any person of foreign birth possesses
at the time of the adoption thereof and provided further, that it shall not affect the right of any child
or citizen of the United States; born during the temporary absence of the parent therefrom."
Every person qualified to vote as aforesaid made express his opinion on said
article of amendment, without expressing in his ballot the contents of said article, but the form of
the ballot shail be as follows.-
"Amendment to the Constitution." "Yes." Or "No."
The polls will be closed at four o'clock unless otherwise determined by the Meeting.
Herof fail not but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before said time.
Given under our hands and seal this 23rd day of April in the year 1859
Wm. H. Lovett
John Ober
Tho. A. Morgan Selectmen of Beverly
A. S. Dodge
John Meacom
Beverly April 30th 1859. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named
as therein directed. John Lunt, Constable.
A true copy of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Pursuant to the warrant recorded on the preceding page the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly,
qualified to vote for Senators and Representatives to the General Court, being duly convened at a
Meeting legally warned, and held at the Town Hall on Monday the Ninth day of May in the year
eighteen hundred fifty-nine, for the purpose of giving in their ballots for or against an Article of
Amendment of the Constitution of this Commonwealth, submitted to the people for their approval
or rejection, and having voted thereon in the manner prescribed the bailots given were sorted,
counted and declaration thereof made; as by law provided, and were as follows. To wit:-
Amendment to the Constitution. Yes. Fifty-seven
Amendment to the Constitution. No. Twenty-six
Wm. H. Lovett
$ohn Ober Selectmen of Beverly
A. T. Dodge
$ohn Meacom
Attest. Samcs Hill. Town Clerk.