pedient to act on the subject of an Order of May 24th, concerning the purchase of books by the legislature, and the President requested Mr. Morton, of Fairhaven, to take the chair. Afterwards, Mr. MORTON reported, that it was the opinion of the committee that the Report ought to be accepted. And it was accordingly accepted. On motion of Mr. ALLEN, of Worcester, the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of considering the Report of the Committee on the Frame of Government, inexpedient to act on the subject of an Order of May 18th, concerning biennial elections and biennial sessions of the legislature; and the President requested Mr. Hall, of Haverhill, to take the chair. Afterwards, Mr. HALL reported that it was the opinion of the committee that the Report ought to be accepted. And it was accordingly accepted. On motion of Mr. ALLEN, of Worcester, the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of considering the Report of the Committee on the Frame of Government, inexpedient to act on the subject of an Order of May 13th, concerning the expediency of requiring the votes of a majority of all the members elected to the legislature, to the enactment of a law or passage of a resolve; and the President requested Mr. Alvord, member for Montague, to take the chair. Afterwards, Mr. ALVORD reported, that it was the opinion of the committee that the Report ought to be accepted. And it was accordingly accepted. On motion of Mr. THOMPSON, of Charlestown, the Convention. proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day; the first subject being the Resolves on the qualifications of voters. Mr. BRIGGS, of Pittsfield, modified his amendment offered yesterday, so as to insert, in place of the words proposed to be struck out, the words following, viz. :— "For any national, state, county, district, city, or town officers, or in town affairs." The yeas and nays were ordered upon the question of adopting the amendment. Mr. WESTON, of Duxbury, moved to amend the amendment so as to insert parish officers and parish affairs after the word "town" in both cases. Without taking the question, At one o'clock, the Convention adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. Met according to adjournment. On motion of Mr. Buck, of Lanesborough, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day. Mr. WESTON, of Duxbury, withdrew his proposed amendment to the amendment of Mr. Briggs. Mr. BOUTWELL, member for Berlin, then moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Briggs by striking out all after the word "national," and inserting instead thereof the words, " or state officers whose election by the people is provided for in this Constitution." Mr. CHAPIN, of Worcester, moved the Previous Question; which was ordered by the Convention. On motion of Mr. DAWES, of Adams, Ordered, That when the question is taken upon the amendment of Mr. Boutwell, it be taken by yeas and nays. And the roll being called, two hundred and ten members voted for the amendment, and one hundred and twenty-seven against it. So the amendment was adopted. Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Shubael P. Adams, Charles Allen, James B. Allen, Joel C. Allen, Parsons Allen, John B. Alley, Josiah Allis, Hillel Baker, Alvah Ballard, George S. Ball, Alpheus Bancroft, Erasmus D. Beach, Henry W. Bishop, William S. Booth, George S. Boutwell, Sewell Boutwell, Messrs. Asa Bronson, Adolphus F. Brown, Henry Cady, William Carruthers, Isaac Case, Amariah Chandler, Henry Chapin, J. McKean Churchill, Henry Clark, George B. Crane, Messrs. Simeon Crittenden, Charles G. Davis, Robert T. Davis, Elijah S. Deming, Joseph M. Ely, Ezekiel W. Fitch, James M. Freeman, Luther Gale, Daniel W. Gooch, F. R. Gourgas, William B. Greene, Stephen E. Hawkes, Foster Hooper, Messrs. Martin Howard, Abraham H. Howland, Tristram Littlefield, Henry Pierce, James M. Pool, Messrs. Peter Powers, Robert Rantoul, Silas Rawson, David Rice, Luther Richards, Daniel Richardson, Alfred L. Strong, Charles Sumner, Alanson Swain, Willard Thayer, 2d, John W. Thomas, Messrs. Abraham Tilton, Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. P. Emory Aldrich, Robert Andrews, William Appleton, Joseph Barrows, Russel Bartlett, Sidney Bartlett, Osmyn Brewster, George N. Briggs, Rufus Bullock, Horatio W. Tilton, George A. Vinton, Frederick T. Wallace, Freeland Wallis, Amasa Walker, J. B. Williams, Otis Wood, William H. Wood, Ezekiel Wright. Messrs. Ithamar Conkey, Charles E. Cook, Henry F. Cooledge, Seth Crowell, Joseph Cummings, Philip Eames, Henry J. Gardner, Wanton C. Gilbert, Messrs. Henry K. Oliver, Messrs. Jason Goulding, John C. Gray, Artemas Hale, Nathan Hale, A. B. Hammond, Samuel Henry, George S. Hillard, Job G. Lawton, Jr., George Morey, Joseph B. Morss, Marcus Morton, William Nichols, Daniel Noyes, Nathan Orcutt, James W. Paige, Adolphus G. Parker, Samuel D. Parker, George Peabody, J. Thomas Stevenson, Ralph Taylor, Edmund P. Tileston, John S. Tyler, Samuel Walker, Cyrus Weeks, Milo Wilson, The amendment of Mr. Briggs, as amended, was then agreed to, and the Resolve, as amended, was adopted. The second Resolve was rejected On motion of Mr. DAVIS, of Plymouth, sustained by a vote of one hundred and thirty-eight in the affirmative to fifty-three in the negative. The third Resolve was amended by the addition of the following: "And no person removing his domicile from one town or city to another within this Commonwealth shall, by reason of such removal, be deemed to have lost his residence in the former for the purpose aforesaid, until six months after his removal." |