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supervision over said reporter as they may deem necessary, subject at all times to such directions as the Convention may see fit to give.

Ordered, That the same committee have like authority to contract with White & Potter for the printing and publishing of said Reports, upon the terms they have proposed, and which have been communicated to this Convention this day in a Report of a committee to whom the subject had been referred; and that said committee be further authorized to exercise such general supervision over the printing of the Reports referred to, as will secure the faithful and prompt performance of the terms and conditions of the contract for the same, subject at all times to such directions as the Convention may consider proper to give them.

Ordered, That the same committee have authority to procure correct reports of the Debates and Proceedings had in this Convention up to the time of the execution of the contracts provided for in the two preceding Orders, and to pay for the same, and the printing thereof, if necessary, such prices as have been proposed therefor by Mr. Henry M. Parkhurst.

The PRESIDENT appointed the following gentlemen as the committee under the preceding Orders, viz.: Messrs. Hallett, member for Wilbraham, Hale, of Boston, Sleeper, of Roxbury, Schouler, of Boston, Gourgas, of Concord, Bates, of Plymouth, and Greene, of Brookfield.

On motion of Mr. NAYSON, of Amesbury, the Orders of the Day were taken up, and the first subject, being the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Convention agreed to the Order of Mr. Butler, of Lowell, prescribing a form of notice to the town of Berlin, was considered, but not disposed of.

On motion of Mr. GRISWOLD, member for Erving,
The Convention adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 1853.

Met according to adjournment. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain. The Journal of yesterday was read.

On motion of Mr. GOURGAS, of Concord,

Ordered, That fifteen hundred copies of the reports of the Debates of this Convention be printed, and bound in a durable manner, for distribution as follows: one copy to each member of the Conven

tion, and to each town and city in the Commonwealth, and the remainder to be placed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for such gratuitous distribution as is usually made of books published by the State; and that an additional fifteen hundred copies of the same edition be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on sale, at such price as may be hereafter determined upon by the Convention, the proceeds of such sales to be paid into the public treasury.

Ordered, That the Messenger, under the direction of the President, provide all necessary accommodations for the official Reporter of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. IDE, of Attleborough,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Frame of Government and mode of Settling Elections in the Legislature, consider the expediency of so amending the Constitution as to provide therein for elections to fill all vacancies which may occur in both branches of the legislature, by reason of death or resignation of members thereof, or from any other cause, not otherwise provided for.

On motion of Mr. SUMNER, member for Otis,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Frame of Government be instructed to consider the expediency of permanently establishing the seat of government at the city of Boston.

On motion of Mr. MoRSs, of Newburyport,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Frame of Government consider the expediency of so amending the Constitution, that the governor and all state officers, and the members of the general court, be chosen for a term of two years. Also, the expediency of biennial sessions of the general court.

On motion of Mr. BIRD, of Walpole,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Frame of Government be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the Constitution, that all elections for state and county officers shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November of each year, and to report thereon.

On motion of Mr. COLE, of Cheshire,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Frame of Government be instructed to consider the propriety of so amending the Constitution, that no private or local bill, making appropriations of the public funds,

shall be passed without the assent of three-fifths of all the members elected to both branches of the legislature.

On motion of Mr. CADY, of Monson,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill of Rights be instructed to consider the expediency of so amending article 11, as to make compensation for sacrifice of time and expense of counsel to the injured party in case of unjust prosecution.

On motion of Mr. IDE, of Attleborough,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Qualifications of Voters consider the expediency of so amending the Constitution, as to provide that the payment of any poll or registry tax, exceeding in amount the sum of one dollar, shall not be required to constitute any part of the qualifications of voters in this Commonwealth.

On motion of Mr. SUMNER, member for Otis,

Ordered, That each of the committees appointed under the fifteen Resolutions adopted by this Convention be authorized to consider any proposition they may deem compatible with the objects or purposes of their appointment, though not expressly or impliedly embodied in the Resolutions submitted to them; and report thereon.

On motion of Mr. HooD, of Lynn,

Ordered, That

be a committee to consider and report upon the order of business which it may be expedient or necessary for the Convention to adopt, in order to bring the session to a close on or before the first day of July next.

On motion of Mr. WALKER, of North Brookfield,

Ordered, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be requested to furnish, for the use of this Convention, an alphabetical list of all the towns in the State entitled to only a fractional representation, or less than one each year; also, of all towns having a representation of one each year; also, of all having each two, three, four, five, six, ten, and over ten representatives annually.

Mr. ALVORD, member for Montague, presented the Credentials of Amariah Chandler, the Delegate elected from Greenfield; which were read and placed on file.

Mr. CUSHMAN, of Bernardston, from the Committee on so much of the Constitution as relates to the Lieutenant-Governor, submitted a Report on that subject, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be printed.

On motion of Mr. FRENCH, of New Bedford,

Ordered, That four o'clock this day be assigned as the time for taking the question on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Convention agreed to the Order concerning the election in Berlin.

Mr. BATES, of Plymouth, moved that the Convention proceed to the consideration of the Orders of the Day; and the motion was agreed to by a vote of one hundred and twenty-eight in the affirmative, to ninetyeight in the negative.

The Orders of the Day were accordingly taken up and considered. The hour of four having arrived, Mr PARKER, of Cambridge, moved that the time of taking the question be postponed until Friday at four o'clock; but the motion was rejected.

Mr. SCHOULER, of Boston, moved that the time of taking the question be postponed until six o'clock to-day; but the motion was rejected. On motion of Mr BATES, of Plymouth,

Ordered, That when the question is taken, it be taken by yeas and

nays.

And the roll being called, one hundred and eighteen members voted for the reconsideration, and two hundred and nineteen members against it; so the motion to reconsider was rejected. Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Benjamin P. Adams,

Robert Andrews,

Messrs. Ithamar Conkey,

Charles E. Cook,

William Appleton,

William Aspinwall,

David C. Atwood,

Samuel Ayres,

Joseph Barrows,

Russell Bartlett,

Sidney Bartlett,
James M. Beebe,
Luther V. Bell,
Jacob Bigelow,
George W. Blagden,
William C. Bliss,
Ebenezer Bradbury,
Milton P. Braman,

Osmyn Brewster,

Francis Brinley,

Rufus Bullock,

Cephas C. Bumpus,
Henry Cady,
Timothy W. Carter,

Rufus Choate,

Salah Clark,

Nathaniel Cogswell,

Henry F. Cooledge,
Simeon Crittenden,
Leander Crosby,
Seth Crowell,

Joseph Cummings,
Wilber Curtis,
John Davis,
Solomon Davis,
Henry L. Dawes,
William Dehon,
James C. Doane,
Moses Dorman,
Philip Eames,
James Easton, 2d,

Lilley Eaton,
Homer Ely,
William T. Eustis,
A. G. Farwell,

Aaron Foster,
Samuel P. Fowler,
Wanton C. Gilbert,

Joel Giles,

Jason Goulding,

Messrs. John C. Gray,

Artemas Hale,

A. B. Hammond,

George Hayward,

Charles Heard,
Samuel Henry,
Henry Hersey,
George S. Hillard,
William Hinsdale,
Samuel Houghton,
William J. Hubbard,
William Hunt,
Asahel Huntington,
Samuel A. Hurlburt,

Samuel Jacksɔn,
William James,

John Jenkins,

Samuel H. Jenks,

Giles C. Kellogg,
Martin R. Kellogg,
Joseph Knight,
George H. Kuhn,
John S. Ladd,

Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr.,

Isaac Livermore,

Otis P. Lord,

Samuel K. Lothrop,.
Samuel P. Loud,
William P. Marble,

Seth Miller, Jr.,
Samuel Mixter,
Joseph B. Morss,

Daniel Noyes,

Nathan Orcutt,

Messrs. James W. Paige,

Those who voted in the negative are:—

Messrs. Alfred A. Abbott,

Shubael P. Adams,

James B. Allen,

Joel C. Allen,

Parsons Allen,
John B. Alley,
D. W. Alvord,
George Austin,
Hillel Baker,
Alvah Ballard,
George S. Ball,

Alpheus Bancroft,
Marcus Barrett,
Eliakim A. Bates,
Moses Bates, Jr.,

Erasmus D. Beach,

John Beal,

John G. Park,

Adolphus G. Parker,
Joel Parker,

Samuel D. Parker,
Thomas A. Parsons,
George Peabody,
William C. Plunkett,
Jeremiah Pomroy,
James Read,
Sampson Reed,
George R. Sampson,
John Sargent,
William Schouler,
Charles Sherman,

John Sherrill,
John S. Sleeper,
John Souther,
Charles G. Stevens,

J. Thomas Stevenson,
William Stutson,
Thomas Talbot,

Ralph Taylor,

Charles W. Upham,
George B. Upton,
Samuel B. Walcott,
Samuel Walker,

Cyrus Weeks,

William F. Wheeler,

Benjamin White,

Joel Wilder,
John H. Wilkins,
Milo Wilson,

Josiah B. Woods.

Messrs. William Bennett, Jr.,

Zephaniah Bennett,
Edward B. Bigelow,
Francis W. Bird,

Gad O. Bliss,

William S. Booth,
Sewell Boutwell,

William J. A. Bradford,
Hiram N. Breed,
Asa Bronson,

Adolphus F. Brown,

Alpheus R. Brown,
Artemas Brown,
Hammond Brown,

Hiram C. Brown,

Joseph Brownell,

Patrick Bryant,

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