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, William Appleton, William Aspinwall, David C. Atwood, Samuel Ayres, Joseph Barrows, Messrs. Ithamar Conkey, Charles E. Cook, Russell Bartlett, Sidney Bartlett, Cephas C. Bumpus, Rufus Choate, Henry F. Cocledge, Simeon Crittenden, Leander Crosby, Seth Crowell, Joseph Cummings, Wilber Curtis, Moses Dorman, Joel Giles, Jason Goulding, Messrs. John C. Gray, Artemas Hale, A. B. Hammond, George Hayward, Charles Heard, Samuel Henry, Samuel Jackson, Giles C. Kellogg, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Isaac Livermore, Otis P. Lord, Samuel K. Lothrop, Seth Miller, Jr., 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, Alpheus Bancroft, Erasmus D. Beach, John Beal, John G. Park, Adolphus G. Parker, Samuel D. Parker, Charles W. Upham, Cyrus Weeks, William F. Wheeler, Benjamin White, Joel Wilder, Milo Wilson, Josiah B. Woods. Messrs. William Bennett, Jr., Zephaniah Bennett, Gad O. Bliss, William S. Booth, Sewell Boutwell, William J. A. Bradford, Hiram N. Breed, Adolphus F. Brown, Joseph Brownell, Patrick Bryant, Messrs. Asahel Buck, Anson Burlingame, Benjamin F. Butler, William Carruthers, Isaac Case, Amariah Chandler, J. McKean Churchill, Ransom Clark, Alpheus B. Clarke, Oliver S. Cressy, Joseph W. Cross, Henry W. Cushman, Thomas Cushman, Ebenezer Davis, Gilman Day, Silas Dean, Messrs. John W. Graves, Jabez Green, William B. Greene, Josiah W. Griswold, B. F. Hallett, Lyman W. Hapgood, Seth Hapgood, Phineas Harmon, William Haskins, Elnathan P. Hathaway, Stephen E. Hawkes, Ezra Heath, 2d, Aaron Hobart, Henry Hobart, Nathaniel Holder, George Hood, Abraham H. Howland, Henry K. Hoyt, Charles E. Hunt, Charles P. Huntington, Abijah M. Ide, Jr., John Jacobs, John Johnson, J. S. C. Knowlton, Albert Knox, Gardner P. Ladd, Wilber C. Langdon, Job G. Lawton, Jr., Alden Leland, Otis Little, Tristram Littlefield, Abijah P. Marvin, Charles Mason, Simeon Merritt, James L. Monroe, James M. Moore, Elbridge G. Morton, Charles Newman, Messrs. William Nichols, Alfred Norton, Andrew T. Nute, Samuel C. Parsons, Silas Rawson, David Rice, Luther Richards, Daniel Richardson, Amasa Sanderson, Chester Sanderson, Luther Sheldon, Chester Sikes, Perez Simmons, John W. Simonds, Melzar Sprague, Messrs. Samuel W. Spooner, The Order, as adopted, is as follows: Caleb Stetson, Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., Alfred L. Strong, Charles Sumner, Orison Underwood, George A. Virton, Bradford L. Wales, Frederic T. Wallace, Freeland Wallis, Amasa Walker, Marshal Warner, Samuel Warner, Jr., Gershom B. Weston, Daniel S. Whitney, James S. Whitney, J. B. Williams, Henry Wilson, Willard Wilson, Jonathan B. Winn, Charles C. Wood, Nathaniel Wood, Otis Wood, Ezekiel Wright. In Convention, May, 9, 1853. Ordered, That the Secretary be directed, in notifying the town of Berlin, to use substantially the form herewith submitted:— HALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, Boston, May, 1853. } To the Selectmen of Berlin:— GENTLEMEN:-The Hon. Henry Wilson, late Delegate for Berlin, in the Convention for revising the Constitution, having tendered his resignation as such Delegate, which has been accepted by the Con |