That in the election of all officers required by this Constitution to be chosen by the people, except town officers and representatives to the general court, the person having the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected. In the election of town officers and representatives to the general court, a majority of votes shall be required, unless otherwise provided by the legislature. Mr. BIRD, of Walpole, moved to amend the Resolves, by substituting for the third Resolve, the following: Resolved, That it is expedient so to amend the Constitution, as to provide that a majority of the votes shall be necessary for the election of representatives to the general court, until otherwise provided by law. Mr. Gooch, of Melrose, moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Bird, by adding to it the words: "Provided, that no law on this subject shall take effect until two years after its passage." Mr. ELY, of Westfield, moved the Previous Question, which was ordered, by a vote of one hundred and sixty-one in the affirmative, to forty-four in the negative. The amendment of Mr. Gooch was rejected. On motion of Mr. ABBOTT, of Lowell, the yeas and nays were ordered upon the adoption of Mr. Bird's amendment. And the roll being called, one hundred and eighty-eight members voted for the amendment, and one hundred and sixty-seven against it. So it was adopted. Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Shubael P. Adams, Joel C. Allen, Parsons Allen, Josiah Allis, George Austin, Sidney Bartlett, Moses Bates, Jr., Messrs. William J. A. Bradford, Asa Bronson, Artemas Brown, Hammond Brown, Hiram C. Brown, William Carruthers, Amariah Chandler, J. McKean Churchill, Henry Clark, Messrs. George B. Crane, Oliver S. Cressy, Joseph W. Cross, Henry W. Cushman, Thomas Cushman, Richard H. Dana, Jr., Charles G. Davis, Isaac Davis, Ezekiel W. Fitch, Aaron Foster, Abram Foster, Samuel Fowle, James M. Freeman, Charles A. French, Rodney French, Luther Gale, Johnson Gardner, Elbridge Gates, Wanton C. Gilbert, Elnathan P. Hathaway, Isaac Hayden, Charles C. Hazewell, Ezra Heath, 2d, Jaines Hewes, Messrs. George S. Hillard, Martin Howard, Abraham H. Howland, Henry K. Hoyt, Charles E. Hunt, Charles P. Huntington, Moses C. Hurlbut, John Jacobs, Justin E. Loomis, James M. Moore, Joseph B. Morss, Elbridge G. Morton, Hiram Nash, William Nichols, Joseph E. Ober, Thomas A. Parsons, John Penniman, Noah C. Perkins, Henry Pierce, James M. Pool, Peter Powers, 279 Messrs. Robert Rantoul, Silas Rawson, David Rice, Luther Richards, Daniel Richardson, David S. Ross, Chester Sanderson, John Sherril, William Stevens, Gideon Stiles, Alfred L. Strong, Messrs. Alanson Swain, Arnold Taft, Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Benjamin P. Adams, P. Emory Aldrich, James B. Allen, John B. Alley, Robert Andrews, Alpheus Bancroft, Eliakim A. Bates, William Bennett, Jr., Edward B. Bigelow, Gad O. Bliss, William C. Bliss, Willard Thayer, 2d, Amasa Walker, Ezekiel Wright. Messrs. Chester W. Chapin, Daniel E. Chapin, Josiah Childs, Alpheus B. Clarke, Jacob Coggin, Nathaniel Cogswell, Lansing J. Cole, Charles E. Cook, Henry F. Cooledge, Simeon Crittenden, George W. Crockett, Leander Crosby, Seth Crowell, Francis B. Crowninshield, Joseph Cummings, John Davis, Solomon Davis, Henry L. Dawes, James C. Doane, Francis Brinley, George N. Briggs, Adolphus F. Brown, Frederick Brownell, Rufus Bullock, Cephas C. Bumpus, Timothy W. Carter, Moses Dorman, Peter Easland, Lilley Eaton, Elisha Edwards, Joseph M. Ely, Homer Ely, William T. Eustis, Jason Goulding, John C. Gray, Whiting Griswold, Samuel Henry, Henry Hersey, Levi Heywood, Aaron Hobart, George Hood, Thomas Hopkinson, Samuel H. Jenks, Henry W. Kinsman, Hiram Knight, Joseph Knight, George H. Kuhn, Alden Leland, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Tristram Littlefield, Isaac Livermore, Samuel K. Lothrop, Samuel P. Loud, Theophilus R. Marvin, Seth Miller, Jr., George Morey, Marcus Morton, Charles Newman, Daniel Noyes, Henry K. Oliver, Nathan Orcutt, Charles Osgood, James W. Paige, Eben H. Stacy, Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., J. Thomas Stevenson, Thomas Talbot, Edmund P. Tileston, Horatio W. Tilton, Charles R. Train, David Turner, John S. Tyler, Charles W. Upham, Bradford L. Wales, Samuel Walker, Marshal Warner, Cyrus Weeks, Thomas Wetmore, William F. Wheeler, Benjamin White, George White, Joel Wilder, John H. Wilkins, Messrs. Henry Williams, J. B. Williams, Messrs. Charles C. Wood, Nathaniel Wood. Jonathan B. Winn, On motion of Mr. CROWNINSHIELD, of Boston, the yeas and nays were ordered upon the question of adopting the amendment offered by Mr. Dana. And the roll being called, one hundred and sixty-nine members voted in the affirmative, and one hundred and eighty-eight in the negative. So it was rejected. Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Benjamin P. Adams, P. Emory Aldrich, Robert Andrews, Russel Bartlett, Sidney Bartlett, Erasmus D. Beach, James M. Beebe, Luther V. Bell, William Bennett, Jr., Jacob Bigelow, Gad O. Bliss, William C. Bliss, Milton P. Braman, Hiram N. Breed, Osmyn Brewster, Francis Brinley, George N. Briggs, Rufus Bullock, Cephas C. Bumpus, Anson Burlingame, Timothy W. Carter, Amariah Chandler, Ithamar Conkey, Charles E. Cook, Messrs. Seth Crowell, Francis B. Crowninshield, Joseph Cummings, Richard H. Dana, Jr., John Davis, Solomon Davis, Henry L. Dawes, A. G. Farwell, Charles H. French, Richard Frothingham, Jr., Wanton C. Gilbert, Robert Gould, Dalton Goulding, Jason Goulding, John C. Gray, Whiting Griswold, A. B. Hammond, George Hayward, Charles Heard, |
