So the second of said resolutions was not agreed to.

Mr. Dement called for a division of the question on the motion to adopt the third resolution reported by the committee.

And the question being upon the adoption of the first clause of said third resolution it was agreed to.

The question was then put on the motion to adopt the second clause of said third resolution, and it was agreed to.

to.

The question then being on the adoption of the fourth resolution, Mr. Dement moved to lay it on the table; which was not agreed

The fourth resolution of the committee on Printing was then adopted.

The question then recurring upon the motion to adopt the resolutions, as amended, itwas agreed to.

So the resolutions reported by the committee on Printing and Binding, as amended, were adopted.

Mr. Cody offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That in addition to the number of the debates of this Convention already voted, each member be furnished with twenty additional copies of such debates for distribution, under the same restrictions contained in the original Jesolution on the subject, reported by the committee on Printing.

Mr. Haines of Lake offered the following amendment:

Add the following words, "or such number of daily newspapers as each member may wish."

Mr. Wall moved to lay the resolution and amendment on the table; which was agreed to.

So the resolution and amendment were laid on the table.

Mr. Bryan offered the following resolution; which was adopted: Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be directed to correspond with the clerks of the Circuit and Courts of Common Pleas of this State, and ascertain of them the time required, per annum, to transact the business in their several courts, omitting the clerks of the courts of Cook county.

Mr. Bryan offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Future Amendments:

Resolved, First, that the Constitution to be prepared by this Convention shall provide for its amendment by submiting to the people, for their adoption, one section at a time. Second, that the Constitution may be amended by a Convention, to be called by the people; but that no vote shall be taken for the call of a Convention in a general election, and that such vote shall be taken at a special election provided for the occasion, and in which no political question shall be voted

on.

Mr. Wall offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the committee on Bill of Rights, be requested to report to this Convention whether it is expedient to so amend the present Constitution as to permit a law authorizing the taking of private property for the purpose of opening private roads.

Mr. Church moved to amend so as to refer the resolution to the committee on Roads and Internal Navigation; which was agreed to. And the said resolution, as amended, was adopted.

Mr. Turner offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be instructed to procure five hundred (500) copies of a work entitled "Manual for the Constitutional Convention, State of Illinois," with a diagram of the members' seats therein.

Mr. Anderson moved to lay the resolution of Mr. Turner upon the table. Upon which motion, the yeas and nays being demanded by five members,

So the resolution of Mr. Turner was laid upon the table.

The President presented the following communication from the Auditor of State; which was referred to the committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness, and 500 copies ordered to be printed for the use of the members:

STATE OF

SPRINGFIELD, January 8, 1870.

HON. CHARLES HITCHCOCK,

President of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois : SIR:-In compliance with the following resolution adopted by the Constitutional Convention, on the 7th inst.:

"Resolved, That the Auditor of State be requested to communicate to the Convention a statement of the assessed value of the real and personal property of this State for the preceding five years, with the rate of tax levied thereon (including the two mill-tax) each year for State purposes, and the amount of the delinquent tax for each year for the time specified,"

I have the honor to present the following statement:

Mr. Cary offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Printing:

Resolved, That the committee on Printing be directed to ascertain the cost of furnishing eighty-five volumes of the Manual for the Constitutional Convention, and report at the earliest practicable moment.

Mr. Haines of Lake offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That each member be allowed ten newspapers daily, or five weekly, as he may choose, during the sitting of this Convention.

Mr. Merriam moved to lay the resolution of Mr. Haines of Lake on the table; which was agreed to.

Mr. Medill offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That a messenger may be selected by the official reporters, and be assigned them, for the purpose of facilitating the delivery to members, and re-delivery to the reporters, of such manuscript as may, at the close of each day's session, remain unrevised.

Mr. Wright offered the following amendment:

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be authorized to employ I. W. Howard as temporary enrolling clerk, and assign to him such duties as he may deem essential to forward the business of this Convention.

On motion of Mr. Cummings,

The amendment of Mr. Wright was laid on the table.

Mr. Fox moved to lay the original resolution upon the table; which was not agreed to.

Mr. Cummings moved the previous question; which was seconded. And the question being, "Shall the main question be now put!" it was ordered.

And being put, it was decided in the affimative.

So the resolution of Mr. Medill was adopted.

Mr. Underwood offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Legislative Department:

Resolved, That the committee on the Legislative Department insert in the Constitution a provision prohibiting the Legislature from increasing the fees, salary or compensation of any State, county or township officer, elected or appointed in this State, after his election or appointment, for services in his office during the term of his election or appointment, or any part thereof.

Mr. Underwood offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Municipal Corporations:

Resolved, That the committee on Municipal Corporations inquire into the expediency of prohibiting all city, town and township authorities in this State from increasing the fees, salary or compensation of any officer elected or appointed for such city, town or township, after he is elected or appointed, for his services during his term of office or any part thereof.

Mr. Underwood offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Education:

Resolved, That relgion, morality and knowledge, being essential to good gov ernment, it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass suitable general laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship, and by liberal general laws encourage schools, academies, seminaries and colleges. And all donations of land, money or property made by the national government or individuals for educational purposes, and the proceeds thereof, shall be faithfully applied to the objects for which such donations have been or may hereafter be made.

Mr. Cummings, by permission, moved that when this Convention adjourn, it adjourn until Monday next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.; which was agreed to.

Mr. Medill offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Legislative Department:

Members of the General Assembly, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of senator (or representative) according to the best of my ability; and that I have not knowingly or intentionally paid or contributed, or offered, or promised to pay or contribute any money or valuable thing, or made any promise in the nature of a bribe to influence any vote at the election in which I was chosen to fill the said office; and that I will not accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or valuable thing from any corporation, company or person, for any vote I may give or withhold on any bill, resolution or appropriation, or other official act I may perform in the discharge of my duty."

This oath shall be administered by a judge of the Supreme or Circuit Court, in the hall of the house to which the member is elected. And the Secretary of State shall record and file the oath subscribed by each member. Any member who shall refuse to take the oath herein prescribed, shall forfeit his office; and any member who shall be convicted of having sworn falsely, or of violating his oath, shall forfeit his office and be disqualified thereafter from holding any office of profit or trust in this State.

Mr. Medill offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Miscellaneous Corporations:

In all elections for directors or managers of any incorporated company under the laws of this State, every stockholder shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy, for the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many candidates as there are directors or managers to be elected, or to cumulate said shares and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by

his shares of stock, shall equal; or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit, and no by-law or regulation shall deprive any stockholder of this privilege.

Mr. Fuller offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committtee on Future Amendments:

Resolved, That the committee on Future Amendments prepare and report a plan for amending the Constitution substantially as follows:

Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly, and if such amendments shall be agreed to by two-thirds of all the members elect in each of the two houses, such proposed amendments shall be duly published and submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection at the next general election, in such manner as the General Assembly may prescribe. And if a majority of the voters voting at such election shall vote for such amendments, they shall become a part of the Constitution. But the General Assembly shall not have power to propose amendments to more than two articles of the Constitution at the same session.

On motion of Mr. Goodhue,

At 1 o'clock and 10 minutes P. M., the Convention adjourned.

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1870.

The Convention met, pursuant to adjournment.

Prayer by Rev. Mr. Holden.

Journal partially read and approved; when,

On motion of Mr. Vandeventer,

The further reading of the journal was dispensed with.

Mr. Rice asked leave of absence, for this day, for Mr. Atkins; which was granted.

Mr. Haines of Lake presented a communication from K. K. Jones, calling attention to the law in relation to railroad labor and railroad crossings; which was referred to the committee on Township Organization.

Mr. Browning, from the committee on Judiciary, reported the following resolution; which was agreed to:

Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, the hour of adjournment for the Convention shall be 10 o'clock, A. M., of the day next succeeding the adjournment. Mr. Medill presented a communication from the Stonecutters' Association of Chicago; which was referred to the committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings.

Mr. Allen of Crawford reported back to the Convention, from the committee on Legislative Department, the following resolution, and asked that the committee be discharged from its further consideration. And there being no objection, the committee were discharged from the further consideration of the subject:

Resolved, That the Constitution be so amended as to vest the Legislative authority of this State in a single body, to be called the Legislative Assembly, which shall consist of not less than three hundred members, to be elected by the people; and that no person who shall not have obtained the age of twenty-one (21) years, shall be eligible to a seat in the same body.