Secretary of this Convention shall have the power to select said seat or seats for such absent delegate or delegates.

Mr. Bunch offered to amend, by providing that the rules be suspended and "each member retain his present seat." Mr. Street moved to table. Lost.

Mr. George moved to amend, "that members occupy the seats held on yesterday.

Mr. Love moved that the delegates proceed to draw for seats by counties."

Mr. Bunch withdrew his amendment.

Mr. Guyton moved to reconsider the motion whereby the amendment of Mr. Bunch was lost.

On motion of Mr. Powel the motion to reconsider the same was lost.

Mr. Robinson moved to amend by striking out all exceptions in favor of members.

The previous question was ordered and Mr. Street's resolution was adopted.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Regan, of Claiborne:

Resolved, That Hon. J. E. Wheat, the delegate from Pearl River County be seated in the Convention as a member.

Mr. McLaurin, of Rankin, moved that the President appoint a Special Committee of five to inquire into the right of Mr. Wheat, of Pearl River county, to a seat as a delegate in this Convention, and to report the result of their inquiry to the Convention.

Mr. Carter moved to amend, that Pearl River be placed in the hat to draw in the drawing of seats, and that when drawn, Hon. J. E. Wheat be allowed to draw his seat.

The resolution, as amended, was adopted, and the President appointed Messrs. McLaurin, of Rankin; Regan, of Claiborne; Ford, Smith, of Warren, and Chrisman as the Committee.

The following resolution by Mr. Patty was adopted:

Resolved, That the clergymen of the city be and they are hereby invited, by an arrangement among themselves, to open the daily sessions of the Convention with a prayer. The Convention then proceeded to draw for seats by counties.

Mr. Dillard's resolution, providing for the election of E. L. Martin as Convention Printer, was taken up.

Mr. Bell offered the following resolution as a substitute: Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President to inquire into the matter as to whether the Public Printer for the State (elected by the last Legislature) under the law is entitled to do the printing necessary to be done for this Convention, and report their conclusion to this Convention.

Mr. Bell's resolution was withdrawn, and Mr. Boyd, offered

the following as a substitute for the resolution of Mr. Dillard, to-wit:

Resolved, That the Chair appoint a Committee of five members, whose duty it shall be to proceed at once, to receive bids for doing the printing required to be done by this Convention; that said printing shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder; that said committee shall award the contract and require of the party or parties to whom the contract is awarded, a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the President of this Convention, with good and sufficient security conditioned for the faithful performance of said contract; that said committee shall report its action to this Convention as early as practicable..

Mr. Dillard accepted the following amendment by Mr. Sexton as a part of the original resolution:

Provided, that the cost of the printing for this Convention. shall not exceed the price paid for similar work done for the last Legislature of this State.

Mr. Dillard moved to table the substitute of Mr. Boyd, which was done.

Mr. McClurg renewed the motion of Mr. Bell.
Mr. Dillard moved to table, which was lost.
Mr. Blair offered the following amendment:

And if said committee shall determine that the Public Printer-elect is not entitled to do the printing of this Convention, the said committee shall let out the printing of this Convention to the lowest bidder.

Which, on motion of Mr. Dean, was tabled.

The resolution of Mr. McClurg was then adopted.

Messrs. Dillard, Boyd, Harris, George and Simrall were then appointed as such Committee.

Mr. Patty, of the Committee on Rules, offered the following partial report, which was adopted:

The following Committees shall be appointed by the President:

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First A Committee on the Legislative Department, to be composed of twenty-one (21) members.

Second-A Committee on the Judiciary, to be composed of twenty-one (21) members.

Third-A Committee on the Executive Department, to be composed of twenty-one (21) members.

Fourth-A Committee on the Elective Franchise Apportionment and Elections, to be composed of thirty-five (35) members.

Fifth-A Committee on Bill of Rights and General Provisions, to be composed of twenty-one (21) members.

Sixth-A Committee on Temperance and Liquor Traffic, to be composed of fifteen (15) members.

Seventh-A Committee on Printing, to be composed of seven (7) members.

Eighth-A Committee on Militia, to be composed of seven (7) members.

Ninth-A Committee on Education, to be composed of twenty-one (21) members.

Tenth-A Committee on Corporations and Internal Improvements, to be composed of seven (7) members.

Eleventh-A Committee on Contingent Expenses, to be composed of seven (7) members.

Twelfth-A Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment, to be composed of five (5) members.

Mr. Street offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved That a Committee of three be appointed with power to have ventilating blinds put to the windows of the Hall, so that the sash may be temporarily removed and ventilation improved.

Messrs. Street, Dean and Boyd were appointed as such committee.

At 12:45 p.m., on motion of Mr. Dean, the Convention adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.

R. E. WILSON, Secretary.

THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION.

THURSDAY, August 14, 1890.

The Convention was called to order at 10 a.m. by President Calhoun.

Rev. D. A. Little opened the proceedings with prayer. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names:

PRESENT-Mr. President, Abbay, Alcorn, Allen, Arnold. Arrington, Bailey, Baird, Barnett, Bassett, Bell, Binford, Bird, Blair, Boone, Boothe, Boyd, Bunch, Burkitt, Campbell, Carter, Chrisman, Coffey, Dabney, Dean, Denny, Dillard, Donald, Dyer, Edwards, Ervin, Eskridge, Farish, Fearing, Featherston, Ferguson, Fewell, Finley, Fontaine, George, Glass, Gore, Guynes, Guyton, Hamblett, Hamilton, Hannah, Harris, Hart, Hathorn, Henderson of Clay, Henderson of Harrison, Henry, Holland, Hooker, Hudson, Jamison, Johnson, Jones, Keirn, Kennedy, Kittrell, Lacey, Lee of Madison, Lee of Oktibbeha, Lee of Yazoo, Lester, Love, Magruder, Marett,

Martin of Adams, Martin of Alcorn and Prentiss, Mayes, McClurg, McDonald of Benton, McDonnell of Monroe, McGehee of Franklin, McGehee of Wilkinson, McLain of Amite and Pike. McLean of Grenada, McLaurin of Rankin, McLaurin of Sharkey, McLaurin of Smith, McNeily, Melchoir, Mendenhall, Miller. Montgomery, Morgan, Morris, Muldrow, Murff, Noland, Odom, Packwood; Palmer, Patty, Paxton, Potter, Powel, Puryear, Reagan of Leake and Newton, Regan of Claiborne, Reynolds, Rhodes, Richards, Robinson of Rankin, Robinson of Union, Rotenberry, Sexton, Simonton, Simrall, Smith of Jasper. Smith of Warren, Spence, Street, Sullivan, Svkes, Talbot, Taylor, Thompson, Turner, Ward, Watson, Webb, Wilkinson, Winchester, Witherspoon, Wyatt, Yerger. -130.

ABSENT Messrs. Cutrer, Ford, Guerry and Isom-4.
The minutes were read and approved.

The chair made the following announcement of selections made by the Committee on Employees for the Convention, to-wit:

FOR PAGES.

Joseph Evans, Dunbar Holder, Frank Pinson, Johnnie Buck, James Roach, Willis Campbell, Eugene Reber and Willie P. Jack.

FOR PORTERS.

Elias Payne, Fred Crow, James Taylor, Guilford Vaughn and Arnold Franklin.

The President announced the following appointments of

STANDING COMMITTEES.

LEGISLATIVE-Messrs. Street, Magruder, Thompson, Dillard, Henry, Cutrer, Fontaine, Abbay, Mendenhall, Talbot, Pack wood, Glass, Wyatt, McGehee, of Franklin; Kennedy, Boone, Bird, Bunch, Bassett, Ferguson and Gore.

JUDICIARY-Messrs. Harris, Simrall, Featherston, Taylor, Fewell, Chrisman, Smith, of Warren; McLaurin, of Rankin; Ford, McLean, of Grenada; Hooker, Sykes, Blair, Barnett, Campbell, Noland, Lacey, Sexton, Lee, of Madison; Allen and Eskridge.

EXECUTIVE-Messrs. Yerger, Farish, Jones, Henderson, of Harrison; McLaurn, of Sharkey; McLain, of Amite; Kiern, Hamilton, Paxton, Wilkinson, Hart, Baird, Arrington, Arnold, Coffey, Finley, Bailey, Guynes, Hamblett, Kittrell and Turner.

ELECTIVE FRANCHISE, APPORTIONMENT AND ELECTIONSMessrs. Patty, George, Alcorn, Martin, of Adams; Powel, Magruder, Hudson, Burkitt, McLean, of Grenada; Lester, Richards, Allen, Blair. Boyd, McNeily Boothe, Simonton, Dean, McClurg, Hooker, Morgan, Reagan, of Newton; McGehee, of Wilkinson; Carter, Binford, Bell, Street, Harris, Guyton, Puryear, Reynolds, Robinson, of Union; Watson, Regan, of Claiborn; and Montgomery.

BILL OF RIGHTS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS-Messrs. Mayes, Hudson, Dabney. Winchester, Morris, Henderson, of Harrison; Ward, Fearing, McLaurin, of Smith; Dyer, Edwards, Hart, McDonald, of Benton; Gore, Holland, Johnson, Lee, of Yazoo; Odom, Palmer, Rhodes and Webb.

PRINTING-Messrs. McNeily, Boyd, Burkitt, Fewell, Eskridge, Henderson, of Clay; and McClurg.

MILITIA Messrs. W. S. Featherston, of Marshall; J. L. Alcorn, of Coahoma; William T. Martin, of Adams; J. Z. George, from the State-at large; Stephen D. Lee, of Oktibbeha; John M. Simonton, of Lee; and John F. Smith, of Jasper.

EDUCATION-Messrs. Lee, of Oktibbeha; Regan, of Claiborne; Miller, Robinson, of Rankin; Donald, Richards, Isom, Jamison, Spence, Sullivan, Potter, Hannah, Hathorn, Guerry, Martin, of Alcorn; McDonnell, of Monroe; Love, Witherspoon. Murff. Denny and Melchior.

CORPORATION AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS-Messrs. Muldrow, Dabney, Barnett, Bell, McLaurin, of Smith; Guyton and Guynes.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES-Messrs. Dean, Donald, Love, Ervin, Glass, Marett and Rotenberry.

ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT-Messrs. Witherspoon, Denny, Webb, Baird and Ward.

Mr. Muldrow introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the President shall appoint a standing committee on mileage of delegates and compensation of officers and employees, to be composed of five members.

Mr. Dabney moved to amend by inserting after "mileage" the words " per diem."

Mr. Blair moved to table, which was carried.

The question recurring on the resolution of Mr. Muldrow, the same was adopted.

The following by Mr. Blair, was adopted:

Resolved. That the Secretary of State is instructed to furnish each delegate of this Convention with a copy of the Acts of the Legislature of this State, of 1890, and a copy of the Code of 1880 for use during the session of the Convention. The following resolution by Mr. Lee, of Oktibbeha, was adopted:

Resolved, That as agriculture is the leading industry in the State, and needs its fostering care, that the committee