Printed by order of the Convention, under the supervision of JOHN SWEGLES, JR., PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION. E PLURIBUS UNUMI TUEBOR SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM LANSING: R. W. INGALS, STATE PRINTER. 1850. JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION. Lansing, Monday, June 3, 1850. Pursuant to the provisions of law, the delegates elected by the people to revise the Constitution of the State, met in convention at the Capitol, at Lansing, at 2 o'clock P. M., and were called to order by the Hon. Charles H. Taylor, Secretary of State, who called the roll of delegates by counties, and the following answered to their names: Allegan―Oka Town. Barry-Joseph W. T. Orr. Berrien-Calvin Britain, Jacob Beeson, Charles W. Whipple. Calhoun-1saac E. Crary, Milo Soule, William V. Morrison, John D. Pierce, Nathan Pierce. Cass-George Redfield, Mitchel Robinson, James Sullivan. Clinton-David Sturgis. Eaton-Charles E. Beardsley, John D. Burns. Genesee-John Bartow, Elbridge G. Gale, Dewitt C. Leach. ་ Jackson-Robert H. Anderson, John L. Butterfield, Jerry G. Cornell, Elisha S. Robinson, Wilbur F. Storey. Kalamazoo-Hezekiah G. Wells, Samuel Clark, Volney Hascall. Kent and Ottawa-Rix Robinson, Thomas B. Church, Timothy Eastman. Lapeer-Noah H. Hart, Jonathan R. White. Lenawee-Addison J. Comstock, Alexander R. Tiffany, Peter R. Adams, Charles Chandler, George C. Harvey, Nelson Green. Livingston-Daniel S. Lee, Robert Crouse, Robert Warden, Jr., Ely Barnard. Michilimackinac-Wm. Norman McLeod. Macomb-Dewitt C. Walker, Charles W. Chapel, Andrew S. Robertson. Monroe-Robert McClelland, Alexander M. Arzeno, Emerson Choate, Henry B. Marvin. Oakland-James Webster, Alfred H. Hanscom, Seneca Newberry, Jacob Van Valkenburgh, Ebenezer Raynale, Gideon O. Whittemore, William Axford, Zebina M. Mowry, Elias S. Woodman. Saginaw-Jabez G, Sutherland. St. Clair-John Clark. St. Joseph-William Connor, Joseph R. Williams, Edward S. Moore. Van Buren-Isaac W. Willard. Washtenaw-James Kingsley, Elias M. Skinner, Earls P. Gardiner, Daniel Hixon, Morgan O'Brien, William S. Carr, Benjamin W. Wait. Wayne-Daniel Goodwin, Benjamin F. H. Witherell, John Gibson, Ammon Brown, Henry J. Alvord, Henry Fralick, Peter Desnoyers, Henry T. Backus, Joseph H. Bagg, Ebenezer C. Eaton. On motion of Mr. Kingsley, of Washtenaw, Isaac E. Crary, of Calhoun county, was appointed President pro tempore. On motion of Mr. Hanscom, of Oakland county, D. P. Bushnell, of Wayne county, was appointed Secretary pro tempore. On motion of Mr. Raynale, of Oakland county, Diodate Hubbard, of Oakland county, was appointed Sergeant-atArms pro tempore. Mr. Kingsley moved that the Convention proceed to ballot for a President. |