Manner of Voting, Amendments of the Constitution and its Enrolment, in articles 9, 10 and 11 of chapter 6.

Mr. MORTON, of Fairhaven, offered an Order for the appointment of a committee of seven, to take into consideration the course to be adopted for reporting the proceedings of the Convention, and for publishing the same; which Order was adopted.

Mr. WILSON, of Natick, offered the following Resolutions, which, upon his motion, were referred to the Committee on the proper mode of proceeding to the Revision of the Constitution :—

1. Resolved, That the Preamble and Bill of Rights, the Frame of Government and article 7 of chapter 6, concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

2. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to the Right of Suffrage, and also the subject of the Ballot, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

3. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to the legislative power, the Senate and the House of Representatives, be referred to a committee of one from each county, to consider and report thereon.

4. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor, and the Council, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

5. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Sheriffs, Coroners, Registers of Probate, and Notaries Public, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

6. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to the Judiciary, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

7. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to the University at Cambridge, and to the Encouragement of Literature, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

8. Resolved, That so much of the Constitution as relates to Oaths and Subscriptions, Incompatibility of and Exclusion from Office, Pecuniary Qualifications, Commissions, Writs, Confirmation of Laws, the Enacting Style, and Amendments of the Constitution, be referred to a committee of nine, to consider and report thereon.

Mr. WALKER, of North Brookfield, offered an Order, which was adopted, for the appointment of a committee of five, to ascertain and

report whether a suitable hall and committee-rooms can be obtained. for the use of the Convention.

The PRESIDENT appointed the committee, as follows: Messrs. Walker, of North Brookfield, Bartlett, of Boston, Knowlton, of Worcester, Morton, of Andover, and Abbott, of Danvers.

Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, offered an Order, which was laid over under the rule of the Convention, until to-morrow, providing for the appointment of a committee of five, with authority to select and employ Reporters for the Convention.

On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester,

Ordered, That when the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet again on Thursday, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.

Afterwards, Mr. HALE, of Bridgewater, moved a reconsideration of the vote adopting the Order, but the motion to reconsider was rejected. Mr. KNOWLTON, of Worcester, presented the memorial of Leonard M. Parker, with a copy of the record of the town of Shirley, relating to the choice of Delegate in that town.

Laid upon the table.

Mr. WILSON, of Natick, offered an Order, that the Secretary of the Convention be directed to furnish, for the use of the members, five hundred copies of the Report of the Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1820.

Laid over under the rule.

On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester,

Ordered, That a Committee on Elections be appointed, consisting of seven members, to consider and report upon the qualifications of members of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. KEYES, member for Abington, the Secretary was directed to furnish to the several members of the Convention, during its sittings, such newspapers, published in the Commonwealth, as they may select, not exceeding three per diem.

On motion of Mr. CUSHMAN, of Bernardston, Thursday, at twelve o'clock, was assigned as the hour for the choice of a Chaplain.

On motion of Mr. BRONSON, of Fall River, the Convention adjourned.

THURSDAY, May 5, 1853.

Met according to adjournment. The Journal of yesterday was read. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. BLAGDEN, of Boston, a member of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. GOURGAS, of Concord,

Ordered, That a committee of five be appointed, to consider and report what measures it is desirable for the Convention to adopt, to preserve and perpetuate its records.

On motion of Mr. BATES, of Plymouth,

Ordered, That the committee to whom was referred the credentials of members, be directed to ascertain what towns are represented, and report to the Convention the several towns where vacancies are known to exist, and the number of Delegates to which those towns are entitled.

The PRESIDENT read, for the information of the Convention, a communication which he had received from Benjamin Stevens, Esq., enclosing a joint Order of both branches of the legislature, by which he was directed to make all suitable provisions for the accommodation of the Convention, and to act in his capacity of Sergeant-atArms, until the Convention shall otherwise provide.

The PRESIDENT also read a communication from Hon. Henry Wilson, announcing that he had been elected a Delegate to the Convention from the town of Berlin, and also from the town of Natick, and asking leave to decline the position assigned to him by the town of Berlin.

On motion of Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River,

Ordered, That the members be authorized to select copies of the Reports of the Transactions of this Convention, in lieu of an equal number of papers authorized by the Order of yesterday, at the option of the members.

The PRESIDENT announced the appointment of the following gentlemen, to constitute the Committee upon Elections, viz. :

Messrs. Abbott, of Lowell, Williams, of Taunton, Plunkett, of Adams, Dehon, of Boston, Simmons, of Hanover, White, of Quincy, and Ladd, of Cambridge.

The PRESIDENT also announced the appointment of the following gentlemen, to constitute the committee under the Order offered yesterday, by Mr. Morton, of Fairhaven, in relation to the proper course

to be adopted for reporting and publishing the Proceedings of the Convention, viz. :

Messrs. Hallett, member for Wilbraham, Hale, of Boston, Sleeper, of Roxbury, Schouler, of Boston, Gourgas, of Concord, Bates, of Plymouth, and Greene, of Brookfield.

The same gentlemen were appointed the committee under the Order offered by Mr. Hallett, upon the same subject, which Order was taken up and adopted.

On motion of Mr. KNOWLTON, of Worcester, the Memorial of Leonard M. Parker, concerning the election of Delegate in the town of Shirley, was taken from the table and referred to the Committee on Elections.

The Order offered yesterday by Mr. Wilson, of Natick, and laid over, directing the Secretary to furnish, for the use of the members, five hundred copies of the Report of the Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, was adopted.

On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester,

Ordered, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be requested to send to the Convention the Credentials of the members thereof, with a list of the members, and that they be referred, when received, to the Committee on Elections.

The PRESIDENT appointed Mr. Brown, of Dracut, a member of the Committee upon Credentials, in place of Mr. Banks, of Waltham.

Mr. WALKER, of North Brookfield, from the committee appointed to ascertain whether a suitable hall and committee-rooms can be obtained for the use of the Convention, submitted a Report, closing with a recommendation that the hall of the Lowell Institute be occupied by the Convention, either temporarily or permanently, as may deemed expedient.

Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, moved that the Report be laid upon the table, but the motion was rejected.

On motion of Mr. SIMMONS, of Hanover, the rule of the Convention was suspended so as to allow of the immediate consideration of the Report.

Pending the question upon the acceptance of the Report, Mr. THOMAS, Of Weymouth, called for the special assignment, being the election of a Chaplain.

And the President appointed the following gentlemen a committee to receive, sort and count the votes, viz. :—

Messrs. Cushman, of Bernardston, Brinley, of Boston, Graves, of

Lowell, Walker, of Roxbury, Stacy, of Gloucester, and Mason, of Fitchburg.

Afterwards the committee reported as follows:—

On motion of Mr. MORTON, of Fairhaven, the Secretary was directed to inform the Rev. WARREN BURTON that he has been elected Chaplain of the Convention.

The Convention resumed the consideration of the Report on the subject of procuring a hall and committee-rooms; and the question being taken, two hundred and two members voted for the acceptance of the Report, and one hundred and twenty-five members against it. So the Report was accepted.

On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester,

Ordered, That when the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet to-morrow at ten o'clock in the forenoon.

Mr. BARTLETT, of Boston, offered an Order, providing for the appointment of a committee of five to procure the temporary use of the hall of the Lowell Institute for the sittings of the Convention.

At the request of Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, the Order was laid over, a motion made by Mr. BARTLETT, of Boston, for a suspension of the rules, to allow of its immediate consideration, not being sustained by the Convention.