Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-18
From the Richmond Hhig Of Thursday, January IA.
THE CONVEN rlON.

detail the proceedings OF yesierday-ano 'ne
readrr-musi be csnten,ed with an Infringement
which presenls little more than the incidents
Of ,hr day.
The question before the House, at the ad
:ournmeoi the day before, was OF adopting the
following article offered by Mr.. Cooke pro
viGing for carrying the new Constitution into
effect which although heretofore published,
we publish again for the sake Of elucidation.
Il. Il shall be the duty of the Executive Department
of the existing government, soon all the returns
required by the twentieth section OF the act OF the Gen.
er.l Assembly entitled Gan act to organize Conven
tinn" shall have been made, If II shall appear that
majority of all the votes gwen is for ratifyng this
amended Constitution, forthwith to make proclamation
of the fact
II And it shall moreover, be the duty ofthe Execu-
tive Department IN and By such proclamation, to CON-
msnd toe Sheriff. and other officers directed by law to
hold sul superintend elections, under penalty of
dollars for filling to obey such command to open polls
in their respective and boroughs,
and in election districts established BY law 10 their
pectiye counties, the first Monday in November,
10 the present year tor the election Of Delegate
Delegates the case may be, to represent the eoun-
ties towns boroughs and districts. respectively, men
TONED and described in the third article Of this Con-
sttuton and Of Senator to represent each Of the
Senatorial Districts described in the fourth article.
ri So soon rs the said election of Delegates and
Senators shall have been made, the previously existing
Senate and House of Delegates elected under the old
Constitution, shall cease to have Constitution.
alexistence.
Nv Should any of the contingencies herein before
mentioned. render Unnecessary proper to convene
General Assembly, after such election shall have been
made and before the time herein after appointed tor
the first annual meeting of The General Assembly under
this amended Constitution, the new General assembly
shali be convened By the Executive Department. hold
ing its power and authority unsr the old Constitution.
". The FIRST regular General Assembly under THIS
amended Constitution, shah and assemble at
the capitol in the City Of Richmond, on the first Mon
day in January, in the year 1881;
vi The powers and duties Of tie Executive De-
partment under the old Constitution, shall cease and
determine, and those Of the Executive Department
under the new Constitution, shall commence. soon
as NAV be after the commencement OF the first regular
session of the General Assembly elected under the
Con tuition
their Offices under N old Constitution, whose
arr not herein provided for shall continue to hold their
Offices under the Constitution by the same tenure,
anil for the time, under the old Constitution
VII All the courts OF Justice now existing in this
Commonwealth shall continue, with the same jurisde-
ton as heretofore, until the said shall have BEEN
modified OF abolished, or the jurisdiction thereof,
modified taken away, by act acts of the Gene
mi Assembly, made under the restrictions and Emts-
tons herein before provided.
Mr.. Cook moved to gil up the blanks, first,
iff for the non performance Of he duties pre-
scrib@ d. second as to The day, when The first
cleo ion for members, Of the new Legislature,
should lake place. The FIRST gave rise - some
conversation. but was finally filled with $4,000.
The iay when The first eeu ion should be held
gave rise to a far her conversation be,wren
Messrs. Cook, Bayiv, Clayton, S'anard, Vena>
bic, Scott aud Randolph, as to the superior
con, euienee Of the mon,hs of Octcb"r aud No
vrmh-r. CHR. Randolph supported Novem
bel. IS thal was he feas Of tn. new Corn-aDd
the people would ferl more Independent when
Corn was plenty, than When they mad it To buy.)
Finally. the Quarterly Courts in November
were de,igna ed for the FIRST election VI a Gen
eral Assembly, under the new constitution Then
on Mr.. Cooke's mo'ioR, the first Monday in
January 1881, was designated as he day Of
meeting OF the frs General Assembly-who
expressed the hope that hat day, insead Of
the frs, Mond.y in December, would be per-
manently adopted for The annual meeting OF
the General Assembly.
The question recurring on adopting Mr..
Cooke amendment as separate article OF the
Con>ti,ution, Mr.. Wilson Iequesied that the
question be- put separately on She several sec
ti"ps
The question recurring on the FIRST section,
MIR J.Suson addr. ssed the Convention.
He said hr WAS under the Impression, tina,
it va. neither necessary nor proper 10 make
any pio,i,ions Tor carrying The new Cons,itu,
ton in f1e,. The &c, Of Assembly, ratified
BY the people, was the charter of our rights.
Tina, oil escribcs that we shall meet and pro-
nose amendments, and this being done, i, fur.
sher ,,r.cribrs the mode in which our work
shsiI be alEed or rejected II he was correct !
ip-,h,sr views l. sppeared 10 him 10 follow Of
course, tina, what we ar now dong, was super.
erroyatiun. (Mr J. here read The Law 10 or
psn,ze q Conven,ion.) A. The act had underta.
taken to prescribe wha, VIE we're TO do-and
the mode in ~h,ch tina, shall be ratified or re- |
i.cwd-he di2 TO, see hat we had any thing !
to Q with this subject. We had no authority
to r. peal he .,t-snn if we had, he thought
the mode Of proceeding prescribed BY Law, sn-
perior 10 tina, article. The saving OF expense,
BY aispsssirg with another session OF the old