The Arkansas advocate., 1836-01-29

The Counties of Pulaski 2, Saline I, Hot Spring l, making Representatives and Senator.
 The Counties of St Francis 9, Monroe l, Phillips l, making Representatives and 2 Senators.
 The Counties of Union |, Chicot l, Clark 1, making Representatives and l Senator.
 Tine Counties of Jefferson J l, Arkausas 2, making Representatives and l Sena- tor
 The Counties of Crawford 3, Scott |. making Representatives and Senator.
 The Counties of Hampstead ?, Lafay- cite l, making 3 Representatives and Se- nator.
 The Counties of Crit.eHaer 3, MAHississip- pi l, making 3 Representatives and Sen ator.
 The Counties of Miller l, Sevier 1, Pike l, making 3 Representatives and l Sena- tor"
 Both which Reports were laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
 The Report of the Committee on Bounda- ries, being the order of the day, was then ta- ken up, when
 Mr Menefee proposed the following amend sneat: strike out all after the word Missouri in the 9th line of Article l. and insert
 AsThence on direct line to a point on the Arkansas river, where the Eastern Choetaw line strikes the same, thence due South with said Choctaw line to the right bank of Red River, thence with said river to the Mexican boundary line, thence to the northwest cor ner of the State of Louisiana, thence east and with said Louisiana line to the middle Of the main channel of the Mississippi river, thence up aild with the middle of the main channel of said river to the place of begin ming Proeided hoaoeuer, that whenever the Indian title to the land west of the aforesaid western boundary line, and east of the west ern Territorial boundary line, as established by an act of Congress approved May I6, 1924, shall be extingnished thereto, then. and in that event, the line last mentioned shall be the permanent western boundary line of the said State of Arkansas, and not until then.'
 MT Conway moved to amend the amend ment by striking out the proriso: which was agreed to.
 And then the amendment as amended was rejected.
 MT Fowler moved the following amend ment, to be inserted after the 1st Article.
 0f he distribution of rowers.
 ARTICLE IL.
 SEc l. The powers of the Government of the State of Arkansas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of them to be confined to separate body of magistracy to wit those which are Legislative, to one those which are Executive, to anotheri and those which are Judicial, to another.
 SEc. 2. No person, or collection of persons, being of one of those departments, shall ex- ercise any powerproperly belonging to either of the others, except in instances hereafter expressly directed or permitted:
 Which was adopted.
 Mr Fowler moved to amend by striking out the whole preamble, and inserting the follow ing in lieu thereof, to wit:
 ''We, the people of the Territory of Ark ansas, by our Representatives in Convention assembled, at Little Rock, on Monday, the 4th day of January, A. D. 1886, and in the Independence of the United States the Goth year, having the right of admission into the Union as one of the United States of Ameri- ca, consistent with the Federal Constitution, and by virtue of the Treaty of cession by France to the United States, of the Province Of Louisiana, in order to secure to ourselves and our posterity the enjoyment of all the rights of life, liberty and property, and the free pursuit of happiness, do voluntarily agree With each other, to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by tine name anu style Of The State of Arkansas,' and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the Government thereof.'
 Which was adopted, and the Report, as amended, was agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.
 The Report of the Committee on the Judi ciary being under consideration, Mir Lacy moved to amend the 3d line of Sec, ', by striking out :. for the term of six years from the date of their commissions, ? and insert in lieu thereof, by the joint vote of both Hou- ses of the General Assembly and they, [the ladges of the Supreme Court] shall hold their offices during the term of twelve years from the date of their commissions. Immediately after such election by the first General As sembly, the President ofthe Senate and Spea- ker of the House of Representatives shall proceed, by lot, to divide the Judges into three classes the commissions of the first class shall expire at the end of four years of the second class, at the end of eight years and of the third class, at the end of twelve years so that one third of the whole num- Der shall be cnosen every four years
 And the yeas and nays being required, were as folows
 Yeas--Bates, Biscoe, Calvert, Clark of c. Clarke of J. Conway, Cummins, Davies, Bremen, Elliott, Farrelly, Ferebee, Fowler, Kelly, Lacy, Lee, Manly, May, MsKean, M'Lain, Menefee, Ringgold Roane, Saun- ders, Scott, Slayens, Strong, and Wilson of Lafayette-1s.
 Nays-Adams, Ball, Bean, Boon, Brown,