Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-12-13

This will be the operation TO greater or
less extent on the small counties
Mr. Broadhead replied, that the gentle
mans proposition was inconsistent with
itself 1t will be seen by making division of
the whole population by the number he pro-
poses for each member, it would give II
members, yet there are 90 counties. Then
said he, it will be seen that representation
will be unequal. As one of the members
from the large counties he would say, they
would submit to nothing else but equal rep
resentaton.
Mr.. Green replied at some length in ia
vor of the one county representation, after
which the convention adjourned till three
o'clock in the afternoon, Mr.. Anderson
having the floor.
The Convention met pursuant TO adj
Ijournment, and Mr.. Anderson spoke in re.
ply TO Mr.. Green, at some length. The
balance of the day. and Friday and Satur-
day was consumed in debating the subject
of representation. The debate is an inter-
esting one, and will be given at some future
day.
Monday morning, debate arose on a
t resolution offered by Mr.. Acock, proposing
, to base representation on free white popu-
ulation, male and female, old and young"
: Some were in favor of basing representa-.
' ton on the QUALIFIED voters"--others on
e permanent citizens it was finally
: agreed ayes SO, noes &c, "that the basis of
f representation should be made upon the
4 free white inhabitants of the State, exclud-
c ing all such as have not become permanent
inhabitants of the particular county where
t the census is taken" The basis upon
e which representation shall be made is thus
e settled.
,. EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Brown offered an amendment to
the 5th section of the article on legislative
power--proposing 10 cause an enumera
l. ton of the census in 1913, and so on every
four years--and the representatives to be
=. proportional according to the number OF
:, inhabitants. Ii was laid on the table at his
;, request.
J. The question of Mr.. Acock's amend
ment then came up.
Mr. Acock amended his amendment by
e general consent, so as to make it read 5000
n free white inhabitants.
Mr. Jones called for a division Of thu
6 question into three parts.
The amendment proposes first to strike
out the second section, and next to strik,
r. out the Sd section, of article Sd in the pres
IF ent constitution, and next to insert hi
N amendment.
The question then came up of strikin!
'' out the second section, Mr. Wells of w.
W OBJ ecting, the vote was taken on the relec
'e ton OF The amendment, and resulted a
le follows, ayes SO, noes 81. The amendment
10 was rejected. and the present section 81
:: far as restricts the number of the hous,
" of representatives to 100, retained.
IL The question then came up on strikin;
out the 3rd section, objections being made
er the vote was taken on its rejection-aye
H. 40, noes 24.
:. So the convention refused to strike GU
;" the Sd section, and the section as it nov
s. stands in the present constitution retained.
0, MIR. McIIenry then offered as an amend
ment, to strike out sections 2, 3, A. 5,
q. and s, and insert the following:
:, Sec. 2. The house of representatives shall
, never exceed rs members.
G. Sec. 3. Representation shall be equa
and uniform in this State, and shall foreve
t. be regulated and ascertaned by the mum
Il, Der of free white inhabitants therein, anc
r so apportioned as to give, as near as posi-
e, bic, TO each free white inhabitant in tn,
:. State, an equal voice in the Legislature
H. thereof.
e. Sec. 4. No person shall be member o
IT. the house of representatives who shall no
= have attained the age Of "a years, VIII
i. shall not be a free white male citizen o
or the United States, who shall not have beef
an inhabitant of this State two years, ant
i of the district which he represents on
< year next before his election, if such dis
trict shall have been so long established
but if not, then Of the district or district
,e from which the same shall have been taken
-, and who shall not have moreover paid
State or county tax.
t. Sec. 4. The general assembly at thei
De first session, and every fourth year there
70 afler shall apportion the number of repre-
II sentatives and senators among the severa
u counties in the follwing manner, to. wit:
~ The State shall be divided into 25 conve
D. nient districts, as nearly equal in the mum
Der of free white inhabitants therein a
N may be, and each of said districts shall bt
ST entitled to elect one senator, and three
:, members of the house of representatives
. prOUided, that when a district shall be com
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