Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-12-02
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

MoNDAY,-Nor. l6, 1s46.-Moses M.
Strong, from the select committee on the
subject, reported an apportionmeat Of the
Senators and Members of the House of
Representatives. Twenty-one representa-
tive, and fourteen senatorial districts, with
81 members of the House and 90 Senators,
were the numbers proposed. Racine hav-
ing, in this apportionment, 2 Senators and
I members of the House. Mr.. Reed in
troduced proposition Cor separate sub
mission to the people of an article provl-
ding for General Banking Laws. 1t was
discussed for an hour or two, without any
question being taken. when the article on
the Powers and duties of the Legislature
was taken up and ordered TO third reading.
This article is commercially brief, and con-
tans all that such an article should contain.
Among its provisions are the following:
that no private or local bill, which may be
passed by the legislature. shall embrace
more than one object, and that shall be
expressed in the iitle-that the Legislature
shall never authorize any lottery-,hat but
one system Of town and county government
shall be established-and that the legisla
ture shall direct by law how suits may be
brought against the State. The article on
the Constitution Of the Legislature being
next in order, Moses M. Strong moved to
amend the report of the select commltte by
adding one to the number Of members Of the
House of Representatives. This proposi-
ton was debated till the time of adourn>
ment.
TUEsDAY-Nor l7.-Reed's proposition
for General Banking Law was indefinitely
postponed, on a motion of Moses M. Strong.
by vote of "a 10 IA. Carter and French
were the only delegates from this county
present, who voted against the motion to
postpone. The article on the powers,
duties and restrictions of the Legislature
was finally passed. The article on the
Constitution of the Legislature next came
up. Moses NJ. Strong renewed his motion,
made the day preceding After much dis,
cussion, which occupied the remainder of
The day, the whole subject was referred TO
IA select committee of eleven, and he Con-
ven.ion adjourned.
WEDNEsDAY-Nor. lo.-The articles on
Internal Improvements-Taxaton, Finance
and Public debt-Corporations other than
Muncipal-and Resolutions on the subject
Of Canal Lands the Fox and Wisconsin
improvement lands,as reported by the select
committee, was taken up IN committee OF
Of the whole, and the entire day was con.
sumed in discussing the merits oflhe sever
al propositions contained in the articles
The principal of which was motion TO
strike out all that portion of the art Gle re-
la,ing TO passing general laws for The form
alton Of interpretations, for all purposes ex-
cept for banking purposes; in which Moses
Nj. Strong advocated and Ryan opposed the
motion. Mr.. Tweedy moved TO add TO the
resolution relating to the Milwaukee Canal
Lands, provisions asking Congress to change
the grant so as to make the same part of
the 100000 acres given the Sta e by the
distribution act. and TO reduce the price of
the land TO S % per acre. Carried. Mr.
Baird moved to strike out the resolution re-
IdtlUO ~ tIlc lGluSdi vi AiIC StdHi W. iiht
for the improvement of the Fox and Wis
consin rivers, when Mr.. Doty moved 10
amend the the resolution, so that ii should
provide for the sale Of the lands granted in
the land offices Of the United States at ST.
25, and paying The money TO the treasurer
of the State for the use of The improvement.
Which motion was cd posed by Mr.. Baird,
and defended by MIR. Doty; and it was re-
lected, and the motion Of Mr.. Band pre-
vailed.
TuURsDAy,-Nor. 19.-The articles
considered on "Wednesday in committee Of
the whole, and reported with amendments,
were taken up in Convention. The amend
ments Of the committee were generally
concurred in: when the Convention, in
committee of the whole, took up the article
on the organzation and formation of the
Judiciary. A proposition TO amend the
fist section by making the Senate, excu-
sively, the Court for the trial of impeach-
ments, was adopted A proposition to
strike out so much of the same section as
authorized the establishment of municipal
courts was rejected. The next proposition
made was, to strike out the 4th section and
insert new one providing tina! the circuit
judges shall hold the supreme court, and
that the Judge who tried the cause below
should not sit on the hearing in the supreme
court. This motion, of course, elected
pro,racted discussion. 1t occupied the
attention Of .he Convention 10 the time of
adjournment for The day, and was then IN
decided.
FRIDAY, Nor. 20.-The subject o.
banking came up, on a motion of Mr.. Hicks
10 reconsider the vote by which the article
on Banks and Banking had been adopted.
The previous question was called and sus-
tanned, and on the motion 10 reconsider,
the vote stood So to SO; of the delegates
from this county, Mess:s. Carter, French,
Hall, and Steele, voted in the affirmative,
and Messrs. Bennett, Dickinson, Harkin,
Kellogg, Lowell, Parsons. Ryan, Strong
and Willard in the negative: MIR. Stockwell,
absent. The President having announced
that there was tie, Mr.. Ryan asked:-
'Does not that tie up the Bank Article :"
Mr.. Tweedy replied, "Yes: and it ties the
Constitution by the people" The Presi-