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CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENTS.

Rcsolrai, by The General .Asscmbly cfhs Slate
Of Missouri, fwo-thvds Of each house concurring
therein, That the following be proposed as amend
mcnts to the Constitution:
5 /. The House of Representatives shall
consist Of members 10 he chosen every second
wear bv the qualified electors of the several
icounties, :pportioned in the following manner,
!to-wit: The ratio Of representation shall be as
certAincd at each apportioning session OF the
Legislature, by dividing the whole number OF
permanent free white inhabitants Of the State,
by the number of one hundred and forty; each
county having said ratio. or less, shall be cntI-
tiled 10 one representative; each county having
said ratio and Il fraction over equal TO three
Ifnurths, shall be entitled TO two representatives;
each county having three times said ratio, shall
be entitled TO three representatives; each county
having four times said ratio and a fraction over
equal TO one half. shall be entitled 10 four rep
rcsentatives, each county having six times said
ratio, shall be entitled 10 five representatives:
each county having eight times said ratio, shall
be entitled TO six representatives.; each county
having ten lines said ratio, shall be entitled TO
seven representatives; each county having thir-
teen times said ratio shall he entitled 10 eight
representatives; each county having fifteen times
said ratio. shall be entitled to nine representa-
Itivcs; each county haXing eighteen times said r-
ito, shall be entitled TO ten representatives.; each
county having twenty-five times said ratio, shall
be entitled TO eleven representatives each coun-
Ity having twenty-iour times said ratio, shall be
entitled TO twelve representatives.; any county
Having more than twenty-four times said ratio,
shall be represented in the same proportion.-
And the General Assembly which shall meet in
the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight and
every fourth year thereafter, shall apportion the
number OF representatives. among the several
counties as herein directed. And the members
of the General Assembly shall receive as COM
.pensation for their services not 10 exceed three
dollars per day for the first sixty days. and al
ter that time not TO exceed one dollar per day
for the remainder Of the session; except at a re-
wishing session they may receive a compensation
not TO exceed three dollars per day for the first
one hundred days, and one dollar per day for the
of the session; but the General As
sembly may allow a greater compensate n to-
The presiding officer Of each house. No county
now established by law shall ever be reduced
by the establishment of new counties TO less
than twenty miles square, nor TO less than five
hundred square miles; nor below the ratio Of
representation then required; nor shall any
county be hereafter established containing less
than five hundred square miles. nor shall any
county hereafter established be entitled 10 sepa-
representation, unless the number of per-
nanent free white inhabitants therein shall, at
The time, be equal TO thrcc-fourths of the ratio
Of representation then being, but may be organ
lied with a smaller number for all other purpo-I
ses, civil and military. The second, fourth.
wenty-fourth, and thirty fourth sections of the
.rt,nI0 oc al, (N.N.Nt.-, ,-. l-I, u |
We do certify that the within and foregoing
proposition TO amend the Constitution of this
house of the General Assembly of the State of
Missouri, and passed by a majority CT two-thirds
of each house.
c. F. JACKSON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
JAMES YOUNG,
President Of the !SnnfN.
Resolred, by the Senate and House Of Represent
futures Of the State Of Missouri, fwo-thiris of
each house concurring therein, That the follow
ing be, and is hereby proposed, as an amendment
TO the Constitution Of this State:
The thirteenth section Of the fifth article of
the Constitution, is hereby abolished, and the fol-
lowing IS adopted In lieu tnereOi: |
ID. The Governor shall nominate, and
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint the judges Of the supreme
and the judges of the circuit courts.
Each judge of the supreme court shall be
appointed for the term of twelve years, and
each judge of the circuit courts shall be
appointed for the term of eight years; and
every appointment to fill a vacancy shall
for the residue of the term only; but, in
all cases, the Judge shall continue in Office
until a successor shall be appointed and
qualified. The judges of the supreme and
circuit courts shall be eligible to r%e-appoint-
The Offices of the several supreme
and circuit judges, shall be vacated on the
first day of March, eighteen hundred and
C.. +. JACKSON,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JAMES YOUNG,
President IF the Senate. |;
Res0Lred, By the Senate and HJuse of
Representatives, That the fifth article Of
ho finnofifuf;oD ho au,oplol L., olJ:.- ALL