Democratic banner., 1847-07-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Rcsolrsd, by the General .AsSemJly of The Sats
of Missouri, fro-ihirds of erch house concurring
therein, Tnat the FLOWING be proposed as amend
ments to the Constitution;
s l. The House of Representatives shall
consist of members TO be chosen every second
year by the qualified electors of the several
counties, apporiioncd in the following mTnncr,
te-wit: The ratio Of representation snail be as-
~certIined at each appoitioring session of the
Legislature, by dividing the whole number of
permanent iree white iml,abitLrts of the State,
by the number O. one hundred and foI tv; each
county having said rata. or less, shall be enti-
fled TO one represent five: each county having
SAID rdt!o and 4 lrJci.oa over equal TO three
fourths, shall be entitled TO Two representatives
each county having three times said ratio, shall
I've entitled TO ti.rcc repreeen' lives; each county
having four times said ratio and i fraction over
equal ~ one hIlG shall be entitled TO four rep
TcientativcS; eec,i county liaS :ng six times said
ra.lo, shtN be entitled to five representatives;
r.ch rOrn;v having eight times spid re:ir, shall
I've entitled TO six represent lives; each county
haviu. ten fines sid r2tio, shall be entitled 10
seven representatives. ch county ha1irg liz
teen tunes said rA;'o shall be entitled 70 eight
representatives.: each coun,y havirg fifteen times.
said ratio. shall be entitled TO nine representa-
lives; each county, haxing eighteen tipes said ra-
ito, shall be emitted TO ten eIentatives; each
county hal ing twenty-five times said ratio, shall
be entitled 10 eleven Representatives: each coun-
ty having twen,y-iour LINES said r@tlo, shall be
entitled 10 twelve rcprese natives; any county
having more III iwent -four times said ratio,
shall be representa- in the same propo. ion
And the Gene-Il Assembly which shall meet in
the wear eighteen hundr"d and forty-eight and
every fourth yc-.r there fter, shall apportion the
number of representatives among the several
counties as herein directed. And the members
of the General Assembly shall receive as CON-
pe~nsation for their serS ices not to exceed three
dollars per dav for the first sixty days, and af-
Ter that time not 10 exceed one dollar per day
for the reminder Of the session; except at are
vising session they may receive a compensation
not TO exceed three dollars per day for the first
one hundred days, end one dollar per day for t,c
remainder of The sessions. but the General As
sembiy may allow a greater compensation to
the presiding officer of each house. No county
now established by law shall ever be reduced
by the establishment of new ~countieN 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 her .fter established containing less
than five hundred square miles, nor shall any
county hereafter established be entitled 10 sepa-
rate representation, unless the number OF per-
g. msnent Tree white inhabitants therein shall, al
the lime, be equal to threc-fourths Of the ratio
Of representation then being, but may be organ
lied with a smaller number ior all other purpo-
ses. civil and military. The second. fourth:
fwenty-fourth, and tbiriy-fohrth sections Of the
third article of the Constitution are hereby abol-
islicd.
We do certify that the within and foregoing
proposition 10 amend the Constitution OF this
Stafe was read oil three several days in each
house of the General Assembly Of The State Of
Missouri, and pissed by a majority Of two|tbird'
of each bouse. .
ar CT. JACKSON,
.,>s< Speaker Of The House of Representatives.
:. JAMES YOUNG,
NJ President Of the Senate.
Resslu4d, by the Senate and House Of Represen'
tatiUes of the Slate Of Missouri, tpo-thirds q
each house corcurrirg therein, That the follow
q ing be, andis hereby proposed, as an amendmen
to the Constitution of this State:
The thirteenth section Of the fifth article o
the Constitution, is hereby abolished, and the fol
lowing is adopted in lieu thereof:
s l3. The Governor shah nominate, ane
by and with the advice and consent of thu
Senate, appoint tbe judges Of the supreme
court. and the judges Of the circuit courts
Each Judge Of the supreme court shall bf
> appointed for the term Of twelve years, AM
each judge of the circuit courts shall b
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