The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-10
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IFron the Boston Daily Advertiser Aug. 81
On tfe dsy OF the adjournment Of the Convention.
the lin inst II was in session. with the exception
q recess at one o'clock 7. NJ. and another ut
seven, oi an hour each, FROM nine O'Clock on No1-
day morning 10 two on Tuesday. During that
period The final act of tie Convention embracing q
summary OF lts lebors from the commencement, was
reported for the first time, forming compact print
cd pamphlet OF forty pages 1t was read over chap.
ter by chapter, discussed Ia many OF its parts and
large number Of questions were taken various pro-
positions, some by yeas and nays, and others by
count No material alterations however, were
nlede from the form CT the original report except
in mere matters OF detail. Al the measures of the
majority were carried by large superiority OF num-
bers.
IL this document, ell The amendments previously
ogreeo on, in resolutions discussed III committee OF
the whole, and twice read and adopted by the Goa
yention, are incorporated methodlcaly With tho
existing constitution embracing all the provisions Of
that instrument and its successive amendments not
superseded, and excluding all parts which are 30
superseded, either by previous amendments, or ~
the resolutions Of the present Convention.
The parts Of the present constitution thus re-
tanned, together with the most important amend.
ments now adopted consisting of fourteen distinct
chapters, and occupying thrtyaight printed pages.
are submitted TO the people for their ratification or
rejection, in a single act A variety of less inn
portant amendments now proposed, to the number
of seven, submitted in distinct propositions, for
acceptance or rejection by the people, by distinct
votes. If accepted, they will be hereafter incorpo-
rated in the Constitution under the heads specified;
ana ftJeCNUt Lley Will Tor tnc iuO5t uhTuiy
be missed and some Of them, If missed, we conceive
not 10 be regretted.
Among the present amendments thus Incorporated
in tie proposition No. I, ere
Ist-One which entirely changes the organization
ard manner of election Of the Senate, making the
members eligible in forty single districts, by plu-
ray OF votes. instead Of being elested in districts
composed Of entire counties, by majority Of votes,
wherever that can be attained but in Of failure
by Joint ballot Of the two branches, from the two
cand Gales for each seat on tho popular ballot. This
amendment was CONQUERED IN by almost general con-
sent
o. It is provided that the council shall be elected
by ire people, one noraber IN each or eight districts.
each council district to be composed Of five oonti.
guous senatorial districts" The members of the
council are TO be styled if the photography Of tho
committee who reported the draft Of the act adopted
is TO be followed not counselors, as heretofore but
councillors"
g. A new organization Of the House Of Represents
tives which is to consist OF four hundred and seven
members, elected annually, and four hundred and
thirty-one elected on the years Of tao valuation q
estates These representatives arc assigned by an
apportionment entirely new, which ne shal explain
| hereafter.
l. There are some important alterations, in regard
TO the majority and plurality OF votes to be required
in elections of a somewhat complex character.
5tI-The principal State officers viz. -Se crctaFy
Of State, Treasurer, Auditor and Attorney General
arc to he chosen by the people.
tenure of judicial appointmen term OF ONCE
OF Judges Of the Supreme, judicial and other courts,
being limited to ten years, lnsIc2a o. penS oWn8
good behavior.
7th--Judges of Probate, Registers Of Probate and
Of Deeds Sherifs District Attornies and Trial Jus
tees, are to be chosen triennially by the people
eth-Thc right of suffrage is opened to every male
citizen twenty one years OF age and upwards, OK.
-cept paupers and persons under guardianship, who
has been a resident in the commonwealth one year.
and in the town in which he may claim right to
vote six nonths-the condition Of payment OF Q
State or county tax being dispensed with.
?tt-Proyision is made for taking the sense OF the
people on the question Of the expedency Of con
vention for new revision OF the constitution, In
1873 and in every twentieth year thereafter. u u
also made the duty Of the Legislature to submit to
the people the question Of convention for revising
the Constitution whenever they shall be requested 90
to do by votes Of the people in towns and cities con-
tanning not less than third part of the qualified
voters.
These are the principal new provisions embraced
in proposition No l. The seven other propositions.
adopted in separate resolves by the convention, re-
lating TO the writ Of habeas corpus; making jurors
Judges of the law in criminal cases; giving to State
creditors the right to recover their claims by suit
abolishng imprisonment for debt except in cases OF
fraud; prohibiting the appropriation Of school mo.
MES to any religious sect, for the maintenance OK
clusively Of its own schools; prohibiting the creation
Of corporations by special acts, when unnecessary
ana requiring the adoption in all banks to be here
! after established, OF the New York system.