The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-08-13

perfrmine the du,ies Of ,,ovrrnor. an rx,r,
sssion shall bs d.emsi ne,rsSary. such OK
tra .es,ion NAV IN, called by uroclama,iou
giving 30 days notice tLeroi. but no sacl
session shall continue longer than 49, ,iays.
Mr.. SIBI.EY oN,.r,i the bl.owin.
amendment, no extra SESSION shall oyt,n,
beyond 20 days."
Mr.. EMMETT offered substitute a. fol
lows Extra sessions Of the Legislator,
may he called rs proyi,h,i in this c.nstjtn
ton, but shall noi extend beyoDd 20 lays.
The chair ruled ti,c substitute out OF order
The amendment proposed by Mr.. -ihlcy wa,
accepted. AMI the section offered 10y Mr.
Brown as a'neDsiei was accep,oi, AMI III
motion Of
MIR. EMIT Tbs sesiion as adopt
'ef was added 10 the LIST section.
MIR McGRORTY movel To amend III,
24th section after the word "citizens Of thu
United States, the words "or who have De
clarel their intention Ia bcoomc citizens
conformably 10 the naturalization laws o'
the United states
Mr.. MURRAY moved 10 strike out the
oath section, Us the same matter woull be
provided for in the article on suffrage The
Chair ruled the motion out Of order.
Mr.. EMMETT moved 10 strike ont oi
oath section, the words "citInns Of tho Uni
ted States. and insert "qnaliEed electors Of
the State
fie thought no distinction should b. made
between the rights 10 vote and 10 hold Of
fee
Mr.. SETTER though, there was a diiii
ence. The Constitution Of the Cui,eJ
States makes distinction and 50 do the
constitutions Of most Of the States Per
sons Of foreign birth should not be allowed
10 bod Office until after sofhcien, residence
TO learn the nature of the government and
the institutions O, the country
Mr. CURTIS. That rule would b. a
higher requisite than has heretofore bcen To-
quir.d in the Territorial l.aglsla,urc.
Mr.. BAKER was in favor Of tree suf
frap.. and a cocxtcp.ivr righ, Of holding
oflice.
Mr.. BECKER. Would not the gentle
man have foreigner, renounc" allegiance 10
foreign POWERS?
Mr.. BAKER. They do 50 in coming
here.
Mr.. SIBIEY was in favor OF striking out
the section. The subicc, and the discussion
is irrelevant here, but would properly come
up in the article on the elective franchise.
A section should hc Incorporated in that ar.
ticlc proyiding that any 1a'iGcd elcc,or shall
be eligible 10 any oflioc in the state. not IN
conflict With the constitution oi the | ntni
States.
Mr.. EMMETT. The qualifications of
Representatives, NJ residents of their DIS
trcts. should h. provided for here, other
wise resident Of Superior m Pembina
might BE- elected 10 represent - Paul
The committee of the whole then ro@c re-.
ported proqn%. and asked lea'c s' al
again.
Mr.. GORMAN submitted report from
the committee on the Executive Depart
mebi
The report was laid on the table, ind on
derei 10 bc printed
Mr.. HoLCOMBE submitted a report
from the committee On the Finance ct the
Statc.
Ordered pr,n,"i.
Mr., MT RRAY submitted report from
the committee on Tho Elective Franchis'.
The report was laid npon the table and
ordered 10 bc printed.
The Convention 'hen "1'ufn'd y" nan
past two O'Clock. r.x "'f
ayTra>oos sEssios.
d, ,,o,ion Of Mr.. AMEs. the Con
ve,,;on went in,o committer of the whole pn
tho renor, nf The rommi,tec ON the Iegi.la
,;yc bc,,y,mcn, Mr. NORRIS In the
ehai,
Mr. kIGAN rrse 10 make n h,w re-
u.rl. mn tho Amendment prt,ns.u,l hy the
Gentleman from :, Paul 10 a..c,iop q. in
,bc Iey;.la.;ve D.nar,mrnt. and had SIT g.
.,v ,ha, he fully apnrnvrd of The views "a.
ken by him. that SENATORS pni Rrprcstn.
taiivcs shall bo citizens 81 tbs nito'l stats
80 n ~ t,.,,n ,ir,b shall La,, .Lrl.r,l
,be;, i,,cr,;ons IN lorou,r saeb
n, NJ-RRAY oarf,l AN atnen,l.neni 70
the pending amendmeni. providing ,hni Sen.
a,frs and Representative sl.all haze r,>,iJ-
I'd .ix nou,hs in the St,,a, ah 20 dan, 10
tie District fram wh.ch they ar. oIfcied
Lou
Mr. CHASE noytsl 20 .i'1ke uut 81 lhs
amendment ali after the wor,i STAT
N, HAkFR .ruks nj lsnvtA Ia fiyar a
the amcnIaen, oH-rsl by him ,h.. uia-n
ing
The ansp,,,ns, r,ro,y.,l b, NJ. tHA-K
IA. ,.,e,,ei
M. .n.rsine,i p,pf.,.,i hy NJ NJ.
GRORTY IN tho morning ras ,isn adoru l.
s,i,u.e fo, tte Is, ~,ction: The Isv'sia'ivs
I,etartusrt shall c,s,sist of a s,4aat. sssi
H.. az Re,~,1sn,.ti,p,.. ub,eh hal in.ei
a, ~. Ssa, of goysrnueui. annuallr. 81
saeh time a. hail h. prescribed ~ law
The compensation oi the member of 'fs
LEGISLATIVE Aa~mbly .l..n te h,sd a. .
siopted
The COMMITTEE thin roe AMI 'pJ-pf''1
II. .fs~saa A. nj ar1