The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-06-25

Douglas county" when Mr.. Learnard |
offered the following as substitute !: |
"That the Council concur in the amend
ments of the House, relating to the ap-
portionment, excepting SO much as re-
lates to Douglas county, and amend the
amendment of the House, giving three
delegates to Wyandott county, by giving
said county two delegates" c. j., page
1876, POI.
Feb. 2. "On motion of Mr.. Nash, the
Council refused to concur with the House
in its amendment to Council Bill No. 80,
with reference to the place of holding the
Convention" C. j., page PA.
The same afternoon, the Sec. of the
Council, informed the House of the action
of the Council, when Mr.. Wright moved
to concur in all the Council amendments
except that relating to the place of hold
ing the Convention.
On motion of Mr.. Vale, Mr.. Wright's
motion was amended so as to concur in
all the Council amendments. The
amended motion carried yeas 25, nays 8.
H. j., page 236.
The Bill was then reported back to
the Council. C. ]. page, 222.
Feb. 3. On motion of Mr.. Holiday a
concurrent resolution was passed, direct
ing "that the enrolling clerk of the Coun-
Gil shall be, AMI is hereby required to
correct said error, by inserting in said
seventh section of said Act, the first
Tuesday of December, A. D. 1857 as
the day for the election of officers un
der said Constitution" CD, page 224.
The resolution was reported to the
House for its concurrence in the afternoon
of the same day, and concured in. II. j.,
page 251. The Council, the same day,
passed resolution directing the enrolling
clerk to return to that body, Council Bill
No. So in reference to the Convention.
Nothing further appears in reference to
it till Feb. 18th, when the Governors
Message announced his approval of the
Bill.
The Bill as published in the Statutes
gives Doniphan five instead of four dele.
gates; j efferson one instead of ta0o; Leaven.
worth ten instead of seUsn; Wyandott none
instead of too. 1t also created the seven
teenth district, composed of Weller
Breckenridge and Wise counties, and the
twenty first district, composed of Madi
son, Butler, Hunter, Greenwood, Godfre!
and Wilson counties, instead of creatin.
the counties of Weller, Breckenridge anc
Madison the eighteenth district; the coun
ties of Wise and Butler the nineteenth dis
trict, and the counties of Hunter, Green
wood, Godfrey and Wilson the twenty
third district.
The Convention law as published il
the Statutes, is literal copy of the orig
inal House Bill introduced by Mr.. Rob
erts, and is in every essential particular
the original Council BIZ, with only verba
corrections. Yet it is authenticated b
HuGH s. WALSH, Esq, Secretary o
, State, as true copy of the enrolled la,
on file in his office.
| The Convention law which we pub
. lished in the HERALD OF FREEDOM G
Feb. 18th, was put in type from an exac
9 copy of the Bill which passed bot
9 Houses, the clerk loanjng us the Bill 70
the purpose of copying it. cit was on tn
> outside pages, which must have gone t
press on the 9Th of February. The Gov
ernor, in the interim, had assured us tina
he would approve the Bill on the st
, inst, and we published that as the dat
/ of his approval.
f The original Bill of the Council mus
have been enrolled by the carelessness O
a the clerks, and presented to the officer
of the Council and House for their sig
natures, and by the enrolling cOmmitte
2 and by the Governor for his approval.
! To sum up the matter, tho Legislator
: passed an Act which was never signed b
| the Governor. The presiding officers c
| the Legislature and the Governor signe
a Bill which never passed the House q
/, all.
a The conclusion to which we arrive
F; ineontrorertiJle that the Bill signed by tn
Governor, was either that laid aside
/ the House on the afternoon of Januar
i 3lst (see page 21l of House Journal
: which was never afterwards taken up b
= that body or acted upon in the Council
or else it was the Council Bill in the for1
: in which it passed that body, but which
4 was amended at the same time, Jan. 31s
the House bill was tabled, and was acc
dentally enrolled without the House an
: subsequent Council amendments and ser
: to the Governor for approval. Yet ev
: IDENTIFY it is not the law which Ii
= Legislature intended to pass, and it tn
t, two laws had been presented to him b
$ would have signed that-giving the sea
:, to the Wyandott members, in accordant
with the manifest intention of the Legi
h lature.
i Thank Heaven.
j. Soon after the close of the America
!, Revolution, and the treaty of peace wit
: Great Britain had been signed, Geor: