Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-03-25
CONSTITUTIONAL CONvEN-.
IEON.
Springfald. Ill. March 9

Springfield. Ill, March 81
A resolution was adopted this morning.
fixing the time for adjournment si,e die vn
Monday at 10 O'Clock.
Wentwnrth's Chicago ordinance was
adopted after an exciting roll call, by the
vote of 90 to 2S.
The schedule was taken up, and the time
fixed for the submission Of the Institution
to the people was changed to the Tuesday
next after the Sd Monday in June. The
Board of CanvaSsers, were reduced FIR m 10
to B, to C, INSIST of Messrs Hacker. President
OF tue COnventipn.l Hatch, the Secre,ay OF
State. and AlexGn Ter Starhe delegate from
Pike. The Board tu meet at Springfield u
the I'd NJ nday in August
The terms OF holding the Surreme Curt
were fixed for Chicago on the lSt Tuesday
Ia November; Ottawa. lst Tuesday, In Nav ::
sSpringf'li. the Tuesday next after tbe 1t
Monday in Januar and at Mt. Vein 10
on the lst Tuesday in July.
The section Irvhibiting fEcers Of The
General Assembly from receiving more paw
than the ntmGers thereof, was stTickt Il
out.
-Four sections were added Ia the schedule.
providing Tor the nppniG tmcnt hy the Prgsi
dent Of the Convention of three Cuuuis-
sIoners, who are to start twenty DAYS n'ter
the adl "urnment Of this Convent, n. toyi.it
the Illinois soldiers in the field and procure
their votes q this CONSTITUTE,
Three other sections were added to the
schedule, providing for the pay and mile.
age OF members Of this Convention aud It's
officers the Auditor refusing TO pay On the
mere resolution of this body
Judge PuryIe's proposition to submit to
tie people the $500 600 ordnance, aud Mr..
tuiier's to submit The amendment t. the
Constitution Of the United States. were
vo.ed down.
a rule was adopted corfniug delegates
hereafter to three minute sperches
One thousand caries IF tie urbal were
ordered 20 be printed. and IS COO copies Of
the Constitution and address i'll psmrElet
form.
The Convention adjourned a. seven
DEL OK to meet al 8 O'Clock this evening.
with the expectation that the adj, nrnmct
SINE die may be had to morrow at 10
O'clock.
Provision will be made for delegates
not present at the adjournment to sign the
Constitution within certain Lumber Of
days.
EVENING SESSION.
A resolution was adopted this evening
ordering twenty five thousand additional
copies OF the AMPLE tcontaning theConsti
tuition and address to be furnished the Con.
vention. to be distributed among the sol.
diers OF Illinois now in the fell.
NJ. Burr, Chairmap Of the Committee r n
the Address, came to the stand to make his
report, but gave way to the Committee on
Revision and Adjournment, who reported
the last and Concluding article nf the
schedule, which was adopted yeas, "a; NAYS.
Is. - 10y :
Mr.. Burr then resumed the reading If
the address, and when 1t was concluded
Mr. Wentworth took his last lock a, the
wildcat banks.
The address was adopted ayes 81, noes
Mr.. Thorntou offered a resolution that
no part OF the schedule be printed with the
y Institution, except that part referring to
soldiers voting
Mr.. Wentworth got in a passion and
moved The previous question. Carried.
aud the resolution was bst-yeas II. NAYS
81