, 1862-03-06
ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL CoavHTIoa,


frayef BY Rev. Mr.. Minor. Minutes of Lat
meeting read and approTed.;,,:'. -.
! A,cALL OF THE HoEsE-MExHERs ABSENT. Z:
NJ hurr moved to reconsider the vote bY
which the Convention refused to concurin tfe
asRoltm as? ne legislative Committee. Adopted,
Mr. Fuller moved call Of the House. Gar.
red; but finally suspended
but hny-s1x members answered to t1leIr
names, which Is rather over than under tl,c
average Of the past three weeks. There have
FOL FOL bsen zee less than nineteen to twenty mem
the. reason. of-this Z: Do members desire to
s91'A fhe efaserquestlons coming up?
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
= section Al and: ame ndments -Herc taken up.
The section is as follows:
+: SEC. u. The General AsaembIy shall have no
power @ M to release Or -extingutsh, in whole or in
any corporation or individual in this State excent
by vote OF two~thists Of al the members elected
10 eacn hoRse OF the General Assembly. -.
,Mr. Edwards offered m amendment to the
above, which, as again amended by Nj. Thorn:
ten, provides that all charters Of corpora-
tons, and special privileges to indiyiduals.
will be subject at any time to amendments,
or repeal by the Legislature. ~~-
This was put and lost by yeas Is, NAYS %.
that oil charters; of corporations should be
subject to repeal and amendment. This was
81: Edwards then moved to amend men that all
laws granting special or exclusive privileges
to Individuals should be subject to repeal or
amendment. THIS WIS adopted
Mr. huhlke offered tile following, which
was adopted:
SEC "A. The General Assembly shall at the arst
session thereof after the adoption Of this Consist
tuition, and from time to time thereafter, as occa
sion may require, pass laws for recurring liens to
mechanics ard other opera,iYes; for work md L.
hoT performed and materials furnished,
Mr. Burns offered section for information,
providing that all laws liking the salaries or
psy Of officers or changing the same should
ne submitted to the people. Itwas referred to:
the Ccnlmittce Oh Rctrenehment and Reform.
Mr- Wentworth offered d section that no
person in default to the SEate OF county, city
OF town, shall be elected to tho General AS
sembiy, OF elected or appointed to any Office.
Tbs waE ferred to the Committee on
Rcrerue, OF which NJ. Wentworth is 1 mem: n
her.
On motion OF Mr.. Anthony the report y:,s
then laid on 1lc table and ordered printed.
scctipn ~ was then taken up II reads:
SEA Il. The General Assembly shah, at its first
sEcE laws will etfectually prohibit free persons
gf COLO. irer1 immi&1ating 10 and settling IN this
s1s1ss state e to- to ef1st1a PEsse9t ths
purpose Ut setting them free. i
Mr. Thornton's amendments 70 this section
were then Tcal read as follows: :
''SEc- No negro OF mulatto shall i,n.1:-ratc or
settle in 1h!s State, after the adoption
- No neS5o OF mnlatto shall have the right
SEC. The General Assembly shall pass alt
laws to carry OUT the provisions Of this
The foregoing shall form separate article. and
as such shall be Submitted separately to the peo-
pic for adoption or rejection, At the same time the
amended Consultation is submitted
Mr.: Anthony moved an amendment proyid-
ipg that the sections be submitted separately,
which Mr. Thornton accepted.
Mr. Singleton offered section as IN amend
ment to 20 into the Constitution, that no ne
gro. mulatto, or person of onc-eiehth
African blood shall hereafter acquire or enjoy
any political right OF residence in this State.
a 1ergfhy debate took place upon this sec
ticn and amendments, during which the
Egyptians propoupded tile most extraordinary
doctrines and principles. They might posi-
biy have done credit to the speakers if VIC
happened to be living it the dark ages, but in
the present day they wcrc simply mon=trous.
After several gentlemen had spoken, the
Convention adjourned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
BANK ARTICLE ADOPTED.
: The bank article was taken up and discussed.
MI: Purple endcayored to have the words
within or" in section 5, stricken ont, SO
that banks within the State harin. charters
By ayes Ii, noes II, the Republicans present m emf
with the exception Of Mr. Wentworth, voting
aye.
Mr. Singleton moved to strike ont section
L Lost by yeas 10, nays f.
Mr- Edwards then read i lengthy speech by
uranimous consent. r. ,"es ,i3rcc+af e,1a;rs+
vested rights generally.
Mr. Purple attempted to insert provision
IN section 5. allowing the banks in this State
who Lad fulfilled the provisions Of their char
ter to receive circulation from the Ar11fifnr IT
vas lost by yeas 1G nays a
n,ot1on ~ strfy.n 80 s..,;.,,, g
by yeas % nrys IS ~ "'s ,~']
The El,ntc .,rtic,o ,ras +hn, ,dont,a IN
Eu tuotloa l1'e AYES "efe 81 and noes g, Us
3o1io"s:
afasIMcsSFs. Ecs & Ahen e Jersey, Brooks Buck
master 6rrr, buIEs. Duff Eadcs Edwards, FicEliu-
fn1er: GTaham. hanna. Jackson. hocpfl: Nc Nee
y, MaEI,1l, , Morgan. Parker, Purple, Reilly. Rich
store n55 sn5!E Of
y all, waters. Mc1ber, Wentworth. Wilson,
aoang: NJ -fres;deht.,iotul. IT.
f;is ASyssssssrs' 73s,s AnshonE Armstrong Barley
fHs ~ h nsinent; nesg, Gae; Joiay1: LS,wEsnes,
e sis, q in3shs, NSMcone1= efne: laodock- fieas-
Tcm,,,c; sioTh; an Thn nlnn,oT neton stevenson
T. @'''' il'''ps'A' A''''0n, "e's'ss-'0'''
tlon to adopt the article, 1t was not adopted
lsl voted no. changed Ills yntc yyh;rI, made
it stand IS yeas to s. naVs
I'm ,r,o<;n. H.. s1.,,-cxe:.,, .1.-
1ne ioitoRW9 is Inc Bank article us 1t w;ts
hha1iy adopted:
ARTICLE K
SEC /. No bauI, or hank ;nrc corpc-.f;oD nor a,r
association or cornorat ian wifh rnwers ~ circr
lation or deposit. or any otLcr bankino n noWnrs
shafI heTasf f. ~ he cSeato3 IN ~; Set
tiCn thaI1 fake efart an h. II for..
as portion Of, and as m amendment tna Tie f:n,
stitution Of this State snd The same sha1l ba snd
remain in force as Euch. unless rejected hT the
,,, +1,u F~N
against the adontion If the same ar nror;dad ~
tits ConFtitutinn ' 49, o'A"e" -
cro rho r-...., ~
no1sr ~ ,asa ~ ~, II Asssmos saal haSc no
p9rsa h ~ psse anE law "nefeoy thc charter OF any
no;c =, ~; s,a ~ PIN H.. wan any o3nklng
pprtcn5ca a - ris ] n.a.e; enaf " res1sed ehistscd
bsrts ha.,i. ~ 80 . 49,, ~ "Aetsue an3 q salo
~; W .gu,a,ieous VI aseoclasion o.
;ht " n:t.es?cs "HGn lney 60 nor possess
noserd =; r.,sa1n - ~ lls s'sse ;ano t9e laws
ecro > ," ~ w L1 snGG i,i i1'Esso3. t
;t.an ~ ~ rtit n.a, Sssh; e1ait; note OF otacr
mnncg op oth,, ranah, 4;1 lyE tae pagmen. o.
iai ~ -. usIea 'auole taln iI1enaed TO cscu-
nnS ho1,1 =; tssueo " OF olaRn On
1;cn ~ - VI aa5 2ssoela-
Mtn.4 .. "lthGuI tnls S13te; OF Less denomina-
s11h IT., 3sa na o. uttered eT paSsed
NJ e1,cb Hi rheci- dft 49, G ~. .. -: 100
sin.t .tInment ~ y "a. dannu;,,% y. tIanktu
dollars ebn11 hn c-aa 80 naIaaT =;
affcr thc ycar fs; "a src he1,i t;ii < a''a sa
drnft mir Mr;tten ~ nrin, "a ;st1,ant n ~ &
uttered oT nssscd IN this sfst pe
SEC. i The Ger eral assemh1,, t,,;s s+.+a aha,
mss nW nosn 1 no o. th,s S1nst
and penalties foT r;oiptinns ef sLt;n I'LL. ~ @
article, as it may deem best calculated to euiorce