, 1862-03-07
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:lII1Bo1s CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEnTNGa

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On cs, If tn, Han.e sss,z1p 1at a a1s'a 1851
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| Mr. 1hornton's negro Or mulstto. or rather
blnck Law article to the new Constitution,
The srtiele wilEbe found ci IN M letter Of res:
Mr. o1me offered tfc f,,,ow;no ,usn;ren+ !.
To he dtst section on WITH s. enoHo p;1h
ercat ability and fnrce. ~ "NAsn ~ sp'Ae WILL
Nor shall ocr anc,, ,.-sa- 7,o ,.,,os. ;,,. .1..
to Be he'd OF or a.
Nr.,5orton If .,orc.n ,.,s e., .no r,o
ton articIa ~ - W. W. tor ~ 1hok3-
ment IL won1d 1o aoe ~ 'ps a,d a91 sde eaa
'ncgioes and mplattoes, but would not prevent
st,tp ,ri1 36c1o u rom travelling through the
AZ a15er Be, some remarks from Mr. 5oslyn against
~ Waf 9,aeh na LAVE ana me PROPOSED artlcls, Mr.
rrn,a1a ossu " tae Rseslons question, tor; the
puspose o. snaklag III, on DEBATE ngon this inta
n Nous af1lele, nnt 1t was lost BY Is ayes to IS
| nST .Tbe axoe .nd ,,,oe =, ,..
ans ai.n noes on nj Vrnaes rcsol'ltlon
SasNMcssrs a aas ssSoa ~ I a. lonoWs:
BrooEs. Tncsmastcr 4,rp p' RITE eme9f Rnj
Iietn. Manning. McNeely, NORTH Mo1aan n5an Mo1,
ton, Paddock. Parker, Purple, Rely, Richmond;
Ross, Singleton, Smith of sangamon, solomon,
Sa, SS1alns, ste3eas9n. stone. Ianner Thompson,
Wisnn 9ouna lSEse NJ Prea;aan n M4a1 "eooer
NG,.s- MeSsrs antbons r.et1a1. ;,,r,p
childE Feigy Fisnie Gae Jues9R jos9n G9mnoe H.a
renee. MuAlIe, Newcomer, cr,ne, Pieasants' SaeI-
don, Simpson. Stinson, TcmpIe1on Terry, n eicIcv.
"entwnEth-Tota1& H..
] ma lun te4Fenflon the vote to lay this
have 6esn at least fifty: Thus, in Constitu-
| tlona ConEent1on Of The State Of Illinois,
Me7e az al tedst tffH futes IN favor Of aloriAg
| $sase"otle7s % 70 ortnJ Their staccs into The
! 91a'e @ teazoIar7fy. Thus The State Of
101n6s according 70 this tote Is 10 be made TIC
i y7tns H3ga1a1B Jo5 Sfasf tf'6Uac-
II: ehta1, n ~ *Eaeec hd1d ne tcas s't ts1sor
XII to 'aas f47oat9@ nc otate
"Sr1 Tba ntm fret s*asss sa.>+~, oe H.
.dh;i,;. dnS n;ss sseuoa OF NJ Inorntons article,
! ting to fhe stSfc was thcn sdnnfed I ~ ~ ~:
i; 50, noes 26.
J. The second section, excluding negroes from
| the Aght Of suffrage aud holding. office, was
passed, by ayes s., noes T.. The noes were:
! Messrs. Campbell, Dement,, Ferry, Joslya.
| Sheldon, Stinson and Terry.
i The section providing that the General As
+ sembly shall pass all laws to carry out the pro-
| visions Of the act was passed, by ayes ~, 1oes
20: The noes were: Messrs, Anthony, Camp
i bell, Cbi1ds, Dement,, Ferry, Finnie, Gale. Jack
/ son, Joslyn, Lawrence, Muhlke, Newcomer.
| Paddock, PIeasants, Sheldon, .Stinsou, Tem.
| pleton, Terry, WFeigley and Wentworth.
It was mooted question, in private, among
some Of tho members, while the vote was be-
ing taken upon the question Of deptiying ths.
F.; negro Of the right of suffrage, whether tie re-
spectacle colored man Jack, who holds an I'M
| poEtant and necessary Office in the basement.
By appointment Of Els Honor the Secret:1ry
! OF STATE. Is 1cpnyed of f11c sarne hv fh;c rate
He receives an emolumcnt. % amonnt;na mo- to a1s tEe
sum Of five dollars per day, while the Eonycu-
ton is il session. The members receive but
~ teaI. ~ III means !GI Jack 6e removed; But
Pa1,a,'s ~ mng WI II hs place
i tnaps tue oons e4ilon y naa beslcF nave an Or
| ot1ranee Tha Ht;aa ~ s,tns .ne sase.
ane Aution " concur III Inc vote Of the
committee was carried hy ayes Is, noes Is.
an1 tnc aIl1cle was fc1crrcd to the Committee
on hesasson- -. X
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Mr. Starnc, from the Committee On Finance.
brought IN report Of a strictly partizan char
! actcf II taxes the ground That the expendi-
lures mace ler war purposes we're illegal, haV-
ing exceeded the appropriations. The Cover
ren,t t4a9as tJ t1at ~ o. tas case ont tne
wiling to take the expenditures in 1,ana' If II
ffknf fna Ht17r
| ter1naster hcrc had NO money. and that the
| very 81 Coo On which he lived in 9nrin~6c11
| bad to be paid from money belonging to the
I Slate; anu t4at the volunteers would have
oeen III ; = suhe,1n? conoAt1on mad not tile Gov
T,oea anut 1asaesca NV tng means 10 equip thcm
1Gese laets cannot be uenied. But the report
cnalreis en ignores tnem. Tue total expenditures r
t leportea !or var purposes are S4,5l5, ,62l-O4 !;
~ VI Malsn s @ tano y tnese oe more) i to bc
.rrermect What 4hsn ;e ~ 4h;e ~ a. RHr
about ?
The report was ordeaed 10 be published in
the proceedings.
ATrppNooN
! MI. Fuller introduced resolution, that the
9.s Gonnuttce l1. On Congressional Arportionmcnt
~ ~ 4GstlaStsa % ~ " ongg lecastr1c5 me atate
to sor t'enloefs VI LIE aoase OF Representa-
u9Ss: Ta-s r,,o. , w..,.
MeSsis; fu1lcr anu wentworth Advocated
fure viii dn;,,a "a9 so oeoou1'eeo 'ne Aes'Sia-
| The resolution was adontcd 1,r ,rcs az
noes il. 9|~>@ y ~ ~
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t ARTICLE On COUNTIES.
An attsmpt was made to Take up article T,
on counties, bnt failed, as mcmbers interested
were absent. It was made the special order
for Friday next.
t&No WORK NoPAY' DEFEATED.
An otfem,t ,x,s ,codo HI. AZ, Rrr- - .o
vent members wo d;d naf nftcnd from ~ at,n g1s
; LIZ !. nnG sf uio 1ee attIuu, Io11t oia"=
"a ~ snsnaud +ho t,,a a. 'ne eonsenllon
N~N ~ Ie-nu VIZ Aoiea'
rREAABLE TO TIE CONSTITUTION, &c.
Mr. Thornton moved to take I'D the pream.
BILE and boundaries Of the old Constitution
and adopt them in the new. The preamble
was adopted.
eelE1ng the distribution Of the powers Of Gov
e'nnien'' "cfc ''so aaopled"
ARTICLE on sCcs11ss1oS.
Pending discussion on the article provid
ing for the submission Of the Constitution to
the vote Of the people, the Convention i'd
jou1rcd.
PAYING TAXES At ONE PLACE.
A section has been adopted providing thai
| al taxes may be paid to one collector. Con
cernlng this, one Of the Cook county delega
ton received the following letter from you'
city:
"Onc of tue greatest nuisances connected
with city or municipai government is the fac
that it makes double sources Of taxotion.,
don't mean by ibis double the amount: q
course that il Unavoidable: but mcan that \