New-York tribune., 1867-08-02

State Referred 'i0 00n'roi VI 'ne 'ouiN Vi 'ii'
Mr. BEALS s Bep, Herkimer) called up the following
anat the Commissioners OF the Land CtHce be
REQUESTED to Tenort TO this Ccm.c.,c the numbr of
acres 9 land belonging to the school fund IN
oa tHe report to specify the county in which the lana
was situated the name OF the tract and the several lots
@ Nun t9 number OF acres in each Also, what lots have
svi1' WIN the price OF eaCh and what remains I'M
sold Also how much money has been received into the
treasury from such sales, and how much Is still due upon
TOT lands Also, whether any sales for land under
water have been made whether land under the waters Of
he hudson River under the waters OF the East River
OF under the waters Of the shores of Long Island, or
staten Island under the waters of inland lakes and If
SO, what sums of money have been received for such
whether the money received for lands under water has
been added to the capital Of the school fund
Also what lands belonging to the State whether required
by escheat or otherwise except those bid in by the Com
nssioners for loaning the moneys belonging TO the
act of the Legislatures whether granted to individuals
TO railroads or charitable institutions or for any public
Mr.. E. BROOKS dem, RchmOnd) offered the fol
Resolved That this Convention will adjourn sine die at
- o'clock meridian on Monday, September ., 1867.
Mr.. CHESEBRO Dem, Ontariol offered the following
ReSOred That the Committee on the Bill of Rights be
directed inquire report to this Convention the
proprety of providing that married women shall be en-
dowed with certain amount of the personal estate Of
The report of the Standing Committee on the Organi.
zation OF the legislature up under general orders
notice, suspension Of the rules to enable 6lm to intro
duce resolution for the consideration OF the principal
questions al issue upon the subject previous TO the con-
sideraton of the report in the Committee Of the Whole
Mr.. CoNGER Dem, Rockand inquired whether this
was in accordance with the wishes OF the Committee who
had reported the article to be considered.
Mr.. SHERMAN replied that it was.
Mr.. MERRITT (Rep., ST. Lawrence) had n substitute
for the motion of Mr. Sherman, which he proposed to
Mr.. RATHBUN Rep., Cayuga) was opposed to the
theory Of this proposition. They had the report before
they proceeded with it. They wanted no prior discus
siOns 1t would be "A waste OF time Let them TO work
IKE racuca men, and take hold OF the report now Deole
MIR. SHERMAN had offered the resolution to save time
Cisicn OF the members
The question Of the suspension OF the rules of the
Convention was then put aud lost by vote OF only 20 IN
its favor.
The Convention then went into Committee Of the
tion Of the Legislature Mr. Archer rep, wayne in the
Chair The article providing for the organization OF the
Mr.. MERRITT rep, ST. Lawrencel said that the art
Gle under consideration presented the unanimous con
Legislature, with the exception OF Mr. Merwin's minority
report the number and election OF Assemblymen
By the OF the first section will be seen that any
clector OF the state made eligible to election in either
branch OF the Legislature They believed that the changes
those who made them. The proposed enactment would
give better class Of men in the Legislature than
yenon wT Of s was to bring the Senators nearer to the
people, but in doing this they reduce the STANDARD
of the Senate They proposed appOtiOnment OF the
Assembymen in proportion TO the citizen population OF
the They had thought 1t best 70 make the Sena
torial Districts correspond with the Judicial Districts
This gave the City of NewYork only four Senators ana
than to divide the district This met hearty concur
renee Of all the members OF the Commttee They had
further provided that at the end of ten years the s DIS
trct shall be entitled to such additional Senators as It's
citizen population shall. in proportion, entite it.
divided and this would prevent exact equaliza-
ton Of the representative population s The Rridnn,
made in the Second and Third Districts. The Fourth
bs COMMITTEES Lad @ss It G5 best to Te to the Old
| system Of election Of Assomblymen by counties The
conty Whose interests are Identical with tie district
The change viii make the office honorable and Sc
| nf haffa nf 1glaf
ncressc has been made in the number OF Assem-.
blymen The following counties will gain ASsem6ymen
as follows Allegheny Monroe Kings New York 2,
Westchester, Chenango, Clinton, Orange Steuben suf
folk NewYork gets one additional member by reason OF
tempated would result in honest and capable set
As TO salary they did not think they could offer enough
pay induce a TO come here for the sake OF the
mile Tor mileage and had put limit the duration of
Session, in order TO meet the pecunary needs OF the
member Of the Legislature TO be elected TO Federal
office The question had came up last Winter at the time
OF the election OF Senator when the Democratic mem
bors of the Legislature had shown that they thought the
voting for a member Ms United states senator.
Section was taken mp as follows: The legislative
semby. Any eecOr in the State shall be eligible 10 the
Office Of Senator member Of Assembly"
Mr.. BICKFORD Rep, JefiersOnl moved 20 amend by
sTS The senate shall consist OF So members The
state shall be divided into eight senatorial Districts
There shall be four Senators in each district The Is Dis
be entitled 10 additional Senator. The lid District
shall consist OF the Counties Of Suffolk, Queens, Kings,
| Richmond and Westchester.
Mr.. ERAsTUs BROOKS Dem, Richmond mI , was vas opposed
the whole spirit m and lights ''5 Of d the T people and was alto
| gethef wrong He would show how unusty II affected
his constituents 1t had added to them county West
its political and partisan operation The I'D District as
reported in the last census has 5 S62 inhabitants The
hid District has Hl,OOO population, making differ
Of 10000 people between the two districts TINS
upon the basis Of the voting population the dseTmna ma
ton is odiOus There are 10000 inhabitants IN the ia
/ OF In is a
centage OF difference The idea OF this report IS to save
the lid District II possible 70 the KepnDnfans, of III
State the lid District amounts to 100000 persons Upon
what principle OF justice Is this done ours Is repre-
Constitution OF the United States says that we the
General cannot he disregarded of the electors
Mr. GREELEY ORep, Westchester) would ask whether
this is new rule or an Gid rie'he d'Sion
Mr. BROOKS did not care whether II was an old or a
new rule but upon the basis OF voting population
there unjust discrimination against the sec9ha
District The result OF TINS & rule sh m ak9 oa6Ty ri OF
10000 or 5000, and yet would only nave Is senators
cratic counties the Democratic County OF Wescheser.
that they might always control the higher branch o the
| the second District the County OF westchester
Mr.. GREELEY rep, Westchesterl had an an amendment
from Richmond which he proposed to offer, and would
read as follows:
into Senate districts, whereof each shall contain as
nearly may be- with due regard to the integrity of
each district shall be entitled TO elect three Senators
Each voter may at his discretion repeat twice or thrice
on his ballot for Senator the name OF candidate pro
yided that all the borne thereon, including repe
tions shall not exceed three, and each ballot shall be
counted two or three votes as the may be- for any
candidate whose may be thus repeated The SEN
ators thus chosen shall hold their offices for years,
and any vacancy meantime occurring shah be ted by
election as heretofore On the expiration or the terms OF
! Senators, their places shall be filled as above
SEC g. There shall be a decennia enumeration or cen
people OF this State the year 1875 and in
every tenth year thereafter and the egsatute OF the
year following shall reapporon the state for the choice
Of Senators and OF Assemblymen according TO the pro
visions of this article No county shall be DIVIDED IN inc