The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-04

pOstpOnement. Inc pOStponemenL Was
granted.
GREASE TIE DOORS.
Mr.. LYD1CK offered the following; which
was not entertained:
"Whereas, to the great annoyance of the
President of the Convention, as we'll a:
many of the members thereof, and more
especially to musical ears, cultivated tt
harmony and sweet concord, is the un
earthly screakipg sounds of the ponderou:
hinges on the door of this hall; therefore
be it
"Resolved, That our faithful doorkeepel
be, aud he is hereby, instructed to procure
a sufficient quantity of tar, panada, candy
or anything that, in his experience, viii
quiet their unbearable lamentations and
crying"
ELECTION ORDINANCE.
BLAND offered the following:
"Resolued, That the Committee on Elec'
tive Franchise and Qualifications for Office
be requested to take into consideration the
expediency or inexpedieucy Of reporting
an election ordinance concerning the rati-
fication of the Constitution and for State
and county officers and members of Con-
gress."
PARpoNING POWER.
The morning hour having expired, Mr..
THOMAS moved to postpone the order OF
the dav until he could offer an additional
section to the finance report. Lost.
The report on the pardoning power was
then taken up.
Mr.. MADDOX offered substitute to the
report of the committee; which is as fol-
lows:
"The Governor shall have power to remit
zines and penalties in such cases and under
such rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law; and, except when the
prosecution has been carried on by the
House of Delegates, or the law shall other
wise particularly direct, to grant reprieves
and pardons after conviction, and to CON-
mute capital punishment but he shall
communicate to the General Assembly al
each session the particulars of every case
of fine or penalty RENTED, Of reprieve or
pardon granted, and of punishment COM
muted, with his reasons for remittlng,
granting, or committing the same"
The following is Mr.. MADDox's proposed
substitute:
"The Governor, Justices of Supreme
Court of Appeals, and Attorney General,
or major part of them, of whom the
Governor shall be one, may, upon such
conditions, and with such limitations and
restrictions as they may think proper,
remit fines and forfeitures, commute pun
ishment and grant pardons, after convic-
ton, in all cases except treason and i'm
tn
may be provided by law relative to the
manner or applying for pardons."
The further consideration OF the subject
was postponed, and the report on the
Executive Department was then taken up.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The first section of the report was
adopted as submitted by the committee
after some discussion. 1t is as follows:
"Gouern0r.
81. The chief executive power of this
Commonwealth shall be vested IN 60
vernon. He shall hold the Office for the
term of four years, to commence on the
LIST day of January next succeeding his
election, and be ineligible to the same
Office for the term next succeeding that
for which he was elected, and to any other
office during his term of service"
The second section was adopted, as 1ol-
lows:
so. The Governor shall be elected by
the voters at the times and places OF
choosing members of the General Assem-
bly. Returns of the elections shall be
under seal by the proper OIL
GERS to the Secretary Of the Common
wealth. who shall deliver them to the
Speaker of the House of Delegates on the
first day of the next session of the Gene
raj Assembly. The Speaker Of the House
of Delegates shall, within one week there
after, in the presence of majority of the
Senate and House of Delegates, open the
said returns, and the votes shall then be
counted. The person having the highest
number of votes shall be declared elected ;
but if two or more shall have the highest
and an equal number of votes, one OF
them shall be chosen Governor by the joint
vote of the two houses of the General
Assembly. Contested elections for 10:
vernon shall be decided by like vote, and
the mode Of proceeding in such cases shall
be prescribed by law.
The third section was then read, as
follows:
"3. No person shall be eligible to the
Office of Governor unless he has attained
the age of thirty years, has been a citizen
of the United States twenty years, and has
been q citizen of Virginia for five years
next preceding his election"
MIR. ALLAN moved to amend by striking
out "twenty years" and inserting "ter
years."
Mr.. BowDEN moved to amend by insert.
ing sc the age of twenty-one years" instead
of "thirty years" Decided out of order
Considerable discussion ensued upon
Mr.. ALLAN's amendment.
The previous question was called and
seconded, and sustained.
Mr.. ALLAN's amendment was lost-ayes
10; noes, "a.
The original proposition was then adopt
ed-ayes, 45; noes, 43.
Mr.. CLEMENTS moved the following at
additional to the above:
provided this section shall not be con-
strued to exclude from the Office Of Go.
vernon any person in the United States OF
any Of its territory"
Mr.. E. GIBSON offered the following sub.
stitute:
"The preceding section shall not be con-
strued to render any man eligible to the
Office of Governor of this State unless ne be
q native. born citizen Of the State"
Several points OF order were raised,