, 1870-04-16

rum pairing their .aa1a Of ine tzxes under yMt-
men upon This question, and he h&d never met
one th5t did not acknouledSe i wrong In principle
and dangerous In practice. This section Wks not
vent my simnsf lex3siauon id future. He read
fsuza oplnions Of nc suTren1e OouEt g show that
this tpectes Of Legislation Nas liable 70 great
abuses, and cla.med that T. Thereon becAmc the
duty Of snas body 10 provide against 1t fur The
Ir. wAsHBuRx offered an amendment 70 he
section, that ahall nut rcfea1 or anecs Tue valid;
tt Of Auy law heretofore PASSED by the Gelt1al
Assembly Of tbs State
Scye!al sptak.En maintained thRt such psost
eton Il This amendment hAd no business u the
constitution, md It WAS re{ected,.-aJes y noes
motion to su4ke oct the section, and II WAS To
The scction : Is then adopted as follows:
Sec. g. The Legislature shall hare no power to
Ieleise o. discna!Es auJ COUNTY, city, township,
thereof OF property therein. from 1hetr proportion
ate sh.fc of ta1es to be iev!ed for Ssase PURPOSES
nor hhan corumutatton for zach ta1es be author
Lied tn any form wh2teye1.
Section Wa then adopsed as follows:
SEE. .: AL taxes Ies!ed for State purposes shall
Section 10, which provides thss ali appropr,a-
tens Of State revenue thau be from the revenue
tund IN Eeneral cnnt1ined IN the SsAtc Treasury,
particular locality or district, OF any designated
property OF source Of revenue, shall erer be nAfc,
Nas stricken out, on motion Of Nj. ROSS, BY vote
Tho committee then rose aud reported the
revenue article to he convention
The convention then vent Into Committee Of
the Whole and took up the reports OF the Commit
tee on the Right Of Suffrage. There an three re-
portA, na1orty tnd TWO minority. The natortt!
osssf 1eis :fssa = sdaSIa dn5Is Z T.
mntton van nare N Trcnn.firr fte - ~ sor.
ton. LOST
The committee thcu rose, reported the article to
the convcnuon, md asfed tts Adoption
Gle, The question being On section /, Waien q a.
follow:
SECTION l. Every peIson Who ia N elector
In this State Oh The lst da{. Of A1t1, A. D 1ssA
and eFefI male citizen Of ne Qntted 9tAt0 aboT1
ne age Of II yeAfd WHO sa1N hava resided fn the
State one year, and In tho election district sixty
days next preceding any election, shall be entitled
70 Eote ot M anGh = election.
NJ EASDEFESTER moved 70 strike out the
"9!a n nae Eoss[ayes' u; na{sr "a
present constitusen ne substituted for the report
o. me sommH'ee- LAID On the t4ale-ayes, 81; /;
Ar. AED1IL moTed 70 str!ke out the wo1d
saxtJ' and insert thirty" - that the sections
Mi ,l read ".th''J days ne1f proceeding any elec-
Nj MEDILL stated hls reason for fnyo,tnr tna
amendment
Mr. DEMENT, onpoaetI the Amendment
Nr FEI3IISU mnyed tn inser. ninety DIM IN
stead Of thiyty liaTx
Iii. MCCOY advocated Mr.. Me.lIll,a 1ueudrnens-
4 dtrisinn of ihe H. n91es{tnn Was ea,1at FIR
Nj. DEMENT, mnrrd thsr rhe amrndnent 1oss bo r.
bled, CaTIeL W -
section. mi ever ma1e nrrrnn oi the nn,Ta6
States aboye liz acc Of 81 1earz VIM shs'i
nave resided in The Stale nnr frsr, mi in '4 fna
election shail be entitled tS 5ote At sucb eec.ton
Eciccteas '@''~N ~ ''<s o. '1@" e'esSson'
III HAT moved an amendmen. By aiding AFTER
the county sixty u ta5s ~ nd u &c ELECTION ct district
A n,rtinn IN tahlr hta arnerdrnent vat Iost
III. ROSS moycti to afueni NJ, unSs n;nena.
mcnt by substituting ninety days III he county.
This was ACCEPTED b. Mr. iiAy and hts a1tpdment
vas then adopted 49,
Mr. CODY offered N amendment to the effect
that every mafc tnhabltant IN mis- Slate at the
time Of the adoption Of this constitution Of proper
age who AhR1l have resided, In the STATE one year
II The county ninety day.t md IL the election d.
tr1ct Thirty days shal Be- entitled to rotc.
This amendment was disguised Ut sotue lenRth
IiY, HIcE. MERRIAM. sad otae1Ia AS''
Deforr tatfn0 ynte H.he conycnfions sa.1tonr,a3
until o'clock + n. ''~'*
AFTERSooS Session.
pcaesan,,,,.n hH :, sepfK19E p!p5, AE1Ie
cody amendment resumed
.nl. hoSo, u FulLon, lofc1biy buppo3Ied tae
tae same 6oleeuoh 10 DETERMINATIONS In favor Of
NJ GooDMrE opposed l. It ignored The &C
1naintance with the language or form Of govern
1nrnI MI p7-xro,- =. c,,.,.
NJ AEDILL opposed i enetKctieally. To adopt
.ats moa.o 1s 70 oHnR tae coAssNotaun INTO Just
SohntIasbt, Anu Noain oven tne aoG1 10 lofetHnet8
wv IVY . nna nos ssAeA tne prsie4e: ue SPOKE Mn
se! w1sh ,ns aRrEohatton Of !oreignent
v ,nst1'n .,,a ta ~ ., 1nieua tas 3e " q
words, "eyerJ person Who, prior to January I.
AQspf P4&L IEa A4CAtAt tl