The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-07
The Constitutional Convention.
CHARLESTON, January -.

Legislative Department inquire into the
expediency OF prohibiting the Legl5Ia-
ture from passing a law requiring the
registration ofyoters.
Mr.. Raymond, from the committee
on the Legislative Department made
the following report.
"The committee on the Legislative
Department, to whom was referred a
resolution directing said committee to
inauire into the expediency Of providing
that each county in the State have at
least one delegate in the Legislature,
have had the came under consideration,
and have come TO the conclusion that
| it is inexpedient to provide in the Con.
stitution that each county Of the State
! shall have one delegate in the House OF
! Delegates or Legislature, considering
the very small population OF some OF
the counties as shown by the last United
States census. The committee upon
! said resolution adopted the following, to
wit
RcSolued, That the committee on the
Legislative Department be discharged
from the further consideration OF said
resolution. Aud they respectfully ask
the concurrence OF the Convention
therein.
Mr.. Pate moved to lay the report on
the table.
Not agreed to.
Mr.. Wheat, OF Ohio, moved to recon.
nit.
After spirited discussion, which was
participated in by number of the
members of the Convention,
Mr.. Wilson offered the following as q
substitute for the original motion and
amendment thereto:
ReSohed, That the report olthe com
mittee on the legislative department, on
the subject OF county representation, be
laid on the table and made the order Of
the day for Monday, the 2Oth inst.
Mr.. Wheat called for division; and
the question being upon laying the re-
port on the table, was put and decided
in the affirmative.
Theauestion then being upon making
the report the order OF the day for Mon
day, and being put, the President was
unable 10 decide as to the result, and II
division being called for, the President
appointed Messrs. Brown and johnson,
OF Tyler, 10 count the vote who reported
ayes, 26, noes, 81. So the Convention
decided to lay the report on the table,
but refused to make it the special order
OF the day for Monday.
On motion of Mr. Campbell,
RcSoLvcd, That the committee on the
legislative department be instructed to
inquire into the expediency Of appor.
tioning the representation Of this State
thatthe House OF Delegates be com
posed Of thirty members and the Senate
sixteen.
On motion Of Mr.. Hagans,
Resoired, That the committee on the
Bill OF Rights and Elections inquire into
the expedienCy OF providing to be annu-
ally elected in every township Of the
several counties in this State, by the
voters thereof, fifteen or more jurors,
who shall serve as may be prescrit ed
BY law in turn upon all petit juries
and venires for the trial Of all civil and
criminal cases in the courts Of such
counties respectively.
On motion OF Mr.. Davenport,
Resolved, That the committee on
Legislative Department be instructed to
inquire into the expedency OF incor-
porating into the Constitution the fol.
lowing provision:
On the passage Of every bill or joint
concurrent resolution the vote shall be
taken by yeas and nays and be entered
on the journal, and no bill or joint
and concurrent resolution shall be
passed by either branch without the
affirmative vote of a ajority Of the
members elected thereto.
The vote shall be taken by yeas or
nays, and be entered on the Journal
upon the adoption of amendments pro-
posed by one branch OF this Legislature
TO bills passed by the other.
On motion OF Mr.. Cresswell,
RESOLVED, That the committee on the
Executive Department inquire into the
expediency Of incorporating in the Con
stitution provision that no person who
has been elected 10 the office Of Cover,
nor shall, dhring the term for which be
has been 50 elected, be a candidate for
the Office OF United States Senator.
Mr.. Woods, from the committee on
Bill Of rights and Elections submitted
the following report:
The committee on the Bill Of Rights
and Elections TO which was referred
the resolution Of Mr.. Hagans request.
ing it to inquire into and report upon
the expediency, among other things, OF
reporting provision in the Constitu.
ton making the carrying Of concealed
weapons felony, punishable by impris.
onment in the penitentiary for a period
Of not less than FIVE nor more than
twenty years" have had the same un-
der consideration, and have instructed
me to report that they deem it expedi-
ent to report such 8 provision in the
Constitution.
On motion OF Mr. job nson, Ct Tyler,