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tion went into committee of the whole ON
the article entitled legislative, with .
Mr.. Steward in the Chair,
NINETEENTH DAY.
Accepting the amendment liking the
pay OF the members of tI" legislature .
striking out "$4 per day and inserting 81
per day" the vote stood: AyCS--AndrcwS, .
Bradshaw, Dcmni-on, Emery, Henry,
Hanna, Larrabec, Lacy ANA Wait. Noes .
-Eldridgc, Gilmore. George. ODclI. |,
Steward and Mr.. President
After further amending the article it
twas adopted and ordered cngroSed tor its /,
third reading.
( Before engroSsing for tli,i reading Mr.,
Emery moved to strike ont the following |
from section $, which provoked consider
able argument.
" In all elections OF representatives, at
ter such division, each qualified elcctor
may cast as many votes for one candidate
as there are representatives to be elected IN
the district, or he may distribute the same
or eqaal parts thereof among the candi- /
dates as he shall see fit: and lllc candidates
| highest in votes shall be elected
| The vote to strike out stood rs follows:
Ayes Bradshaw, Emery. George and
Lacy, Nocs-Andrews, Demi'on, Ed
bridge, Gilmore, Henry. Hanna. LARA
bee, O'Dell, Steward, Wait and MIR. Presl-
dent.
The vote upon Mr.. Eldridge'S amend
ment inserting the following in section $:
But the Legislature may at any time
after the year 1890, adopt the preferential
system in the election of representatives.
and enact such laws as may be necessary
to carry it into effect" The vote resulted
as follows
Ayes-Andrcws. Dennison. Eldridge,
Gilmore. Henry, Hanna. Larrabee. Lacy,
O'Dell, Wait and Mr.. President. Noes
Bradshaw, Emery, George and Steward.
After adopting the amendments as
made, the convention took recess until
hall-past one p. VI.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Mr.. Hanna the convcn-
| tion resolved itself in Il committee of the
whole, Oh the article entitled "AdminiS-
trative." with Mr.. Henry in the Chair.
| At half-past three. on motion of LARA
bee the committee of the whole rose and
reported back to the convention its re-
| port.
adopted and ordered engrossed for its
third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Larrabee the Conven-
tion went into Il committee Of the whole
on the article entitled Officers" with
Mr. Eldridge in the Chair.
TWENTIETH DAY.
On motion of Mr.. O'DeIl the convention
resolve itself into committee of the
whole, and resumed consideration OF the
article entitled Officers"
TwENTY-FIRsT DAY.
On motion the convention resolved it.
self into committee of the whole on the
article entitled Judiciary.' The first
section of the article was amended so rs to
read as follows: The court for trial OF
impeachment shall be composed of the
senate. The house Of representatives shall
have the power of impeaching all civil Of
ticers of the state for corrupt C0nducg in
office, or tor crimes and misdemeanOrs;
but majority of all the members elected
shall concur in an Impeachment. On trial
of an impeachment against the governor,
the chief justice of the supreme court shall
preside. No judicial officer shall exercise
his office after he shall he impcached until
his acquittal. Before the trial OF al i'm
peachment, the members of the court shall
take an oath or affirmation. truly and inn
partially to try the impeachment accord
ing to evidence; and no person shall be
convicted without the concurrence of two
thirds of the members elected. Judgment
in cases of Impeachment, shall not extend
further than removal from office, or re-
moval from office and ratification to
hold any office of honor profit or trust
under the state; but this shall not prevent
the officer from being prosecuted. tried
and punished in the courts according to
law.
The second section was amended so as
to give to the supreme court "a general
experimenting control over all the inferior
courts, under such regulations and limita-
tions as may be prescribed by law
The first part of section four reads: For
the term Of tour years, and thereafter, UNI
ill the legislature shall otherwise provide.
the Judges of the several circuit courts
shall be eX-otlicio judges OF the supreme
court,
This leaves the supreme court in the
same condition as it was before.
All the members Of the committee who
reported this article. stated that they were
unanimously in favor of separate SUI
preme court. but thought they would not
he warranted at the present time in en-
bo6ying it in the constitution.
This standpoint was taken on al econ
omical basis, and after argument the com
mittee refused to amend so as to make a
separate supreme court.
Section eight reads In all causes
submitted in the supreme court, and in all
eases tried by the circuit courts without a
jury. the judgment or decree shall be ell
tered at the same term at which the causes
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