Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-08-02
[FHoM uuR EDITORIAL C0RREspUNDKSr.l
Proceedings " the Constitutional Con
veLtion hUw Ia SessI IN In " ALA
Na.la. y. r.
TUESDAY July 231.

TUESDAY, July Z3i.
Conventi"n met vt 8 A. NJ. Roll call
Journal r'al and approved.
Mr.. Lacy from Committee on conting
ent expenses reported expenses Of F.
Henry, which were all wed.
MIR. L.rrAbee from committee on re.
visio' reported article On Gn ,nce with
out amcn'lmcnt.
Mr.. Ire rge from speeial committee
-" printing institution reported Prop,
sition Of price at which l,0JJ or 5000
c'pies c'uld be printed Peniin. II
rema,ion nrderin. 5000 copies to be
piated, the subject matter WAS laid up
on the table.
The article on SC .edulc was then read
a third time AMI put upon it's iraI p,:
SAGE. The vote was as follows: Ayes
Andrews, Bradshaw, Eldrid.e, Lar.
,abee, Steward and Mr.. Presi,!rnt-i;
y hes -Deani>on. Gilmore. Geory
Hanna. lacy, 0 lei AL Watt. Ab
sent-!ienry anl Emery =. 50 tn
article i.,l.d to pass.
Mr.. Odell up leave introduced II
schedule, which WIS the one Just rrjec
ted exc'nl ag the f'lnwia Ian .u,g:
In the event th,, the G n .ress 81
h uni'e Stucs shall desi snate in tn.
lct of admission the present ,unlarie,
1T the Territory OF Wa-hiugto, as tn.
'nu"dni~s If ,his State, we The pe"pl,
Of s,id Territory by our dele rates i,
c"vcn'i'n assembled, Do hereby as,en
thereto.
On mo'ion the rules were su.ren le
and tn, sche iule as in'r, iurei c,nsii
4 cred aud reii first aud second time.
Mr. Bradshaw then proposed as u,
amendment to r'insert the words s,rick
en- ont as above quo'ed. On this mend
ment the vote stood: Ayes--Andrews
Bradshaw Earldse, Larrabee, S,ewar,
and W. Pre- ilent-6. n es-Den,i
srn, Gilmore George, Ilanna. Lacy
O'dell and Watt. Absent Henr,
and Emery 2. So the amendment wa,
,st.
The rules were then further suspend
cd aud the schedule was put upon il
third reading, reading dispensed Will
by full consent aud the article passet
by the following vote: Ayes -Denni
son, Gilmore. George. Hanna. 'Lacv
O'Iell and Watt. Noes Andrews
Bradshaw, Eldridge. I.arrabee, S,ewar,
aud Mr. presideut-6. Absent
Henry and Emery.
The article on miscellaneous was the
t,ker mp aud considered, aud on speca
leave the committee on contingent ex
prnses rep'r'ei bill Of Emery for ex
oen>es in going TO and from cnnvcntiri
which was allowed. Then the articl,
on misce lAneons vas considered I'll
recess which at IL N. was taken. till .
p. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
Convention met at hour and resumed
misceilaneo Several new section
were offered as amendments and adop
ted. aud several were offered and rejvc
ted, one of which latter was offered b,
| Mr.. Lsrrabee, limiting the quantity o
land which any one man or corporation
could own and hold in the State to GA
tacres, The article was then ordered t
be engrossed FIR third reading.
| The article on separate articles wa
then taken up, read third time an
passed, each article separately.
The convention then adj 'urned.
WEDNESDAY July 2+th.
/ Convention met at A. NJ. Roll cal
Journal read aud approved.
Mr.. Dennison from committee No.
reported resolutions to be annexed I
the c institution, which report was lai
upon the table.
/ Mr.. Larrabee from committee on re
vision reported certain verbal amend
ments to article on corporations whic
were adopted.
/ Mr.. Larrabce moved that this COZ
vcntion adjourn sine die one Saturds
the 9th Of July, 1878, which vas ca,
ried.