The vote was reconsidered, and the question then recurring upon the adoption of the amendment, it was, on motion of Mr. HALLett, amended by substituting the following: Any two of such towns may, by a vote of the majority of the legal voters present at a legal meeting, in each of said towns respectively, called for that purpose, unite together in a district, which shall be entitled to a representative each year; and which shall continue not less than two years, excepting the year in which the valuation of estates is settled. The amendment, as amended, was then adopted. On motion of Mr. ABBOTT, of Lowell, the third Resolve was amended by striking out all after the words "seasonably published," and inserting instead thereof the following:— And in all apportionments after the first, the number which shall entitle any city or town to two, three, four, or more representatives, shall be increased or decreased, in the same proportion as the population of the whole Commonwealth shall have increased or diminished since the last apportionment. Mr. EARLE, of Worcester, moved to amend the first Resolve by adding at the close of the fourth paragraph the word "and"; striking out the fifth and sixth paragraphs; and striking from the seventh paragraph the words "containing over twelve thousand inhabitants," and also the word "twelve." But the amendment was rejected. The question was then stated upon the amendment, offered yesterday by Mr. Hale, of Boston, modified by him, by substituting the words "one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five," for the words "one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four," in the eleventh and twelfth lines. And the roll being called, one hundred and twenty-two members voted for the amendment, and two hundred and forty-four against it. Messrs. George N. Briggs, Asa Bronson, Rufus Bullock, Cephas C. Bumpus, J. McKean Churchill, Francis B. Crowninshield, Joseph Cummings, John Davis, Lilley Eaton, Samuel P. Fowler, Charles H. French, Henry J. Gardner, Joel Giles, Robert Gould, Dalton Goulding, Jason Goulding, Simon Greenleaf, Artemas Hale, Nathan Hale, A. B. Hammond, Elnathan P. Hathaway, George Hayward, Henry Hersey, George S. Hillard, Messrs. George H. Kuhn, John S. Ladd, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Tristram Littlefield, Otis P. Lord, Ralph Taylor, Samuel Walker, Cyrus Weeks, Thomas Wetmore, Jonathan B. Winn. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Shubael P. Adams, Charles Allen, Joel C. Allen, D. W. Alvord, Samuel Ayres, Alvah Ballard, George S. Ball, Alpheus Bancroft, Russel Bartlett, Marcus Barrett, Eliakim A. Bates, William Bennett, Jr., Henry W. Bishop, William S. Booth, George S. Boutwell, Sewell Boutwell, Hiram N. Breed, Adolphus F. Brown, Alpheus R. Brown, Artemas Brown, Hammond Brown, Hiram C. Brown, Frederick Brownell, Joseph Brownell, Patrick Bryant, Asahel Buck, William Carruthers, Daniel E. Chapin, Henry Chapin, Henry Clark, Alpheus B. Clarke, Messrs. George B. Crane, Simeon Crittenden, Joseph W. Cross, Henry W. Cushman, Thomas Cushman, Simeon N. Cutler, Richard H. Dana, Jr., Charles G. Davis, Isaac Davis, Silas Dean, Elijah S. Deming, Peter Easland, Emery Fiske, Ezekiel W. Fitch, Samuel French, Richard Frothingham, Jr., Luther Gale, Johnson Gardner, Elbridge Gates, Wanton C. Gilbert, Washington Gilbert, Charles G. Giles, Leonard Gooding, John W. Graves, Jabez Green, William B. Greene, Josiah W. Griswold, Benjamin F. Hallett, Lyman W. Hapgood, Seth Hapgood, Phineas Harmon, William Haskins, Stephen E. Hawkes, Isaac Hayden, Ezra Heath, 2d, Samuel Henry, James Hewes, William H. Hewes, William Hinsdale, Aaron Hobart, Henry Hobart, Edwin Hobbs, George Hood, Foster Hooper, Hiram Knight, Alden Leland, Abishai Lincoln, Justin E. Loomis, Reuben Meader, Simeon Merritt, William S. Morton, Hiram Nash, Jonathan Nayson, Charles Newman, E. Wing Packer, Nathan Richardson, Elkanah Ring, Jr., Joseph M. Rockwood, Chester Sikes, Samuel W. Spooner, Granville Stevens, Messrs. William Stevens, Gideon Stiles, Alfred L. Strong, Increase Sumner, Orison Underwood, George A. Vinton, Amasa Walker, Andrew H. Ward, Messrs. Marshal Warner, Samuel Warner, Jr., William H. Wood, On motion of Mr. GRAY, of Boston, the yeas and nays were ordered on the final passage of the Resolves. Mr. Wood, of Fitchburg, moved a suspension of the rule requiring that the names of members shall be called in alphabetical order; but the motion was rejected. The roll was then called, and two hundred and thirty-five members voted for the final passage of the Resolves, and one hundred and thirty-one in opposition. Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Shubael P. Adams, Charles Allen, Joel C. Allen, Parsons Allen, Samuel Ayres, Alvah Ballard, Russel Bartlett, Marcus Barrett, Eliakim A. Bates, Moses Bates, Jr., John Beal, William Bennett, Jr., Messrs. Francis W. Bird, Henry W. Bishop, Gad O. Bliss, William S. Booth, George S. Boutwell, Asahel Buck, Anson Burlingame, Henry Cady, William Carruthers, Isaac Case, Amariah Chandler, Daniel E. Chapin, |