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referred to the special committee, and the Order offered by Mr. KINSMAN was adopted.

On motion of Mr. MORTON, of Fairhaven,

Ordered, That when the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet to-morrow at ten o'clock in the forenoon.

And then, on motion of Mr. HALE, of Bridgewater, the Convention adjourned.

SATURDAY, May 7, 1853.

Met according to adjournment. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain. The Journal of yesterday was read.

Mr. LIVERMORE, of Cambridge, announced that he had been authorized by Edwin P. Whipple, the Superintendent of the Merchants' Exchange Reading-Room, to invite the members to visit that room at their pleasure, during the sittings of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester,

Ordered, That the thanks of the Convention be presented to Mr. Whipple, for the invitation.

The PRESIDENT read a communication from J. T. ROBINSON, announcing his acceptance of the office of Secretary; and, on motion of Mr. GOURGAS, of Concord, the oath of office was administered to him.

The PRESIDENT appointed Mr. Bishop, of Lenox, a member of the committee, to confer with a committee of the House of Representatives, in relation to the use of the hall of the House by the Convention, in place of Mr. Hallett, member for Wilbraham, who declined to

serve.

Mr. BROWN, of Dracut, offered an Order, which was laid over, authorizing the Secretary to furnish each member with a copy of A. S. Barnes & Co.'s edition of the Constitutions of the several States. Mr. NOYES, of Newbury, moved that when the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet at ten o'clock on Monday.

On motion of Mr. WESTON, of Duxbury, sustained by a vote of one hundred and thirty-nine in the affirmative, and ninety-three in the negative, the motion of Mr. Noyes was laid upon the table.

Mr. WESTON then moved to take from the table the Order offered by Mr. Bartlett, of Boston, for the appointment of a committee to procure the use of the hall of the Lowell Institute; and his motion was

agreed to by a vote of one hundred and forty-two in the affirmative, to one hundred and four in the negative.

Mr. THOMPSON, of Charlestown, called for the special assignment, which was the election of Messenger; but on motion of Mr. Gourgas, of Concord, the assignment was laid upon the table.

The question then being upon the adoption of the Order offered by Mr. Bartlett, it was rejected, by a vote of one hundred and eleven in the affirmative, to one hundred and seventy-five in the negative.

On motion of Mr. NOYES, of Newbury, his motion concerning the hour of adjournment was taken from the table. Mr. SIMONDS, of Bedford moved as an amendment, that when the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet at seven o'clock in the afternoon on Monday; but the amendment was rejected, and the motion of Mr. Noyes was then agreed to.

On motion of Mr. WooD, of Fitchburg, the Order concerning the election of Messenger was taken from the table. Mr. CHURCHILL, of Milton, moved that the further consideration of the subject be postponed until Monday, at eleven o'clock; but the motion was rejected, by a vote of one hundred and seven in the affirmative, to one hundred and eighty-nine in the negative.

The PRESIDENT appointed the following gentlemen a committee to receive, sort and count the votes for Messenger, viz.: Messrs. Thompson, of Charlestown, Kuhn, of Boston, Churchill, of Milton, Oliver, of Lawrence, and Griswold, of Buckland. The committee afterwards reported as follows:

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Ordered, That the President be directed to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the appointment of a committee on the part of the Convention, to confer with that body in regard to the occupancy of this hall by the Convention.

On motion of Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River, the Report of the Committee upon Rules and Orders was taken from the table, and amendments were adopted, as follow:

On motion of Mr. HALL, of Haverhill, the word "House," in the first line of the forty-fifth rule was stricken out, and the word “Convention" substituted in its place;

On motion of Mr. SCHOULER, of Boston, the words "and such motion shall be placed first in the Orders of the Day succeeding that on which the motion is made," were inserted after the word "day," in the fourth line of the twenty-fourth rule;

On motion of Mr. GRAY, of Boston, the following was added to the seventh rule-"The names of members shall be called in alphabetical order ";

On motion of the same gentleman, the words, "to suspend any rule," were inserted after the words "lay on the table," in the third line of the eleventh rule;

On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick, the words, "of the majority," were struck out of the second line of the twenty-fourth rule.

Pending the consideration of these amendments, Mr. HUBBARD, of Boston, moved to recommit the twenty-fourth rule to the committee; but the motion was rejected, by a vote of ninety-six in the affirmative to one hundred and thirty-one in the negative.

The Report was then adopted, as follows:

Of the President.

1. The President shall take the chair every day at the hour to which the Convention shall have adjourned; shall call the members to order; and on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read, and proceed to business.

2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members; and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Convention on motion regularly seconded; and no other business shall be in order till the question on the appeal shall have been decided.

3. He shall declare all votes; but if any member doubts a vote, the President shall order a return of the number voting in the affirmative, and in the negative, without any further debate upon the question. When a vote is doubted, the members for or against the question, when called by the President, shall rise and stand uncovered till they are counted.

4. He shall rise to put a question, or to address the Convention, but may read sitting.

5. In all cases the President may vote.

6. When the Convention shall determine to go into Committee of the Whole, the President shall appoint the member who shall take the chair.

7. On all questions and motions whatsoever, the President shall take the sense of the Convention by yeas and nays, provided one-fifth of

the members present shall so require. When the yeas and nays are taken, no member shall be allowed to vote, who shall have entered the Convention after the calling of the roll is finished. The names of members shall be called in alphabetical order.

8. He shall propound all questions, in the order in which they are moved, unless the subsequent motion be previous in its nature; except that, in naming sums and fixing times, the largest sum and the longest time shall be put first.

9. After a motion is stated or read by the President, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Convention, and shall be disposed of by vote of the Convention; but the mover may withdraw it at any time before a decision or amendment, except a motion to reconsider, which shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it could be originally made.

10. When a question is under debate the President shall receive no motion, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged.

11. He shall consider a motion to adjourn as always in order; and that motion, and the motions to lay on the table, to take up from the table, to suspend any rule, and for the yeas and nays, shall be decided without debate.

12. He shall put the previous question in the following form: "Shall the main question be now put?"—and all debate upon the main question shall be suspended until the previous question shall be decided. After the adoption of the previous question, the sense of the Convention shall forthwith be taken upon amendments reported by a committee, upon pending amendments, and then upon the main question.

13. On the previous question no member shall speak more than once without leave; and all incidental questions of order, arising after a motion is made for the previous question, shall be decided without debate, excepting on appeal, and on such appeal, no member shall be allowed to speak more than once without leave of the House. 14. When two or more members happen to rise at once, the President shall name the member who is first to speak.

15. All committees shall be appointed and announced by the President, unless otherwise specially directed by the Convention.

16. The President shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.

17. The President shall have the general direction of the hall of the Convention, and of the galleries. No person excepting members, officers, and attendants of the Convention, and such persons as may be invited by the Convention, or by the President, shall be admitted within the bar of the Convention. The chairman of each Committee of the Whole, during the sitting of such committee, shall have the like power of preserving order in the hall and in the galleries.

Of Absence of President.

18. In case the President shall be absent at the hour to which the Convention was adjourned, the Secretary shall call the Convention to order, and shall preside until a President pro tempore shall be elected, which shall be the first business of the Convention.

Of Members.

19. A seat shall be assigned to each member in such manner as the Convention shall determine, which shall not be changed without leave of the President.

20. No member in debate shall mention a member then present by his name, but may describe him by the town he represents, the place he sits in, or such other designations as may be intelligible and respectful.

21. Every member when about to speak, shall rise and respectfully address the President, shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality, and shall sit down when he has finished. No member shall speak out of his place without leave of the President.

22. No member speaking shall be interrupted by another, but by rising up to call to order.

23. No member shall speak more than twice on one question, without first obtaining leave of the Convention; nor more than once, until other members, who have not spoken, shall speak, if they desire it.

Of Reconsideration.

24. When a vote has passed, it shall be in order for any member to move for a reconsideration thereof, on the same or the succeeding day, and such motion shall be placed first in the Orders of the Day for the day succeeding that on which the motion is made: a motion to reconsider being rejected shall not be renewed; nor shall any subject be a second time reconsidered: provided, however, that a motion to reconsider a vote, upon any collateral matter, shall not remove the main subject under consideration from before the Convention, but shall be considered at the time when it is made.

25. No member shall be obliged to be on more than two committees at the same time, nor chairman of more than one.

26. No member shall be permitted to stand up, to the interruption of another, while any member is speaking, or to pass unnecessarily between the President of the Convention and the person speaking; nor shall any member be permitted to stand in the alleys during the session of the Convention.

27. Every member shall keep an account of his own attendance and travel, and deliver the same to the committee appointed to make up the pay roll, and on his failure so to do, he shall be omitted from the roll; and no member shall receive pay for any weekday on which he has not actually attended, except in case of sickness.

28. Every member who shall neglect to give his attendance in the

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