The question recurred upon the amendment offered by Mr. Hatha

way, of Freetown, in the morning session;

And it was rejected. Mr. WILSON, of Natick, moved to amend by striking out the third and fourth Resolves, and inserting in their place the following:

Resolved, That the Constitution be so amended as to provide that in all elections of representatives to the general court, when no election is effected on the first trial, the meetings may be adjourned, from time to time, until the meeting of the legislature to which the said representatives are to be chosen, provided that no one adjournment shall be for a longer time than six days.

The amendment was rejected by a vote of fifty-nine in the affirmative, to one hundred and forty-five in the negative.

Mr. ALLEN, of Worcester, moved to amend by striking out the third Resolve.

Mr. STETSON, of Braintree, moved the Previous Question; which was ordered.

Mr. Allen's amendment was then rejected.

The question being upon ordering the Resolves to a second reading, a call was made for a division of the question,

And the first Resolve was adopted by a vote of one hundred and forty in the affirmative, to ninety in the negative.

The second Resolve was then adopted.

Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, called for the yeas and nays upon the adoption of the third Resolve; but the call was not sustained by one-fifth of the members.

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth Resolves were then adopted;
And so the Resolves were ordered to a second reading.

At six o'clock, on motion of Mr. DUNCAN, of Williamstown,
The Convention adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, July 20, 1853.

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

On motion of Mr. BREED, of Lynn, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day.

The following subjects were passed over, viz. :—

The motion to reconsider the vote by which the Resolve concerning the incorporation of new towns, was indefinitely postponed.

The Resolves on the subject of the Judiciary; and

The Resolve on the subject of Harvard College.

The next subject was the Resolve concerning general constitutional provisions for the creation of corporations.

After debate, Mr. WATERS, of Millbury, moved the Previous Question, which was ordered.

And the Resolve was finally passed, as follows:

Resolved, That it is expedient to incorporate into the Constitution a provision, that corporations shall not be created by special act, when the object of the incorporation shall be attainable under general laws.

On motion of Mr. KNOWLTON, of Worcester, the Convention took up the Resolves on the subject of the judiciary, previously passed

over.

Mr. KNOWLTON offered the following amendment, viz. :—

Strike out all of the last Resolve, after the word "Resolved," and insert the following:

That it is expedient so to amend the Constitution, that all judicial officers, except those concerning whom a different provision shall be made in the Constitution, shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, for the term of seven years; that they may be reappointed at the expiration of such term; and that all such nominations shall be made at least seven days before such appointment.

Mr. DANA, member for Manchester, moved that the amendment be laid upon the table; but afterwards withdrew the motion. Without taking the question upon the Resolves, At one o'clock, the Convention adjourned.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Met according to adjournment.

Mr. CUSHMAN, of Bernardston, offered a Resolve, intended as an amendment to the Resolves on the subject of the election of justices of the peace.

Ordered to be printed.

Mr. FAY, of Southborough, from the Committee on Leave of Absence, submitted a Report, granting leave of absence to Mr. Norton, of Tisbury, for the remainder of the session.

The Report was considered and accepted.

The Convention resumed the consideration of the Orders of the Day.

Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River, moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Knowlton, by striking out all after the word "that" in the second line, and inserting instead thereof, the words :

All vacancies occasioned by death, resignation, or other cause, among the judges of the supreme judicial court, shall be filled by an election at large throughout the State, for a term of

years, so arranged that two shall not be elected at the same time for the same term of years.

Resolved, That it is expedient so to revise the Constitution, as to require that provision shall be made, by law, for the election of all the judges and justices of inferior courts, in districts, for a term of years; and that so long as the court of common pleas shall continue as at present constituted, the judges thereof shall be elected in districts for a term of years, so arranged that only one shall be elected in any one year, unless it shall be to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term, and the judge whose term of service is first to expire, shall be the chief justice of said court, till such expiration, so that each shall in turn be, successively, the chief justice.

After debate, Mr. ADAMS, of Lowell, moved the Previous Question. On motion of Mr. TRAIN, of Framingham, the yeas and nays were ordered upon the motion for the Previous Question.

Mr. Adams afterwards withdrew his motion.

During the debate upon the motion for the Previous Question, Mr. LORD, of Salem, asked and obtained leave to make a personal explanation.

On motion of Mr. ADAMS, of Lowell, the Orders of the Day were laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. FROTHINGHAM, of Charlestown,

Ordered, That the question upon the Resolves on the subject of the judiciary, be taken at eleven o'clock to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. FROTHINGHAM, the Orders of the Day were laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. BREED, of Lynn, the yeas and nays were ordered upon the adoption of Mr. Hooper's amendment.

At six o'clock, on motion of Mr. SCHOULER, of Boston,

The Convention adjourned.

THURSDAY, July 21, 1853.

Met according to adjournment. In the absence of the President, the Convention was called to order by William S. Robinson, one of the Secretaries. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.

On motion of Mr. RANTOUL, of Beverly,

Ordered, That the Convention proceed to the election of a President pro tempore, by nomination.

Mr. RANTOUL then nominated Mr. Wilson, of Natick, to be President pro tempore.

And this motion was unanimously agreed to.

Messrs. Briggs, of Pittsfield, and Boutwell, member for Berlin, were requested to conduct Mr. WILSON to the chair; which they did,

And the President pro tempore announced his acceptance of this office, and entered upon its duties.

The Journal of yesterday was then read.

Mr. TYLER, of Pawtucket, offered the following Order, which, pending an amendment offered by Mr. Earle, of Worcester, was laid over:

Ordered, That the Committee on Reporting and Printing, be instructed to append to the published Debates and Proceedings of the Convention, Poole's Statistical View of the Delegates thereof, with such additions and improvements as may be deemed expedient by the committee.

On motion of Mr. BOUTWELL, member for Berlin,

Ordered, That the Committee appointed to reduce amendments to form, have leave to report in print.

On motion of the same gentleman,

Ordered, That the adjournment of the forenoon session hereafter take place at two o'clock.

On motion of the same gentleman, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day.

The first subject was the Resolves on the judiciary, and the pending question was upon the amendment of Mr. Hooper to the amendment of Mr. Knowlton.

After debate, on motion of Mr. BARTLETT, of Boston, sustained by a vote of one hundred and twenty-three in the affirmative, to sixtyone in the negative,

The Orders of the Day were laid upon the table.