Francis W. Bird, Gad O. Bliss, William S. Booth, George S. Boutwell, William J. A. Bradford, Hiram N. Breed, Asa Bronson, Adolphus F. Brown, Artemas Brown, Hammond Brown, Frederick Brownell, Joseph Brownell, Daniel E. Chapin, J. McKean Churchill, Stillman Clarke, Joseph W. Cross, Henry W. Cushman,' Samuel Fowle, James M. Freeman, Charles A. French, Rodney French, Samuel French, Luther Gale, Charles G. Giles, Daniel W. Gooch, Leonard Gooding, Jabez Green, Josiah W. Griswold, Whiting Griswold, Henry Hobart, George Hood, Foster Hooper, John Jacobs, Thomas Cushman, Simeon N. Cutler, Richard H. Dana, Jr., John Johnson, Charles G. Davis, Isaac Davis, Robert T. Davis, Gilman Day, Elijah S. Deming, Augustus Denton, Samuel Duncan, Bradish Dunham, John M. Durgin, Philip Eames, John M. Earle, Peter Easland, Elisha Edwards, Sullivan Fay, James K. Fellows, Lyman Fisk, Isaac Kendall, Joseph Kimball, Hiram Knight, Jefferson Knight, Charles L. Knowlton, William H. Knowlton, Albert Knox, Wilber C. Langdon, Luther Lawrence, Job G. Lawton, Jr., Alden Leland, Abishai Lincoln, Otis Little, Tristram Littlefield, Justin E. Loomis, Messrs. Laban Marcy, Abijah P. Marvin, Simeon Merritt, James M. Moore, Marcus Morton, Jr., William S. Morton, Hiram Nash, Jonathan Nayson, John A. Putnam, Luther Richards, Daniel Richardson, Nathan Richardson, Messrs. Chester Sanderson, John W. Simonds, Melzar Sprague, Samuel W. Spooner, Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., William Stevens, David P. Turner, Orison Underwood, Messrs. Lansing J. Cole, Sumner Cole, Ithamar Conkey, Charles E. Cook, John Davis, Lilley Eaton, Homer Ely, A. G. Farwell, Henry J. Gardner, Elbridge Gates, Wanton C. Gilbert, Joel Giles, Robert Gould, Jason Goulding, John C. Gray, Samuel Henry, Henry Hersey, Henry K. Hoyt, Messrs. Asahel Huntington, Samuel A. Hurlburt, John Jenkins, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Isaac Livermore, Otis P. Lord, Samuel K. Lothrop, John A. Lowell, George Morey, Joseph B. Morss, Henry Pierce, Granville Stevens, Increase Sumner, Arnold Taft, John W. Thomas, On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick, the Convention resumed the consideration of the Resolves introduced by Mr. Morton, of Taunton, on the subject of the mode of submitting the question of representation to the people. After debate, on motion of Mr. FAY, of Southborough, the Resolves were laid upon the table. Mr. FAY then submitted a Report from the Committee on Leave of Absence, granting leave of absence, for the remainder of the session, to the following members, viz.: Messrs. Marble, of Charlton, Hoyt of Deerfield, Knowlton, of Holden, Warner, of Stockbridge, Marcy, of Greenwich, Atwood, of Eastham, Cady, of Monson, Tilton, of Chilmark, Allen, of Brimfield, Swain, of Nantucket, Easton, of Nantucket, Turner, of South Hadley, and Hapgood, of Athol. The Report was considered and accepted, and leave of absence granted. At two o'clock, on motion of Mr. HATHAWAY, of Freetown, AFTERNOON SESSION. Met according to adjournment. On motion of Mr. BROWN, of Medway, Ordered, That debate upon the question under consideration previous to the adjournment in the forenoon, shall cease at four o'clock. The Convention resumed the consideration of the Resolve introduced by Mr. Morton, on the subject of the mode of submitting the question of representation to the people. Mr. WILSON, of Natick, moved to amend the proposition of Mr. Morton, by striking out all after the word "Resolved," and inserting instead thereof, the following: That it is expedient so to amend the Constitution as to provide, that the legislature which shall be chosen at the general election in November, 1855, shall be required to divide the State into forty single districts for the choice of senators, such districts to be of contiguous territory, and as equal in the number of qualified voters contained in each district as may be; and also to divide the State into single or double districts for the choice of not less than two hundred and forty, nor more than three hundred and twenty representatives, such districts to be of contiguous territory, and as equal in the number of qualified voters contained in each district as may be, with proper provisions for the redistricting of the State as aforesaid, in the year 1866, and every tenth year thereafter, and with all other provisions necessary for carrying such system of districts into operation; and to submit the same to the people at the general election to be held in the year 1856 for their ratification; and if the same shall be ratified by the people, it shall become part of this Constitution, in place of the provision herein contained for the apportioning of senators and representatives. On motion of Mr. MORTON, of Taunton, the yeas and nays were ordered on the question of adopting the amendment; And the roll being called, two hundred and nine members voted in the affirmative, and one hundred and thirty-eight in the negative. So the amendment was adopted. Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Shubael P. Adams, James B. Allen, Joel C. Allen, Parsons Allen, Hillel Baker, George S. Boutwell, Sewell Boutwell, Hiram N. Breed, Messrs. Asa Bronson, Adolphus F. Brown, Alpheus R. Brown, Hammond Brown, Hiram C. Brown, Amariah Chandler, J. McKean Churchill, Henry Clark, |