ther considering the Resolves on the subject of the secretary, treasurer, &c., and the President requested Mr. Griswold, member for ke the chair.

Afterwards, Mr. GRISWOLD reported the Resolves to the Convention, with amendments, as follow:

In the first line of the third Resolve, after the words "judges of probate," insert the words, " shall be elected once in six years, and.” In the third line of the same Resolve, strike out the words "county treasurers," and in the fourth line, after the word "triennially," insert the words, "and county treasurers annually."

The first amendment was agreed to.

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

Mr. WILKINS, of Boston, moved further to amend the third Resolve, by adding, after the words "county treasurers" in the third line, the words, "except the treasurers of the counties of Suffolk and Nantucket."

The amendment was agreed to, by a vote of sixty-six in the affirmative and fifty-nine in the negative.

The Resolves were then ordered to a second reading.

On motion of Mr. GRISWOLD, member for Erving,

Ordered, That Tuesday next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be assigned for the consideration of the Majority and Minority Reports on the subject of the House of Representatives.

Mr. FAY, of Southborough, from the Committee on Leave of Absence, submitted a Report, granting leave of absence to Mr. Cummings, of Ware, for ten days.

The Report was accepted, and leave of absence granted.

At twenty minutes past six o'clock, on motion of Mr. OLIVER, of Lawrence,

The Convention adjourned.

SATURDAY, June 11, 1853.

Met according to adjournment. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain. The Journal of yesterday was read. On motion of Mr. WHITNEY, of Boylston,

Ordered, That the Committee on Oaths and Subscriptions, &c., consider the propriety of permitting persons who have conscientious

scruples against the taking of human life, either as punishment for crime, in war, or self-defence, to act under the Constitution without taking the oath or affirmation ordinarily required.

On motion of Mr. BRADFORD, of Essex,

Ordered, That the Committee on the subject of the Secretary, Treasurer, &c., inquire into the expediency of incorporating into the Constitution a provision that every person holding office in or under the State government, shall retire therefrom at the expiration of six years of service, and shall be ineligible thereto for a like period of six years.

Mr. WILSON, of Natick, offered the following Order:

Ordered, That the several committees be instructed to make their final reports on or before Wednesday, the twenty-second instant.

Laid over, under the rule.

On motion of Mr. JAMES, of South Scituate, the Special Committee on the subject of Elections by Plurality, were directed to report on or before Wednesday next.

The Order offered yesterday, by Mr. Griswold, concerning the time of meeting in the morning, was taken up.

Mr. BLISS, of Hatfield, demanded the yeas and nays on the question of adopting the Order, but the demand was not sustained by onefifth of the members.

Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River, moved to amend the Order by substituting the hour of half past nine for the hour of nine.

A motion to lay the Order on the table, was rejected.

Mr. SCHOULER, of Boston, moved the Previous Question, which was ordered.

The amendment of Mr. Hooper was then rejected,
The Order was adopted.

On motion of Mr. HALE, of Bridgewater,

and

Ordered, That when the Convention adjourns this forenoon, it adjourn to meet again on Monday, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.

Mr. OLIVER, of Lawrence, moved that the Standing Order of the Convention, providing for an adjournment of the forenoon session at one o'clock, be modified by substituting half past one o'clock.

On motion of Mr. STETSON, of Braintree, the motion was laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. PHINNEY, member for Chatham, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day, and

The Resolves on the subject of the qualifications of voters, were read a second time.

The question being upon their final passage,

Mr. ALDRICH, of Barre, moved that the first Resolve be amended, by striking out the words, "the payment of a tax shall not be required as a qualification," and inserting instead thereof, the words, " all persons exempted by law, or under any provisions of law, from taxation, and who are, in all other respects, qualified as the Constitution requires, shall be entitled."

After debate, the Previous Question was moved by Mr. Hoop, of Lynn, and ordered by the Convention.

The amendment was rejected.

The question being upon the final passage of the first Resolve,
On motion of Mr. BIRD, of Walpole,

Ordered, That when the question is taken, it be taken by yeas and

nays.

And the roll being called,

Two hundred and six members voted for the Resolve, and sixty-five against it.

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Shubael P. Adams,

James B. Allen,

Parsons Allen,

John B. Alley,
D. W. Alvord,
Robert Andrews,
William Aspinwall,
George Austin,
Hillel Baker,
Alvah Ballard,
Alpheus Bancroft,
Marcus Barrett,
Eliakim A. Bates,
Moses Bates, Jr.,
Erasmus D. Beach,
John Beal,

William Bennett, Jr.,
Zephaniah Bennett,
Edward B. Bigelow,
Francis W. Bird,

Henry W. Bishop,

Gad O. Bliss,

William S. Booth,
George S. Boutwell,

Sewell Boutwell,

William J. A. Bradford,

Messrs. Hiram N. Breed,

George N. Briggs,
Asa Bronson,

Adolphus F. Brown,

Artemas Brown,

Hiram C. Brown,
Joseph Brownell,
Asahel Buck,
Amos H. Bullen,
Anson Burlingame,
Timothy W. Carter,
Isaac Case,

J. McKean Churchill,

Henry Clark,
Ransom Clark,
Stillman Clarke,
William Cleverly,
Lansing J. Cole,
Sumner Cole,
Henry F. Cooledge,
George B. Crane,

Oliver S. Cressy,
Joseph W. Cross,
Joseph Cummings,

Simeon N. Cutler,
Ebenezer Davis,

Messrs. David P. Turner,

Messrs. Robert Gould,

Dalton Goulding,