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The eleventh chapter, relating to the Militia, was also read.

At five minutes before seven o'clock, on motion of Mr. Butler, of

Lowell,

The Convention took a recess for one hour.

EVENING SESSION.

At eight o'clock, the Convention reassembled,

And the consideration of the Report of the Committee on Revision, was resumed.

No amendment being proposed to the chapter relating to the Militia, The twelfth chapter, relating to the University at Cambridge, &c., was read,

And also the thirteenth chapter, containing miscellaneous provisions. On motion of Mr. BOUTWELL, member for Berlin, the first article of thirteenth chapter, was amended, by substituting the words "one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five," for the words "eighteen hundred and fifty-five,"

And the sixth article was amended, by striking out the word "amended," in the second line.

On motion of Mr. CHAPIN, of Worcester, the fourth article was amended, by inserting the words "and clerks" after the word "justices," in the seventh line.

On motion of Mr. HILLARD, of Boston, the fifth article was amended, by the insertion of the word "that," before the words "Trial Justices," in the ninth line.

On motion of Mr. MASON, of Fitchburg, the sixth article was amended, by inserting the words "in the year," after the word " November." The fourteenth chapter, relating to Revision and Amendments of the Constitution, was then read.

On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick, the fourth article was amended, by substituting the word "into" for the word "in," in the eighth line, and also, by inserting the word "the" before the word. "Commonwealth," in the thirteenth line.

Mr. MORTON, of Taunton, moved to amend, by striking the words standing as the fourth article, from their place in the chapter, and placing them among the Propositions to be separately submitted.

Mr. WILLIAMS, of Taunton, called for the yeas and nays upon this question; but the call was not sustained by one-fifth of the members voting.

Mr. Morton's amendment was then rejected, by a vote of fifty-three in the affirmative, to one hundred and sixty-nine in the negative.

The question being upon the passage of the first Proposition, containing the Preamble, the Declaration of Rights, and the Frame of Government,

Mr. WILKINSON, of Dedham, moved to recommit the Resolves, with instructions to report the several amendments agreed upon by the Convention, in such form and with such references to the parts of the existing Constitution proposed to be altered or annulled, that each of said amendments may be separately submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection.

On this motion, Mr. WILKINSON called for the yeas and nays, and they were ordered by a vote of fifty-one in the affirmative, to one hundred and eighty-one in the negative.

And the roll being called, seventy-three members voted in the affirmative, and one hundred and seventy in the negative.

So the motion was rejected.

Those who voted in the affirmative are:--

Messrs. Benjamin P. Adams,
P. Emory Aldrich,
William Aspinwall,
Joseph Barrows,
Erasmus D. Beach,
James M. Beebe,
Jacob Bigelow,
Ebenezer Bradbury,
Osmyn Brewster,
Rufus Bullock,
Timothy W. Carter,
Rufus Choate,
Nathaniel Cogswell,
Lansing J. Cole,
Charles E. Cook,

George W. Crockett,
Leander Crosby,
Solomon Davis,
Hiram S. Denison,
Homer Ely,
William T. Eustis,
A. G. Farwell,
Wanton C. Gilbert,
Joel Giles,
Nathan Hale,

A. B. Hammond,
Elnathan P. Hathaway,
Stephen E. Hawkes,

George Hayward,

George S. Hillard,

William Hinsdale,

Samuel Houghton,

Messrs. William Hunt,

John Jenkins,
Samuel H. Jenks,
Giles C. Kellogg,
Joseph Knight,
John S. Ladd,

Job G. Lawton, Jr.,
Frederie W. Lincoln, Jr.,
Isaac Livermore,

Samuel K. Lothrop,
Theophilus R. Marvin,
Seth Miller, Jr.,
George Morey,
Marcus Morton,
Henry K. Oliver,
Nathan Orcutt,
James W. Paige,
Adolphus G. Parker
Samuel D. Parker,
Daniel A. Perkins,
William C. Plunkett,
Jeremiah Pomroy,
Jonathan Preston,
James Read,
Sampson Reed,
John Sargent,
Charles Sherman,
John S. Sleeper,
John Souther,

Caleb Stetson,

Charles G. Stevens,

Charles Thompson,

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Messrs. Shubael P. Adams,

James B. Allen,

Joel C. Allen,

John B. Alley,

Josiah Allis,

D. W. Alvord,

Hillel Baker,

George S. Ball,
Alpheus Bancroft,

Marcus Barrett,
Moses Bates, Jr.,
John Beal,
Francis W. Bird,
Henry W. Bishop,
William S. Booth,
George S. Boutwell,

Sewell Boutwell,

Hiram N. Breed, Asa Bronson, Adolphus F. Brown, Hammond Brown, Hiram C. Brown, Frederick Brownell, Joseph Brownell, Patrick Bryant, Asahel Buck, Amos H. Bullen, Anson Burlingame, Benjamin F. Butler, William Carruthers, Isaac Case, Amariah Chandler, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel E. Chapin, Henry Chapin,

Josiah Childs,

Salah Clark,
Alpheus B. Clarke,
Sumner Cole,
George B. Crane,
Simeon Crittenden,

Joseph W. Cross,

Messrs. Isaac Davis,

Robert T. Davis,
Silas Dean,

Elijah S. Deming
Augustus Denton,
Bradish Dunham,
John M. Durgin,
Philip Eames,
John M. Earle,

Peter Easland,
Calvin D. Eator,
Elisha Edwards,
Sullivan Fay,
James K. Felle w
Lyman Fisk,

Aaron Foster,
Abram Foster,
Samuel Fowle,
James M. Freeman,
Charles A. French,
Rodney French,
Samuel French,

Richard Frothingham, Jr
Johnson Gardner,

Elbridge Gates,

Washington Gilbert,
Charles G. Giles,
Leonard Gooding,
John W. Graves,
Jabez Green,

William B. Greene,
Josiah W. Griswold
Whiting Griswold,
Samuel P. Hadley,
Charles B. Hall,
Benjamin F. Hallett,
Seth Hapgood,
Phineas Harmon,
William Haskins,
Ezra Heath, 2d,
William H. Hewes,
Henry Hobart,

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Messrs. Moses C. Hurlbut,

Abijah M. Ide, Jr.,

John Jacobs,

Isaac Kendall,

Hiram Knight,

J. S. C. Knowlton,
William H. Knowlton,

Albert Knox,
Gardner P. Ladd,
Wilber C. Langdon,
Alden Leland,
Otis Little,

William P. Marble,
Charles Mason,
Simeon Merritt,

James L Monroe,

Elbridge G. Morton,

Marcus Morton, Jr.,

William S. Morton,

Hiram Nash,

Jonathan Nayson,
Andrew T. Nute,
Charles Osgood,
B. Wing Packer,
Benjamin Paine,
Henry Paine,
Jonathan Parris,
John Partridge,
John Penniman,
Noah C. Perkins,
Sylvanus B. Phinney,
Henry Pierce,
James M. Pool,
Peter Powers,
John A. Putnam,

Robert Rantoul,

Silas Rawson,

David Rice,

Luther Richards,

Daniel Richardson,

Messrs. Nathan Richardson,

Samuel H. Richardson,

Elkanah Ring, Jr.,

John Rogers,

David S. Ross,

James C. Royce,
Amasa Sanderson,
Chester Sanderson,
William Schouler,
John Sherril,
Chester Sikes,
Perez Simmons,
John W. Simonds,
Matthew Smith,

Melzar Sprague,

Samuel W. Spooner,

Granville Stevens,

Gideon Stiles,

Alfred L. Strong,
Arnold Taft,
Abraham Tilton,
William Tyler,

Orison Underwood,
George A. Vinton,
Frederick T. Wallace,
Freeland Wallis,
Amasa Walker,
Asa H. Waters,

Gershom B. Weston,
Daniel S. Whitney,
James S. Whitney,
Daniel Wilbur,

J. B. Williams,
Henry Wilson,
Willard Wilson,
Jonathan B. Winn,
Levi M. Winslow,
Charles C. Wood,
Otis Wood,
Ezekiel Wright.

Mr. OLIVER, of Lawrence, moved to strike from its place, the chapter relating to the Militia, and place it among the Propositions to be separately submitted.

But the motion was rejected.

On motion of Mr. DANA, member for Manchester, the first Resolve was amended, by striking out the words " Auditor and" in the eighth line, and inserting after the words " Attorney-General," in the ninth line, the words " Auditor, District-Attorney, and County Officers."

On motion of Mr. MASON, of Fitchburg, article first of chapter

second, relating to the Senate, was amended by striking out the words "to be."

On motion of Mr. BOUTWELL, member for Berlin, the yeas and nays were ordered upon the passage of the first Proposition of the first Resolve.

And the roll being called, one hundred and seventy-four members voted in the affirmative, and fifty-eight in the negative.

So the Proposition was agreed to.

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Shubael P. Adams,

James B. Allen,

Joel C. Allen,

John B. Alley,
Josiah Allis,
D. W. Alvord,
George Austin,
Hillel Baker,
George S. Ball,
Alpheus Bancroft,
Marcus Barrett,
Moses Bates, Jr.,

Erasmus D. Beach,
John Beal,
Francis W. Bird,
Henry W. Bishop,
William S. Booth,
George S. Boutwell,
Sewell Boutwell,
Hiram N. Breed,
Asa Bronson,
Adolphus F. Brown,
Hammond Brown,
Hiram C. Brown,
Frederick Brownell,

Joseph Brownell,
Patrick Bryant,
Amos H. Bullen,
Anson Burlingame,
Benjamin F. Butler,
William Carruthers,
Isaac Case,
Amariah Chandler,
Chester W. Chapin,
Daniel E. Chapin,
Henry Chapin,

Josiah Childs,

Ransom Clark,
Salah Clark,

Alpheus B. Clarke,

Lansing J. Cole,

Messrs. Sumner Cole,

George B. Crane,

Simeon Crittenden,

Joseph W. Cross,
Henry W. Cushman,
Richard H. Dana, Jr.,

Isaac Davis,

Robert T. Davis,
Silas Dean,

Augustus Denton,
Bradish Dunham,
John M. Durgin,
Philip Eames,
John M. Earle,
Peter Easland,

Calvin D. Eaton,
Elisha Edwards,
Sullivan Fay,
James K. Fellows,
Lyman Fisk,

Aaron Foster,

Abram Foster,

Samuel Fowle,

Charles A. French,

Rodney French,

Samuel French,

Richard Frothingham, Jr.,

Johnson Gardner,

Elbridge Gates,

Washington Gilbert,
Charles G. Giles,
Leonard Gooding,
John W. Graves,
Jabez Green,
William B. Greene,
Josiah W. Griswold,

Whiting Griswold,
Samuel P. Hadley,
Charles B. Hall,

Benjamin F. Hallett,
Seth Hapgood,

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