Show territorial convention 1 SEVENTH DAY monday afternoon the convention reassembled at 2 pm and went into committee of the whole on the report of the committee on edn cation mr ii snow in the chair the motion otner of mr miner ulner to strike out the words relative to the mauner mannen of applying for pardons 12 from the substitute section was carried and his motion to strike out of the next section the words he shall be the president of the senate but shall only have a casting vote therein was lost mr Thur bers bens motion to strike out the last sentence sento bento ucb uca af section nineteen which provides that the legislature could not pass upon claims against the state without they had been considered and acted upon by the board of state prison commissioners was adopted general motion to strike out from the same section the words and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law was withdrawn mr fitcha motion to insert in the next section the words a superintendent of public instruction 11 after the 1 words attorney general was accepted mr pratts motion to strike artke out the words accepted was ipsa mr calls motion requiring candi d dates fol foi the office of governor to be 1 not less jess than thirty iara aara y yeara did gid id i yas Ss lost article 61 on the executive was pass t ed 1 ar r i article articles 6 on the j adi adt alary was con side alde rd The tho provision that the j notices of the supreme up leme aeme eburt court should e enter anter upon their duties on tha the arst mo monday i adiyan in january was stricken out mr cannon offered substitute bee see sec bec tion sato soto three four foug five and six providing for four circuits and four clr cir 3 caifa cult judges to perform aiso also the duties of supreme court judges with power in the legislature to Iner increase ease ense the number of circuits an ud d judges and establish a supreme court when considered consi donsI dered derod n necessary the substitute was presented as being more economical than the article as reported by tha committee and alto aito altogether kethen bethen efficient substitute was waw ordered printed I 1 the report ot of the committee on publio public instruction was adopted 1 the majd majority rity report on municipal and other othar corporations was considered two six seven eight nine and eleven ivere yvere were stricken out mr fitcha motion that the minority report providing that the state stalo might have p power 0 war gen to aid railroads was adopted convention adjourned till 7 monday evening kt at 7 the convention bled and resolved into committee of the aholo who leMr mr Thurber inthe chair article four on the legislature being under consideration mo most A of the bee bec lons ions considered passed in a greatly greitl modified or amended norm form convention adjourned till hues bues tuesday day loa ioa ix 3 aus aos i tuesday morning at ten am the convention reassembled mr fitch made a report from committee on schedule ordered printed and referred to committee of the whole the convention went into commit committee true of the whole mr 0 pratt in the chair artic aTtic articie article lefour four on the legislature being under consideration sections 16 1617 17 18 23 were adopted sections 21 26 and 29 were stricken out the words worda in case of emergency the first six lines and the words and by the secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives were stricken out of section 19 section 20 10 1 ivaa ivna amended and pass I 1 ed ad mr havens substitute for section 21 was wab rejected the amendment by mr barnum of section 21 in all cases where a general I 1 law can be made applicable the law hall hali be made general and of uniform operation operation throughout the state was adopted section 22 was amended to read and provision made by law for bringing suit against the state and appended to section 21 mr Rock bock woods motion to strike out section 25 failed mr maj J W youngs motion to strike out all but the two first lines of the section and substitute ahall for may was adopted mr Pen ren Penro roses ses aes amendment to make the section read the legislature may establish a uniform system of county and township government 11 prevailed section 27 was waa amended to 0 read the first regular session of the legislature may extend ninety days but no subsequent session shall est edi exceed aeed sixty days nor shall any session convened by the governor exceed twenty days section 28 was amended to read the members and officers ficera of of the legislature shall receive for their services a compensation pensa tion fixed by law and no increase of such compensation shall take effect during the term for which the members and officers of either house shall have been elected section 30 way waa amended and passed section 31 was under consideration when the committee rose A an 5 invitation from manager lil yel B clawson CI awson for the members of the convention to attend the theatre wag was accepted po p ed with a vote of thanks for T tuesday u e day evening convention took a recess tuesday attern afternoon on at 2 the convention resume reaume I 1 its sitting mr john T caine was waa appoint appointed ei a committee of one to inform manager clawson of the acceptance of the invitation by the tho convent convention lon ion the conVent convention lorl loil went into committee of the tho whole Mr 0 pratt in the chair ir mr miner offered a resolution rebo reso lution that the governato rial term of office be four year section 31 of article 4 on the legislature was wag amended to road read at all elections for representatives each quail qualified fled fied elector may cast as aa many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be elected in the county or district or may distribute the same among any or all ali the candidates and tho the candidates receiving the highest number of the votes shall be declared elected and adopted the committee rose and the convention considered the report of the committee on the whole the ordinance and preamble were read and adopted the reading of the first article ensued section 4 fourth line was amended by the insert insertion lou iou of the words or juror after the word witness and passed mr miners misers amendment of section 8 empowering the legislature by a two thirds vote to abolish the grand enry system was adopted after the other sections were read and passed the article gal wat unanimously adopted the chair was Xe lequea requested quested ted to 16 appoint appold t a committee of engrossing ving sing i article 2 on suffrage W was donsi considered dered to section 4 4 the convention adjourned till wednesday at 10 am NINTH DAY wednesday morning convention jnet anet met st 10 am the chair chairman mn of committee on boundary miscellaneous provisions and amendments reported articles on miscellaneous cel laneous provisions and amendments on motion of mr fitch the reports were referred to the committee of the whole and ordered printed mr fitch moved that the chair appoint a committee of nine to prepare a memorial to congress to be 09 presented with the constitution as provided in joint resolution of the legislative assembly calling the convention carried the president appointed TP akers A K thurber and 0 W penrose panrose committee on engrossing mr fitch moved the reconsideration of the vote passing the bill of ordinance preamble and declaration of rights and that the motion lie ile on the table carried on motion of mr miner minor the convention proceeded to the consideration of article 2 right of suffrage mr akers argued at length on his amendment to bee bec 4 providing that no law shall be enacted whereby the ballot of any individual elector can be identified mr nin milner spoke against the amendment mr buel asked and obtained indefinite leave of absence mr fuller kein keln la favor of the amendment men dment mr cannon spoke in favor of leaving the legislature leg slature free to enact sueh buch statutory provisions in relation to the subject of voting as in its wisdom it should see fit on motion of mr Z snow convention took a recess till 2 p m wednesday afternoon at 2 the convention resumed its ita sitting mr thurber in the chair mr barnum spoke on the question of the substitute to section 4 introduced by mr akers mr miner spoke at length followed by mr fitch mr barnum in the chair on motion of mr jos W young section 4 and mr akers substitute were re committed to the committee of the whole mr 0 pratt rose to a question om of parliamentary par order and cited the rules of congress as 03 found jn in Bar barclay clays digest in support of bis his position viz that thal the convention had a right to amend any section of the constitution whether or not such proposed amendment had been introduced in committee of the whole akers ahers cannon johnson joh Job and miner spoke on the subject article 3 distribution of powers was read and on motion of mr cannon was ado adopted ted 3 mr T ffitch moved that the motion to adopt article 3 be reconsidered and that the same bame be laid on the table carried mr miner moved that article 2 be referred to committee of the whole lost mr cannon moved that article the exception of section 4 be adopted carried moved by mr fitch that the motion bo be reconsidered and laid upon the table carried adjourned till 7 pm wednesday evening convention resumed its ita sitting at 7 on motion of mr cannon the convention went into committee of the whole on the consideration of seo bec 4 article 2 right eight of suffrage an interesting spirited and lengthy discussion ensued on mr akers substitute to section 41 4 to which mr fitch offered an amendment which read read as follows and no law shall ever be enacted by which the ballot of any elector can be identified except for the purpose of determining contested I 1 ad eleo elec election tion ilon cases 11 the amend amendment meiA mela of mr fitch was wai lost the amendment of mr akers was lost loot the committee of the whole arose and reported its doings the convention adopted section 4 article 3 2 right bight of suffrage and on motion the adoption was wha reconsidered and laid on the table I 1 I 1 adjourned till thursday at 10 am |