Education-Messrs. Parks, Archer, Underwood, Rice, Goodhue, Bowman, Haines of Cook, Billings, Wagner. Municipal Corporations.-Messrs. Browning, Cary, Allen of Alexander, Moore, Atkins, Benjamin, Haines of Cook, Hay, Cody. Railroad Corporations.-Messrs. Buxton, Atkins, Truesdale, Craig, Anthony, Allen of Alexander, Sedgwick, Allen of Crawford, Cross. Miscellaneous Corporations.-Messrs. Billings, McCoy, Dement, Hayes, Wall, Wheaton, Scholfield, Eldridge, Archer. Revenue.--Messrs. Hay, Hayes, Cary, Snyder, Pierce, Hanna, Goodell, Robinson, Pillsbury. Finance.-Messrs. Ross, Fuller, English, Perley, Washburn, Sutherland, Wilson, Hildrup, Brown. Banks and Currency.-Messrs. Tincher, Coolbaugh, Rice, Wendling, Haines of Cook, Robinson, Hildrup, Ellis, Pillsbury. State, County and Municipal Indebtedness.-Messrs. McCoy, Allen of Crawford, Emmerson, Coolbaugh, Merriam, Cameron, Turner, Parker, Rice. Public Accounts and Expenditures.-Messrs. Church, Wright, Sherrell, Henry, Wells, Bowman, Harwood, Vandeventer, Hart. Military Affairs.-Messrs. Cameron, Wells, Anderson, Springer, Fox, Pierce, Cummings, Parker, King. Retrenchment and Reform.-Messrs. Wait, Bowman, Cross, Hankins, Patterson, McDowell, Poage, Sharpe, Wagner. Counties.-Messrs. Craig, Whiting, Wall, Bromwell, Hankins, Moore, Ross, Haines of Lake, Abbott. Township Organization.—Messrs. Pierce, Neece, Haines of Lake, Cody, Sedgwick, Brown, Harwood, Vandeventer, Merriam. Judicial Circuits.-Messrs. Bryan, Goodhue, Wall, Wheaton, Kirkpatrick, Bromwell, English, Perley, Neece. Congressional Apportionment.-Messrs. Wall, Haines of Cook, Allen of Crawford, Parker, Schofield, Hildrup, Henry, Wait, Browning, Truesdale, Wilson, Patterson, Merriam. Legislative Apportionment.-Messrs. Bromwell, Archer, Emmerson, Craig, Perley, Anderson, Poage, Henry, Cross. Manufactures and Agriculture.-Messrs. Wells, Skinner, Bayne, Vandeventer, Hart, Ellis, Pillsbury, Dement, Buxton. State Institutions and Public Buildings.-Messrs. Atkins, Parks, English, Whiting, Hanna, Benjamin, Washburn, Ellis, Eldridge. Penitentiary and Reformatory Institutions.-Messrs. Goodhue, Washburn, Springer, Sharpe, Hart, Wendling, Patterson, Hankins, Moore. Bill of Rights.-Messrs. Allen of Alexander, Benjamin, Snyder, McCoy, King, Church, Robinson, Sutherland, Skinner. Federal Relations.-Messrs. Emmerson, Abbott, Pierce, Turner, Anthony, Fox, Wagner, Wendling, Tincher. Future Amendments -Messrs. Archer, Haines of Lake, Bryan, Springer, Washburn, Wagner, Cummings, Tincher, Brown. Canal and Canal Lands.-Messrs. Wheaton, Cody, Whiting, Cummings, Fuller, Kirkpatrick, Harwood, McDowell, Sherrell. Printing and Binding.-Messrs. Turner, Medill, Anderson, Truesdale, Cameron. Roads and Internal Navigation.--Messrs. Perley, Vandeventer, Goodell, Wright, Sedgwick, Wilson, Bayne, Sharpe, Harwood. Internal Improvements.-Messrs. Whiting, Brown, Bayne, Fox, Goodell, Wright, Sherrell, Henry, Sutherland. Revision and Adjustment.-Messrs. Cody, Underwood, Hayes, Parks, Snyder, Wait, Atkins, Cary, Hanna. Schedule.-Messrs. Scholfield, Medill, Billings, Cross, Robinson, Merriam, Skinner, Patterson, Coolbaugh. Miscellaneous Subjects.-Messrs. Underwood, King, Poage, Abbott, Sutherland, Neece, Hart, Bryan, Fuller. Mr. Allen of Crawford moved to print two hundred copies of the rules and list of committees, together with the act of the Legislature calling this Convention; which was agreed to. Mr. Turner offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That each of the temporary messengers of this Convention be allowed, and upon the certificate of the President of the Convention, paid $3.per day for their services while the Convention was under temporary organization, and that the pages which were in the service of the Convention be paid $2 per day for the same time. Mr. Ellis offered the following ordinance and telegram, which, Were referred to the committee on federal relations: WHEREAS, the people of the Mississippi Valley and of the West generally are of opinion that the National Capitol ought to be and soon will be removed from its present location to the banks of the Mississippi river; whereas, also, in the judgment of the board of supervisors of Hancock county, Illinois, Nauvoo, in said county, is the most central, healthy and beautiful place for the location of the National Capitol within the United States; and whereas, it is believed that before such removal will be made, jurisdiction must be ceded by the State in which such capitol shall be located, to the United States, over a sufficient district of country for the use of such capitol; therefore, Resolved, That our Representative in the Convention of the State of Illinois be and is hereby requested to use all honorable means to secure the passage of an ordinance by said Convention, to be submitted to a vote of the people of the State of Illinois, ceding to the United States of America jurisdiction over fractional township six (6) and seven (7) north, in range eight (8) and nine (9) west of the fourth principal meridian, or so much thereof as may be desired by the United States, upon the condition that the National Capitol of the United States shall be removed from its present locality at Washington, in the District of Columbia, to Nauvoo, in the district so to be ceded to the United States. Resolved, That this order be certified by the clerk of this county to the Hon. David Ellis, Representative in said Convention, from said county of Hancock. Carried. I, Robert W. McClaughry, clerk of the county court and of the board of supervisors within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order passed by the board of supervisors of said county at their special December session, held at the court house in Carthage, on Monday the thirteenth day of December, A. D. 1869, as appears from the record of the proceedings of said board, in my office remaining. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the county court, at Carthage, this 13th day of December, A. D. 1869. R. W. McCLAUGHIRY, Clerk. Be it Ordained by the People of the State of Illinois in Convention Assembled, That jurisdiction be and is hereby ceded by the State of Illinois to the United States of America, over fractional townships six (6) and seven (7) north, in ranges eight (8) and nine (9) west of the fourth principal meridian, and situated in Hancock County, Illinois, or so much thereof as the United States may desire, to be used by the United States as and for the location of the National Capitol of said United States. This cession of jurisdiction to take effect and be in force from and after the passage of an act of Congress of the United States providing for the removal of the said National Capitol from Washington, in the District of Columbia, to the district hereby ceded, and to continue in force during the time of such removal, and while the said National Capitol shall continue located within said district hereby ceded; but should the National Capitol be removed from such district, the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall revert to the State of Illinois by operation of such removal. [TELEGRAM. ] WARSAW, ILL., Dec. 16, 1869. To Hon. David Ellis, member Convention, Springfield: The city council to-day adopted resolutions requesting the Constitutional Convention to cede jurisdiction over the city of Warsaw and four townships, to the United States, for the National Capitol. Particulars will be forwarded at earliest hour. Please present this to the Convention. JOHN K. SIMMONS, City Clerk. Mr. Sedgwick offered the following resolutions, which were referred to the Legislative committee: Resolved, That no judge of any court of law or equity, Secretary of State, Attorney General, county recorder, clerk of any court of record, sheriff or collector of the public revenue, member of either house of Congress, or person holding any lucrative office under the United States or this State, or any foreign government, shall have a seat in the General Assembly, or in any Convention called for the purpose of revising, altering or amending the Constitution of this State: Provided, that appointments in the militia or the office of justice of the peace shall not be considered lucrative offices; nor shall any person holding any office of honor or profit under any foreign government, or the government of the United States, except postmasters whose annual compensation shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, hold any office of honor or profit under the authority of this State. Resolved, That the General Assembly shall not pass any local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say for granting divorces; changing the names of persons; laying out, opening, altering and working on roads or highways; vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys and public squares; locating and changing county seats; regulating county and township business; regulating the practice in courts of justice; regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and constables; or providing for changes of revenue in civil and criminal cases; or for the purpose of creating or establishing any private corporation whatever. In all the cases enumerated above, all laws shall be general and of uniform operation throughout the State. Also the following, which was referred to the committee on Municipal Corporations: Resolved, That the credit of the State or of any county, city, town, township, or school district thereof, shall not in any manner be given to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation; and neither the State nor any county, city, town, township or school district thereof, shall ever become subscriber to the stock of any corporation or association whatever, or raise money for or in aid of any such corporation or association. Mr. Bromwell offered the following resolution, which was referred to the committee on Judiciary: Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so limiting the right of appeal that only cases involving large amounts of money; cases involving liberty; cases involving title to real estate, cases involving the constitutionality of statutes, and other cases of importance be brought before the court of last resort, and that in no case more than one appea. be allowed. The question being upon the resolution of Mr. Hayes, renewed by Mr. Haines of Lake, to print all propositions relating to amendments to the Constitution, it was put and decided in the affirmative. Mr. Rice offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Executive: Resolved, That the Constitution of this State should be amended as follows, to-wit: That the Governor of this State shall, at each regular session of the Legislature thereof, present with his message to the General Assembly a statement of all moneys paid out of any fund or funds subject to his order or control, and on what account, together with the vouchers therefor. Mr. Cary offered the following resolution: Resolved, That in order to facilitate the business of this Convention the Secretary be authorized to employ, temporarily, I. W. Howard as enrolling and engrossing clerk, and to assign to him the engrossing of all resolutions and such other matter as shall be referred to the several committees of this Convention. Mr. Kirkpatrick moved to lay the resolution of Mr. Cary on the table. The yeas and nays being desired by five members, Mr. Haines of Lake asked leave of absence for Mr. Haines of Cook, which was granted. Mr. Dement asked leave of absence for Mr. Parker, which was granted. Mr. Turner asked leave of absence for Mr. Coolbaugh, which was granted. Mr. Wright asked for leave of absence for Mr. Ross, which was granted. On motion of Mr. Hayes of Cook, The resolution offered by him on Friday, was taken from the table. Mr. Hayes, by consent, added to the resolution the following words, viz: 4. Taxation by the State shall be limited to .... per cent., by counties to .... per cent., by towns (to.... per cent., and by cities and other municipalities to per cent. annually, of the assessed value of property. Special assessments shall not be unreasonable or excessive. 5. No county, town, city or municipal corporation shall have power to borrow money so as to increase its indebtedness to a sum beyond .... per cent. of the aggregate assessed value of the property subject to its jurisdiction. On motion of Mr. Hayes, The first section of the resolution was referred to the committee on the Legislative Department; the second section to the committee on the Judiciary; the third section to the committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures; the fourth section to the committee on Bill of Rights; and the fifth section to the committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness. Mr. Underwood offered the following resolution; which was referred to the committee on Future Amendments: FUTURE AMENDMENTS. Resolved, That the committee on Future Amendments be specially requested to take into consideration the propriety and expediency of fixing in the Constitution: 1st. The qualifications of members to amend the Constitution that may hereafter assemble. 2d. The form of oath they shall take. 3d. Whether more than one article may be properly amended at one time, when proposed by the legislature. 4th. Whether all amendments to the Constitution, when agreed upon by the legislature or a Constitutional Convention, shall be submitted to the legal voters of the State for ratification or rejection before they take effect. Also the following, which was referred to the committee on the Legislative Department: Resolved, That the committee on the Legislature be requested to consider the propriety and expediency of incorporating in the Constitution a section authorizing an appropriation of a specific sum of money, not exceeding $...., to each member of the legislature, and each member of a Convention to amend the Constitution, in addition to his per diem and mileage, in lieu of pen knife, pencil, newspapers, stationery, postage, and all other personal expenses of every kind and character. Also the following, which was referred to the committee on Railroads: Resolved, That the committee on Railroad Corporations be instructed to consider the propriety of reporting a section in the Constitution restraining the legislature from releasing, assigning, transferring or in any manner disposing of the seven per cent. gross receipts of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, so that the same may be always subject to ordinary appropriation, from time to time, after the same is paid into the State Treasury. Mr. Turner offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be and he is hereby authorized to employ, temporarily, an Engrossing Clerk. 2. That the committee on Miscellaneous Subjects be instructed to inquire into and report to the Convention whether it is necessary and expedient for this Convention to elect an Enrolling Clerk for the Convention. Mr. Church moved to lay the resolution on the table. |