ufacturing, mechanical and banking," and by striking out all after the words "special act."

After debate, Mr. DENTON, of Chelsea, moved the Previous Question; which was ordered.

By leave of the Convention, Mr. DE WITT then withdrew his amend

ment.

The amendment of Mr. Davis was then adopted.

The question recurred upon ordering the Resolve, as amended, to a second reading, and,

On motion of Mr. STETSON, of Braintree, the yeas and nays were ordered.

And the roll being called, one hundred and eighty-eight members voted for the Resolve, and fifty-two against it.

So it was ordered to a second reading.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:-

Messrs. Shubael P. Adams,

P. Emory Aldrich,

James B. Allen,

John B. Alley,
D. W. Alvord,
Robert Andrews,
George Austin,
Hillel Baker,
Alvah Ballard,
Marcus Barrett,
Moses Bates, Jr.,
Edward B. Bigelow,
Francis W. Bird,

Henry W. Bishop,

William S. Booth,

George S. Boutwell,

Sewell Boutwell,

William J. A. Bradford,

Hiram N. Breed,

Asa Bronson,

Artemas Brown,

Hiram C. Brown,

Joseph Brownell,

Patrick Bryant,

Asahel Buck,

Anson Burlingame,
Henry Cady,

William Carruthers,

Isaac Case,

Amariah Chandler,
Daniel E. Chapin,
Josiah Childs,

J. McKean Churchill,

Messrs. Ransom Clark,

Alpheus B. Clarke,
Stillman Clarke,
William Cleverly,

Sumner Cole,

George B. Crane,
Oliver S. Cressy,
Simeon Crittenden,
Henry W. Cushman,
Thomas Cushman,
Simeon N. Cutler,
Ebenezer Davis,

Silas Dean,

Hiram S. Denison,

Augustus Denton,

Alexander De Witt,

Samuel Duncan,
Bradish Dunham,
John M. Durgin,
Philip Eames,
John M. Earle,
Peter Easland,
Elisha Edwards,
Samuel Edwards,
Sullivan Fay,
Lyman Fisk,

Ezekiel W. Fitch,
Abram Foster,
Samuel Fowle,
James M. Freeman,
Charles A. French,
Samuel French,

Richard Frothingham, Jr.,

Messrs. William Appleton,

William Aspinwall,

David C. Atwood,

Joseph Barrows,

James M. Beebe,

William Bennett, Jr.,

Jacob Bigelow,
Ebenezer Bradbury,
Milton P. Braman,

Osmyn Brewster,

Francis Brinley,
Cephas C. Bumpus,
Henry Chapin,
Nathaniel Cogswell,
Benjamin F. Copeland,

Francis B. Crowninshield,

Henry J. Gardner,

Wanton C. Gilbert,

Robert Gould,

Artemas Hale,

Nathan Hale,

Charles Heard,

Henry Hersey,

William Hinsdale,

William J. Hubbard,

William Hunt,

Willard Wilson,
Jonathan B. Winn,
Levi M. Winslow,
Charles C. Wood,
Otis Wood,

William H. Wood.

Messrs. Samuel A. Hurlburt,

Samuel Jackson,

John Jenkins,

Samuel H. Jenks,

Giles C. Kellogg,

Isaac Kendall,

Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr.,

Isaac Livermore,

Samuel P. Loud,

Seth Miller, Jr.,
Nathan Orcutt,
James W. Paige,
John G. Park,

James Read,

Sampson Reed,

John Sargent,

William Schouler,
Edmund P. Tileston,

Ephraim Tower,
John S. Tyler,
Charles W. Upham,
Samuel B. Walcott,

Samuel Walker,

Cyrus Weeks,

William F. Wheeler,
Milo Wilson,

The second subject, was the Resolve in favor of amending section 2, chapter 5, of the Constitution, by striking therefrom the words " University at Cambridge;" the question being upon its final passage.

The Resolve was rejected by a vote of nineteen in the affirmative, to one hundred and eight in the negative.

On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick, the Orders of the Day were laid upon the table.

On motion of the same gentleman, the Committee of the Whole was discharged from the consideration of the Resolve on the subject of the incorporation of new towns; and

The rule of the Convention requiring that Orders, and Resolutions, &c., proposing an alteration of the Constitution shall be first considered

in Committee of the Whole, was suspended, and the Resolve considered and read.

Mr. WILSON, of Natick, moved that the Resolve be indefinitely postponed.

Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River, moved that the Resolve be amended by striking out all after the word "incorporated," and insert instead thereof the words "by a division of a town, leaving less than fifteen hundred inhabitants in the town from which the new town shall be taken."

Pending this question, Mr. GARDNER, of Boston, moved an adjournment; but the motion was rejected by a vote of thirty-eight in the affirmative, to fifty-nine in the negative.

A quorum of members not being present,

Mr. WILSON, of Natick, renewed the motion for an adjournment, and,

At half-past one o'clock, the Convention adjourned.

MONDAY, July 18, 1853.

Met according to adjournment. Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. FOSTER, of Charlemont, a member of the Convention. The Journal of Saturday was read.

Mr. BROWN, of Medway, offered the following Order :—

Ordered, That on and after Monday next, no member of the Convention, except chairmen of the committees, shall speak more than fifteen minutes on one subject, without leave.

Laid over, under the rule.

On motion of Mr. BUTLER, of Lowell,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Pay Roll be instructed to make up the pay of Mr. Francis R. Gourgas, late Delegate from Concord, to the close of the session.

Mr. LIVERMORE, of Cambridge, from the Committee on the Pay Roll, submitted a Report and Resolve on the subject of the compensation of the officers of the Convention.

Read once, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, from the Special Committee on the subject of remedies to the representatives of persons killed by

the negligence or misconduct of railroad corporations, &c., submitted a Report on that subject.

Referred to the Committee of the Whole and ordered to be printed. The same gentleman, in behalf of a Minority of the Committee on the Bill of Rights, submitted a Report, recommending an addition to the fifteenth article, and an alteration of the second article and the twenty-eighth article.

Referred to the Committee of the Whole and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day.

The first subject was the unfinished business of Saturday, viz.: the Resolve on the subject of the incorporation of new towns.

The question was upon the motion of Mr. Wilson, of Natick, that the Resolve be indefinitely postponed;

Pending which, an amendment moved by Mr. Hooper, of Fall River, was first in order.

Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, moved to amend the amendment by adding to it the words, "but the incorporation of any new town shall not thereby increase the whole number of representatives."

The amendment was rejected; and then,

The amendment of Mr. Hooper was also rejected.

Mr. HOYT, of Deerfield, moved to amend by striking out all after the word "incorporated," and inserting instead thereof the words, "without consent of the town or towns from which the territory shall be taken."

But the amendment was rejected; and then,

The motion to indefinitely postpone the Resolve was agreed to, by a vote of one hundred and thirty-three in the affirmative, to forty-six in the negative.

On motion of Mr. BUTLER, of Lowell, the Orders of the Day were laid upon the table; and,

On motion of the same gentleman, the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of considering the Resolves reported by the Special Committee on the subject of elections by plurality and majority; and the President requested Mr. Hillard, of Boston, to take the chair.

Afterwards, Mr. HILLARD reported, that the committee had made progress in the consideration of the subject, but had come to no conclusion, and had instructed him to ask leave to sit again.

And leave was accordingly granted.

At one o'clock, the Convention adjourned.