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Mr. INGERSOLL Submitted the following resolution, which was ordered to be laid on the table, and printed :

Resolved, That this Convention will adjourn on Saturday, the 24th of June next, to meet again at this place, on Monday, the 16th of October ensuing, and that a special committee be appointed to publish in newspapers in every city and county throughout the State, all such amendments of the Constitution as shall be agreed upon by this Convention, at the time of its said adjournment.

Mr. MARTIN, of Philadelphia county, submitted the following resolution, which was ordered to be laid on the table, and printed:

Resolved, That the committee to whom is refered the third article of the Constitution, be instructed to enquire into the expediency of so altering the first section of said article, that all white male citizens who have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and upwards, and being liable to pay tax, shall enjoy the rights of electors.

Mr. SMYTH, of Centre, submitted the following resolution, which was ordered to be laid on the table, and printed:

Resolved, That the committee on the sixth article of the Constitution be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a section so that the Legislature shall provide by law for organizing and disciplining the militia, in such manner as they shall deem expedient, not incompatible with the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Mr. RITER, of Philadelphia county, submitted the following resolution, which was ordered to be laid on the table, and printed:

Resolved, That the committee on corporations and currency, be instructed to report on the expediency of providing that no bank charter whatsoever, shall be renewed by the Legislature, but that when necessary, new banks shall be created; and whether the public welfare would be promoted by such provision.

Mr. COPE, from the committee of accounts, reported an appropriation, which was agreed to.

Mr. INGERSOLL, from the special committee on the currency, the public highways and eminent domain of the State, reported the following in part, new article, to be added to the Constitution, which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed:

ARTICLE X-PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND EMINENT DOMAIN.

SECT. 1. No law shall be enacted granting to any individual or any number of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, exclusive right in the navigation, water power, or water for any other purpose, on any one or more rivers of this State. All alluvions shall accrue to the riparian owners, but all newly formed islands shall belong to the State.

SECT. 2. No law shall be enacted by which any individual, or any number of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, shall be permitted by any bridge, dam or otherwise, to obstruct the navigation of any river, whether the same be by law declared a public highway or not.

SECT. 3. Private property shall not be taken for public use, without equivalent therefor in money, ascertained by general law, and paid before any private property shall be entered upon in order to be applied to public use.

Mr. EARLE, of Philadelphia, submitted the following resolution, which was ordered to be laid on the table, and printed :

Resolved, That this Convention, commencing on Monday next, will daily hold morning and afternoon sessions, until the amendments to the Constitution to be proposed to the people shall be finished, and that the said amendments be submitted for ratification to a vote of the people, to be taken on the first Tuesday of September next.