Mr. Barbour; 8th district, Mr. Clark of Tippecanoe; 9th district, Mr. Kendall of W.; 10th district, Mr. Hogin. No. 12. On currency and banking.-Messrs. Hamilton, Taylor, Dick, Mooney, Colfax, Dunn of Perry, Hardin, Helmer, Watts, Todd, and Shoup. No. 13.-On corporations other than banking.-Messrs. Read of Monroe, Dobson, Kinley, Wiley, Gregg, Johnson, Sims, Badger, and Butler. No. 14.-On State debt and public works.-Messrs. Hall, Milroy, Zenor, Ritchey, Maguire, Trembly, and Chenowith. No. 15.-On finance and taxation.-11th circuit, Mr. Kilgore; 1st circuit, Mr. McFarland; 2d circuit, Mr. Logan; 3d circuit, Mr. Tannehill; 4th circuit, Mr. Hovey; 5th circuit, Mr. Hendricks, 6th circuit, Mr. Balingall; 7th circuit, Mr. Bourne; 8th circuit, Mr. Miller of Fulton.; 9th circuit, Mr. Niles; 10th circuit, Mr. Conduit; 12th circuit, Mr. Work; 13th circuit, Mr. Foley. No. 16. On the militia.-Messrs. Pepper of Ohio, Spann, Steele, Huff, and Kilgore. No. 17.-On education.-Messrs. Morrison of Washington, Bryant, May, Hitt, Foster, Stevenson, Nofsinger, Milligan, and Blythe. No. 18.-On future amendments of the Constitution.--Messrs. Ritchey, Crawford, Edmonston, Wheeler, and Murray. No. 19.-On public institutions of the State.-Messrs. Wallace, Bryant, Colfax, Nofsinger, and Jones. No. 20.-On salaries, compensation, and tenure of office.Messrs. Dobson, Pettit, Howe, Bright, Lockhart, Miller of Gibson, Maguire, and Taylor. No. 21.-On miscellaneous provisions.--Messrs. Walpole, Holliday, McLean, Hawkins, and Robinson. No. 22.-On revision, arrangement, and phraseology.-Messrs. Owen, Bright, Morrison of Marion, Read of Clark, Pettit, Kent, Borden, Newman, Rariden, Graham of Warrick, Smith of Ripley, Hamilton, Read of Monroe, Hall, Kilgore, Pepper of Ohio, Morrison of Washington, Ritchey, Wallace, Dobson, and Walpole. Committee on elections.-Messrs. Kelso, Shannon, Robinson, Fisher, and Cole. Committee on accounts.-Messrs. Wheeler, Helm, Yocum, Bowers, and Tague. Which, On motion of Mr. Edmonston, Was laid upon the table, and three hundred copies ordered to be printed. Mr. Hall moved to take from the table the resolutions submitted by him on Wednesday last; Which was consented to. On motion of Mr. Hall, Said resolutions were so amended as to make them resolutions of inquiry only, and referred to the committees respectively named. Number one was referred to the committee on salaries, compensation, and tenure of office. Number two, or so much thereof as relates to a State Bank and Branches, referred to the committee on currency and banking. And so much of said resolution number two as relates to creating corporations under a general law, was referred to the committee on corporations other than banking. So much of number three as relates to special legislation, to the committee on special and local legislation, and uniformity of laws. And so much of number three, as provides "that no act shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title," and upon the passage of any bill in either house, the ayes and noes shall be entered upon the journals, and that no act of the General Assembly be enforced until after its publication in print and distribution amongst the people, was referred to the committee on the legislative department. Number four was referred to the committee on the legislative department. Number five was referred to the committee on finance and taxation. Number six, to the committee on the legislative department. Number eight, or so much thereof as provides that all distinctions between proceedings in courts of law and equity shall be abolished, referred to the committee on the practice of law and law reform. And so much of said number eight, as provides that all distinctions between different kinds of actions, also referred to the committee on the practice of law and law reform. Number nine referred to the committee on the elective franchise and the apportionment of representation. Number ten referred to the committee on the legislative depart ment. On motion of Mr. Edmonston, The papers heretofore submitted in relation to the contested seat in Union county, were taken from the table, and referred to the committee on elections. On motion of Mr. Edmonston, The credentials of members heretofore presented were taken from the table, and referred to the committee on elections. Mr. Owen submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: The committee on the employment and remuneration of a Stenographer, to whom were referred certain resolutions on that subject, have unanimously instructed me to report, That by the 12th section of the act providing for the call of the Convention, it is provided, that a competent, stenographer shall be appointed by the Governor, and that the pay of the said Stenographer shall be certified by the President, and shall be paid by the Treasurer of State on the warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts. That, in accordance with the provisions of the above section, Mr. Harvey Fowler, of Washington City, was appointed by the Governor, to the office of Stenographer of this Convention; and that the Convention has been duly notified of the said appointment. Thus, by the act in question, the manner of appointment and the mode of payment are both fixed; the rate of remuneration alone remains undetermined. The reasonable inference, your committee think, is, that the Legislature intended he should receive the compensation usually paid elsewhere for similar services. More, your committee has understood, he does not demand; less, having engaged his services, the Convention cannot, in the opinion of your committee, properly offer him. Your committee telegraphed to Messrs. Blair & Rives and also to Messrs. Gales & Seaton, both of Washington City, as to the rates of compensation paid by them to a stenographic corps, for reporting and writing out ready for the press the debates of Congress. Their replies are herewith submitted for the information of the Convention. It may be proper to add, that in a column of the Intelligencer, in bourgeois type, there are, on an average, two thousand words. Your committee report back the resolution declining the services of a Stenographer, and recommend that it be laid on the table. They also report the resolutions recognizing and approving the Stenographer appointed by the Governor, and providing that he be paid at the rates of compensation usually given for such services in Washington City, and recommend its passage. And they ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. WASHINGTON CITY, October 11, 1850. ROBT. DALE OWEN: We have paid for reporting debates two last sessions four dollars a column of the Intelligencer, bourgeois type. GALES & SEATON. WASHINGTON CITY, 11th October, 1850. ROBT. DALE OWEN : The Globe and Intelligencer of this city charged three cents per line of printed matter, or four dollars and twenty cents per column. J. C. ROOB. Which report was concurred in. Mr. Pepper of Ohio moved to take from the table the resolution submitted by him on the 11th instant, in relation to the expenses of the government, &c. ; Which was decided in the affirmative. But before action thereon, was again laid upon the table by con sent. Mr. Maguire moved to take from the table the report of the committee on orders and rules; Which was decided in the affirmative. The question being separately taken upon the adoption of the rules, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, were adopted by consent. Mr. Morrison of Marion moved to amend number 14 by adding the following: "But every member shall have the right to enter his protest upon the journal without argument;" Which was decided in the affirmative. Number 14, as amended, was then adopted. Numbers 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, were adopted by consent. Mr. Borden moved to amend number 21, by inserting after the word "Convention" and before the word "upon" the following: "So far as the same may be applicable, except the rules limiting the times of speaking; but no member shall speak twice to any question, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken;" Which was decided in the affirmative, and the rule as amended, was adopted. Numbers 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29, were adopted by con sent. Mr. Bracken moved to amend number thirty by striking out the words "to vote on the question ;" Which was decided in the affirmative. And the rule, as amended, was adopted. Number thirty-one was adopted by consent. On motion, The word "Convention was substituted for the word "committee," between the words "the" and "shall" in rule number 32; And the rule, as amended, was adopted. Number 33 was adopted by consent. Rule number 34 was amended, by consent, by adding the words "of the whole" after the word "committee" and before the word "or ;" Which was adopted as amended. Number 35 was amended as follows, and then adopted, by inserting the word "unanimous " after the word "the" and before the word "consent," and by striking out the word "three" and inserting the word “ one." Numbers 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43, were adopted by con sent. Mr. Graham of Warrick moved the following as an additional rule: 44. Any resolution or other proposition introduced by any Delegate for the purpose of referring the same to any standing committee, shall embrace one subject only. Mr. Smith of Ripley moved to amend by inserting the following: That no member shall offer more than one resolution on the same day, and that each resolution shall embrace but one subject; Which amendment was decided in the negative. The question then being upon the adoption of rule 44, It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Zenor offered the following as an additional rule : Any member submitting any matter which may be referred to any of the standing committees, shall be considered a member of the committee during the investigation of the subject. Mr. Hardin moved to amend by adding, "but shall have no right to vote in such committee;" Which was accepted by Mr. Zenor; Which rule, as amended, was not adopted. Mr. Borden submitted the following resolution : Resolved, That three hundred copies of the Rules and Orders adopted to-day, together with the Constitution of this State heretofore ordered, be printed and stitched together for the use of the Convention; also, that three hundred copies of the list of the Standing Committees be printed for the use of the Convention. Which was adopted by consent. On motion, Mr. Chapman had leave to withdraw the communication submitted by him on the 12th inst. on the subject of State Printer. On motion of Mr. Miller of Gibson, The Convention adjourned until 2 o'clock. |