LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

The Convention, on motion of Mr. JONES, of Lincoln, proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee on the Legislative Department.

ARTICLE II.

Sections 1 and 2, as they exist in the present Constitution, were adopted by the Convention.

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Section 3, as recommended by the Committee, was adopted.

Section 4 was amended by striking out" forty-one" and inserting seventy-one; as thus amended, was adopted by the Convention. At 1 o'clock P. M., Mr. KENNEDY moved to adjourn until Monday morning at 9 o'clock.

Mr. BAXTER demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to adjourn until Monday lost.

Yeas.. Nays

Those voting in the affirmative are:

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Messrs. Allen, Bate, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, etc., Burton, Byrne, Campbell, Chowning, Deavenport, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fentress, Gardner, Gibbs, Gordon, House of Williamson, House of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, Ivie, Jones of Lincoln, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Martin, Meeks, Netherland, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Shelton, Thompson of Davidson, Thompson of Maury, Turner, Williamson and Wright-33.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Burkett, Carter, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Dibbrell, Fielder, Finley, Garner, Gaut, Gibson, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Key, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Nicholson, Sample, Shepard, Staley, Stephens, Taylor, Walters, Warner and President Brown --36.

The Convention took a recess to 2 o'clock P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Mr. GARNER offered the following amendment:

Strike out all after the word "seventy-five" in the third line of Section 5, of Article II, unto the word "Provided" in the 4th line, and insert "fifty," so as to limit the number of Representatives to 50 at all times.

Mr. BROWN, of Henry, etc., moved to lay the amendment on the table.

Mr. GARNER demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to lay on the table sustained.

Yeas.......
Nays.....

Those voting in the affirmative are:

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Messrs. Allen, Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Brandon, Britton, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, Carroll, Gibson and Madison, Byrne, Campbell, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Fielder, Finley, Fulkerson, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Heiskell, Henderson, Ivie, Jones of Giles, Key, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Netherland, Nichclson, Parker, Porter of Henry, Shepard, Stephens, Thompson of Davidson, Thompson of Maury, W: Iters, Warner, Williamson and Wright-47.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Brooks, Carter, Garner, Hill of Warren, and Kennedy --5.

Mr. DIBBRELL offered the following amendment:

In the last line of Section 5, strike out "two-thirds" and insert "1500 voters."

Mr. ALLEN moved to lay the amendment on the table.

Mr. CYPERT demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to lay on the table sustained.

Yeas.....

Nays..

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Those voting in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Allen, Bate, Baxter, Blizard, Britton, Brown of Henry,

etc., Campbell, Carter, Chowning, Deaderick, Fentress, Fielder, Fulkerson, Garner, Gaut, Gibbs, Heiskell, Henderson, Ivie, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Nicholson, Porter of Henry, Sample, Shepard, Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Thompson of Davidson, and Thompson of Maury-31.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Branson, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Byrne, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Finley, Gibson, Hill of Warren, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Parker, Walters, Warner, Williams and Wright-24. Mr. ALLEN moved that the Convention adjourn to Monday morning at 9 o'clock, A. M.

Mr. GARNER demanded the yeas and nays, and the motion to adjourn was lost.

Yeas....

Nays......

Those voting in the affirmative are:

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Messrs. Allen, Bate, Brown of Henry, etc., Campbell, Fentress, Gibbs, Jones of Giles, Martin, Netherland, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Shepard, Shelton, Thompson of Davidson, Thompson of Maury, Walters, Williamson and Wright—18.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Brandon, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Burkett, Byrne, Carter, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Fielder, Finley, Fulkerson, Garner, Gaut, Gibson, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Kennedy, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Nicholson, Parker, Sample, Staley, Stephens and Warner -39.

Mr. DEAVENPORT offered the following amendment to Section 5, Article II:

"Provided further, That those counties entitled to one representative by the apportionment of 1851 and 1852, shall never be deprived of that representation."

On motion of Mr. CAMPBELL, the amendment was laid on the table.

Section 5, as reported by the Committee, was adopted without amendment.

Section 6, as recommended by the committee, was adopted without amendment.

Sections 7 and 8 were passed over, they having been adopted in the report of the Committee on Elections.

Mr. GARNER offered the following amendment to Section 9: Strike out "twenty-one years" in the second line, and insert twenty-five years.

Which was rejected, and the section, as recommended by the committee, adopted.

Mr. THOMPSON, of Maury, moved to amend Section 10 by striking out "thirty" and inserting "twenty-one." Which was rejected. Mr. DIBBRELL moved to amend Section 10 by striking out "thirty" and inserting "twenty-five." Which was rejected, and the sections, as amended by the committee, was adopted by the Convention.

Section 11 was amended by inserting "and election" after the word "qualification," in second line, and thus amended, was adopted by the Convention.

Mr. WARNER offered the following amendment to Section 12:

After the words "two-thirds," and before the word "expel," insert the words "of the entire number," so that said section will read thus:

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the entire number, expel a member, but not a second time for the same offence, and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the Legislature of a free State.

Which was rejected, and the section, as recommended by the committee, was adopted by the Convention.

Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16, were adopted, as reported by the committee, without amendment.

On motion of Mr. GIBSON, Section 17 was amended by striking out the word "pass," and inserting the words "become a law." And the section, as thus amended, was adopted by the Convention. Section 18, as reported by the committee, was adopted without amendment.

Mr. WARNER submitted the following, in lieu of Section 19, as reported by the committee:

"After a bill has been considered by both Houses of the General Assembly, and rejected, no bill containing the same substance shall be passed into a law during the same session."

The amendment in lieu was rejected, and the section, as recommended by the committee, was adopted.

Sections 20, 21, and 22, were adopted as recommended by the committee.

On motion of Mr. STEPHENS, Section 23 was amended by inserting the word "each" in lieu of "the," and before the words General Assembly in the second line, and as thus amended, was adopted.

Mr. GARNER moved to amend by striking out "seventy-five days" in the fourth line, and inserting in lieu thereof "sixty days."

Mr. FULKERSON moved to lay the amendment on the table, and demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to lay on the table sustained.

Yeas..... Nays

Those voting in the affirmative are:

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Messrs. Allen, Bate, Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Brown of Henry, etc., Burkett, Byrne, Campbell, Carter, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Fentress, Fielder, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Henderson, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Mabry, Nicholson, Parker, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Shepard, Shelton, Stephens, Thompson of Maury and Williamson-33.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Brandon, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Chowning, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Finley, Fulkerson, Garner, Hill of Warren, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Netherland, Sample, Staley, Thompson of Davidson, Walters, Warner and President Brown-26.

Mr. GARNER proposed to amend said section by striking out the words "unless physically unable to attend," in the 5th line. Which was rejected, and the section, as amended, was adopted by the Con

vention.

Section 24 was adopted without amendment and without a division.

Mr. KIRKPATRICK offered the following amendment to Section 25:

"No person, who may at any time have been a collector of taxes, whether State or municipal, or who may have been otherwise entrusted with the public money, shall be eligible to the General Assembly, or to any office of trust or profit in the civil department of this State, until he shall have first obtained a discharge for the