part which was compiled from the first sec-
tion sets forth, that the general assembly shall
provide by law for the registration of voters;
the seventh section declares that until such
provision shall be made by the general assem-
bly no person shall be excluded from voting
because of not being registered. The two
sections relate to the same subject-matter,
hence the committee concluded to unite them
in one section.
The recommendations of the committee as
to changes and alterations in the article on
the elective franchise were then severally read
and concurred in.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Mr. EARLE, from the same committee, re-
ported back to the convention the article on
the executive department, and recommended
the following changes.
The first clause of the second section reads
thus:
"Section 2. The first election for governor
under this constitution shall be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday of No-
vember, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty four, and on the same day and month
in every fourth year thereafter."
This identical phraseology is used in the
present constitution, but it is clearly incorrect,
and the committee recommended that the words
"the first election" be stricken out, and the
words "anelection" be substituted in their
place. That part of the section will then
read:
Section 2. An election for governor, under
this constitution, shall be held on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November, in
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and
on the same day and month in every fourth
year thereafter.
The sixth section of this article now reads :
" Section 6. A lieutenant governor shall
be chosen at every regular election for gov-
ernor in the same manner, to continue in
office for the same time, and possess the same
qualifications as the governor."
The committee recommend that this section
be modified to read thus :
Section 6. A lieutenant governor shall be
chosen at every regular election for governor,
He shall continue in office for the same time,
shall be elected in the same manner, and shall
possess the same qualifications as the governor.
In the first line of the eighth section the
committee have inserted "the" before the
.word "death," and in the fourth line have
stricken out file word "or " before the word
"removal," and after the word "removal,"
have inserted the words, " or other disquali-
fication."
In the first line of the ninth section the
word "the," before governor, has been strick-
en out. And in the last line but one, the
word "senate" has been substituted for |
"senators," "its" for "their," and "mem-
bers" for "number."
In the first line of the fourteenth section
the word "any" has been stricken out, and
"of" substituted. And in the last line of
the twenty-first section the word " influ-
enced" has been substituted for "influence."
The committee have no further amendments
to make to this article, but respectfully recom-
mend the adoption of those reported.
GEORGE EARLE, Chairman.
On motion of Mr. HEBB, the amendments of
the committee were concurred in by the con-
vention.
EDUCATION.
Mr. EARLE, from the committee of revision
also reported back to the convention the arti-
cle on education, and recommended the fol-
lowing amendments:
After the word "qualified" in the sixth
line of the first section, commence a new sen-
tence with the words "He shall." In the
eighth line of the same section insert " shall "
before " report," In the tenth and eleventh
lines for the expression "free public school
education" substitute " free public schools,"
and in the eleventh line insert "shall" before
the word " perform,"
The section as amended will then read as
follows:
Section 1. The governor shall, within thirty
days after the ratification by the people of
this constitution, appoint, subject to the con-
firmation of the senate at its first session
thereafter, a State superintendent of public
instruction, who shall hold his office for four
years, and until his successor shall have been
appointed and shall have qualified. He shall
receive an annual salary of twenty-five hun-
dred dollars, and such additional sum for
travelling and incidental expenses as the gene-
ral assembly may by law allow; shall report
to the general assembly within thirty days
after the commencement of its first session
under this constitution, a uniform system of
free public schools, and shall perform such
other duties pertaining to his office, as may
from time to time be prescribed by law.
in the second line of the second section in-
sert the word " State" before "superintend-
ent."
In the seventh line insert "shall" before
" be appointed," and in the ninth line strike
out "made" after" time," and insert the
same word after "be."
In the second line of the third section after
the word "governor" strike out "of the
State." Also strike out " the president of
the senate," And instead of "State's super-
intendent" in the fourth line, insert "State
superintendent."
The committee also recommend that these
sections (second and third) be transposed.
The third section creates the board of educa-
tion, and the second section makes it the duty |
