of that board to appoint '' school commission-
ers."
Having regard to symmetry, the board of
education should be created before perform-
ing duties; for this reason the committee
recommend the transposition.
In the fourth section it is proposed to in-
sert the word " free" before " public schools"
in the eighth line. And in the last line but
one of the fifth section, the word "by" is in-
serted before the words "the mayor," and
the word "and" after the word "mayor."
In the sixth section where the expression
" free common schools" is used, the com-
mittee propose to strike out the word " com-
mon" and insert "public." The object is
to make the expression referring to the public
schools uniform throughout this article.
This closes the report of the committee of
revision on the article styled education.
They recommend that the changes proposed
be concurred in by the convention.
GEORGE EARLE, Chairman.
Pending the consideration of that part of
the above report which recommends striking
out from the third section, the words " the
president of the senate,"
Mr. DAVIS, of Washington, said: I under-
stood it was the determination of the house
not to strike out the words "the president
of the senate" in this section.
Mr. CHAMBERS I understand it to be the
business of the committee on revision to re-
vise what has been done by the convention ;
and not to do as they seem to have done
here, propose changes and alterations just as
if they were a committee to prepare articles
for the constitution.
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Daniel.) I believe it
has always been held that the committee on
revision have power to suggest alterations
for the consideration of the house.
Mr. CHAMBERS. I suppose amendments
cannot be made to these reports after their
third reading, except in a certain manner.
All that (he committee on revision has to do
is to tee that the language is correct.
Mr. STIRLING. I understand that the rea-
son why the committee recommend the
striking out of the words " the president of
the senate, "is that they are in this section
by mistake. The committee propose no
alterations except in the phraseology.
Mr. MILLER. I would ask if the committee
have not reported additional words to the
election oath ?
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Daniel.) The chair is
of opinion that the committee have proposed
no substantial alterations.
Mr. STIRLING. The committee on revision
examine the articles after they have been
passed by the convention, and then bring
them in here with such suggestions in the
way of alterations as they deem proper. I
is for the convention to adopt then or reject
them. |
Mr. BROWS. I would like to inquire if these
reports of the committee on revision are to
be printed. It seems to me that very mate-
rial alterations are proposed here, which we
are passing upon without understanding
them properly. I understand that an addi-
tional section has been reported to the arti-
cle on elective franchise. Will that be
printed without an order of the house?
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Daniel.) The next
printing will probably be in the form of the
entire constitution.
The question was then taken upon the re-
commendation of the committee on revision
to leave out the words "the president of the
senate," in the third section, and it was
agreed to.
The other amendments as proposed by the
committee on revision were then severally-
read and adopted.
MILITIA.
Mr. EARLE, from the committee of revision,
recommended a modification of the third sec-
tion of the article on militia.
The said section as adopted by the conven-
tion reads:
"Section 3. The adjutant general shall
be appointed by the governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the senate. He
shall hold his office during the pleasure of
the governor, and receive for his services
such compensation as is now or may be
hereafter fixed by law."
The same section as modified by the com-
mittee reads:
Section 3, There shall be an adjutant gen-
eral, who shall be appointed by the governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the
senate. He shall hold his office at the plea-
sure of the governor; shall perform such du-
ties, and shall receive such compensation or
emoluments as are now or may be hereafter
fixed by law.
GEORGE EARLE, Chairman.
The recommendation of the committee, on
being read, was concurred in by the conven-
tion.
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS.
Mr. EARLE, from the committee of revision,
next reported back to the convention the
article on attorney general and State's attor-
neys.
The changes proposed in this article are as
follows:
In the first section insert the word "' the"
before the word " Tuesday" in the second
line, and the words "the month of 'before
•'November," in the third line. This change
makes the time for electing an attorney gen-
eral read, "on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November."
The same phraseology is found in other parts
of this constitution, and the object of the |
