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Ferry, Marbury, Watkins, of Car.
Finley, Massey, Watkins, of Mont.
Flaherty, Maulsby, Wethered,
Ford, McCormick, Wickes,
Franck, McKaig, Wilkinson—92.
NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Duvall, Rennolds—2.
The Convention then proceeded to the consideration of the
Report of the Committee respecting Future Amendments to
the Constitution,
Said Report being upon a third reading,
Pending which,
On motion of Mr. Lee, Chairman of the Committee upon
Revision and Compilation, submitted the following Report:
The Committee on Revision and Compilation, to which was
referred the Engrossed Report of the Committee respecting
Future Amendments to the Constitution, has carefully re-
vised the same, and recommends the following amendments.
The lines referred to are those of the Engrossed Copy of the
Report, printed under the order of the Constitution of the
20th of June, 1867:
1st. Sec. 1. Strike out the first section to the word
" House," inclusive, in the 8th line, and insert the words
" The General Assembly may propose amendments to this
Constitution; provided, that each amendment shall be em-
braced in a separate bill, embodying the Article or Section,
as the same will stand when amended, and passed by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses,
by yeas and nays, to be entered on the Journal, with the
proposed amendment." Same section, lines 17, 18, strike
out the word " confirmation," and insert the word "adop-
tion " Line 23, strike out the words "of the confirma-
tion." Line 27, insert the word "said," before the word
"Constitution." Same section, line 23, strike out the words
'' and form of government of this State.''
2d. Sec. 2, line 2. After the word "taking," strike out
the words "the sense of the people of this State, whether they
desire or not that there shall be a Convention to revise, al-
ter, or amend the Constitution." Line 6, after the word
"thereafter," insert the words " the sense of the people in
regard to calling a Convention for altering this Constitu-
tion." Line 8, strike out down to the word " Convention,"
in the 10th line, and after the word " Law," insert the words
"for the assembling of such Convention, and for the election
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