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tributing it among the members than could possibly be
effected if the whole body were obliged to devote itself
to each particular subject, and to proceed in the prelimi-
nary stages of a measure with that degree of freedom
which is essential to its being properly matured. "
Mr. Maulsby suggested that if the committees were
ordered, they should be so arranged that every member
of the Convention should be on some committee. This
would give employment to all, and keep the members
here.
Mr. Dobbin then took the floor and replied to the argu-
ments of Messrs. Jones and Wickes, and maintained the
feasibility of his proposition. —There were only three
subjects upon which there might be any difficulty—the
basis of representation, the judiciary, and the system of
education. He had, to meet this, prepared an amend-
ment to his proposition, which, he supposed, it would
hardly be in order for him to offer, and he would be
obliged if some member would offer it.
Mr. Gill then offered the amendment, and it being
accepted by Mr. Dobbin, the question recurred on the
substitute as amended.
The substitute, as amended, is as follows:
Ordered, That the Bill of Rights and Constitution of
1851 be printed in the customary form for legislative con-
sideration, and that on Monday next the Convention shall
proceed to consider and amend the same in committee of
the whole, section by section, until the whole shall have
been acted upon and reported to this Convention for final
adoption.
"And it is further ordered that a committee of —— be
appointed by the President to consider and report upon
a proper basis of representation for adoption into the con-
stitution; that a committee of —— be appointed to con-
sider and report upon the judiciary system of the State;
and that a committee of —— be appointed to consider and
report on a system of education—which committees shall
report to this Convention by the time the subjects re-
spectively committed to them shall have been reached
under the foregoing order. "
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