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Mr. Jones said the committee had been entirely har-
monious on every point but one, that with regard to ad
mitting negro testimony to the courts.
Mr. Carter said it would be perfectly useless to send
the matter back to the committee. The consultations o^
the committee had been of the freest and most lengthy
nature, and they had been entirely unanimous with this
one exception.
The motion to recommit was then lost. The report
of the committee was then made the special order for
Wednesday next, at 1 o'clock.
On motion of Mr. Hall, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the appointment, ten-
ure of office, &c., be requested to take into their consid-
eration the expediency of altering or abolishing that part
of the constitution of 1864, beginning ''all civil officers to
enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day
of May, " so far as relates to inspectors of tobacco, here-
after to be appointed, and insert in lieu thereof "the
fourth day of March in each and every year thereafter. "
Mr. Kilbourne, from the committee on rules, made a
report, which was made the order of the day for Thurs-
day next.
The unfinished business, being the election of a re-
porter in chief to the Convention, was then taken up.
Mr. Archer moved to reconsider the vote to proceed
to the election of a reporter, which was agreed to.
Mr. Archer then moved the following:
Ordered, That the services of a reporter to this Con-
vention be dispensed with.
Mr. Wethered hoped the order would not be adopted.
He regarded this. Convention as only second in importance
to the one which formed the constitution of the United
States, and as all important that the debates should be
published.
Mr. Marbury argued in favor of having a reporter.
Mr. Benson called for the previous question, which be-
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