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Legislature to enact a law or laws subjecting to penalties
and disqualifications members or officers or clerks of the
General Assembly who shall, directly or indirectly, re-
ceive any bribe, reward, fee, or valuable testimonial for
any service performed, or to be performed, in connection
with their official trust.
On motion of Mr. Vansant, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the legislative depart-
ment inquire into the expediency of engrafting into the
constitution an article inhibiting lottery grants and the
sale of lottery tickets, of whatever kind, or policies of
risk, or certificates having in anywise any connection with
the drawing of lotteries or schemes of raffle, or gift en-
terprises, either through agents or otherwise, and re-
quiring the General Assembly of the State to enact penal
laws and prohibitions in that connection.
On motion of Mr. Rider, it was
Ordered, That the committee on appointment and ten-
ure of office consider the expediency of providing in the
constitution for the election of State Treasurer by the
people.
Mr. Hayden submitted the following, which was re-
ferred to the committee on the proper basis of repre-
sentation:
Ordered, That the "committee on a proper basis of rep-
resentation in the two houses of the General Assembly,
and a proper apportionment of representatives in the
same, " inquire into the propriety of making the whole
population of the State the basis of representation in the
House of Delegates, and of apportioning representation
in said House according to said basis.
Mr. J. Montgomery Peters, from the minority of the
committee upon the Declaration of Rights, submitted the
following report:
To the honorable, the Speaker of the Convention: Sir—
A minority of your committee to whom was referred the
duty of preparing and reporting a Declaration of Rights
fur the consideration ef the Convention, have the honor
to report that the form of Declaration reported by the
chairman of the committee, contains the views expressed
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