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On motion of Mr. Buchanan, it was
Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary take into con-
sideration the propriety of so arranging the Judicial Districts, for
county courts, as to require that the same Judge shall not sit twice
in succession in the same court, but in regular rotation shall at
tend first one and then another county court, until he has made a
circuit of all the county courts in the State.
On motion of Mr. Buchanan, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary take into con-
sideration the propriety of so arranging the judicial functions as to
prohibit the commingling of the duties of the judges of the
Court of Appeals and of the county courts.
Mr. Hardcastle, submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Convention adjourn on the twentieth day of
December, to meet again on the first Monday of January next,
and that the members and officers of the Convention shall not re-
ceive any per diem during the recess.
Which was read.
Mr. Colston, moved to amend said order by striking out all after
the word "ordered," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following:
"That whenr this Convention adjourns on Wednesday, the 11th
inst., it stands adjourned until the last Monday in December—and
that no member or officer of this Convention shall receive any
per diem during said adjournment;"
Which was read.
Mr. Merrick, moved to lay said order and amendment on the
table;
Determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Stephenson, it was
Ordered, That committee No. 14, take into consideration the
following subjects:
The division of the counties into wards or townships, not ex-
ceeding five miles square, each to form an election district.
The propriety of the electors in each to elect a justice of the
peace, a constable, and one or more supervisors, and of levying a
tax on the assessable property therein, to support a school, to keep
in repair their own portion of the public roads and bridges, and to
support their own poor.
The propriety of the election of one or more jurors by said
wards to serve in the county court.
On motion of Mr. Dickinson, it was
Ordered, That the committee appointed to consider and report
respecting the power of the Legislature on corporations, &c., be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of engrafting into the new
constitution, an article, that the stockholders of any Bank, when
an act of forfeiture of its charter is committed, or when it is dis-
solved or expires, shall be individually and severally liable for the
payment of all its debts, in proportion to the stock owned by each.
On motion of Mr. Parke, it was
Ordered, That the committee appointed to inquire into and
report upon the Judiciary Department of Government, take into