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tion from E. Root, Esq., State Superintendant of Public Instruc
tion of the State of Wisconsin, covering the reports of the State,
of the Board of Regents of the State University;
Which was read, and
Referred to the committee on Education.
On motion of Mr. Weems, it was
Ordered, That the hour of meeting hereafter be 11 o'clock,
A.M.
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the order of
the day, being the report submitted by Mr. Dorsey on the 11th
ult, as chairman of the committee on the Declaration of Rights.
The question pending before the Convention being on the
amendment offered by Mr. Chambers, of Kent, on the 29th ult.,
to the amendment offered by Mr. Presstman, on the 28th ult.;
After debate thereon,
Mr. Chambers, of Kent, withdrew the amendment offered by
him.
The question then recurred upon the amendment as offered
by Mr. Presstman.
Mr. McLane, moved to amend said amendment by adding at
the end thereof the following
"Provision ought therefore to be made in the constitution now
to be formed, whereby the exercise of such right at reasonable
periods, and in Conventional Assemblies, would be secured and
regulated;"
Which amendment was accepted by Mr. Presstrnan.
Mr. Brent, of Baltimore city, moved the previous question,
thatis:
"Shall the main question be now put?" and it was
Determined in the negative.
The question then recurred upon the amendment as amended.
Mr. Dorsey, moved to amend said amendment by inserting
after the words "they have," in the first line the following : "ac
cording to the mode prescribed in this constitution, and the laws
made in pursuance thereof;"
Mr. Brent, of Balt, city, moved the previous question, that is:
"Shall the main question be now put ?" and it was
Determined in the affirmative.

The question was then taken on the amendment as offered by
Mr. Dorsey.
Mr. Stewart, of Baltimore city, moved the question be taken by
yeas and nays, and being ordered appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, 'Morgan, Blakistone,
Dent, Hopewell, Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell, Donaldson,