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Proceedings and Debates of the 1850 Constitutional Convention
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The President announced that the hour had arrived for taking
up the order of the day;
Mr. Cristield, moved to postpone the order of the day.

Mr. Sollers, moved that the Convention adjourn until Monday
morning, 12 o'clock, which motion he waived to enable Mr.
George to offer the following articles to the Bill of Rights:
Article 43rd. The amount of debts hereafter contracted by the
Legislature, shalt never exceed one hundred thousand dollars, ex
cept for the defence of the State; unless such debt shall be aurhori
zed by a law for the collection of an annual tax or taxes, suffi
cleat to pay the interest on such debt as falls due,and also to dis
charge the principal of such debt, within fifteen yeais from the
time of contracting the same, and the taxes laid for the purpose
shall never be repealed or applied to any other object, till the said
debt and the interest thereon shall be fully discharged.

Art. 44th. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to
each branch of the Legislature, shall be requisite to every bill ap
propriating the public money, or pledging the public faith, for
local or private purposes; and the Legislature shall not have the
power to make appropriations, loans or subscriptions to any work
of Internal Improvement.

The question was then put on the motion of Mr. Sollers, to ad
journ until Monday morning 12 o'clock.

Determined in the affirmative.

Nr. John Newcomer, moved for the yeas and nays, which
motion was not sustained.

The Convention thereupon adjourned until Monday morning
12 o'clock.


 

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