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Proceedings and Debates of the 1850 Constitutional Convention
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be drawn in this State for any purpose whatsoever, that at the
time of electing delegates to the General Assembly, there shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the State, one commissioner of
lotteries, who shall hold his office commencing from the expira-
tion of the commissions of the present officers, for the period of
two years, and shall be re~eligible from term to term until
the close of the system when said office shall expire, that
he shall enter into bond with security as now required by law,
that it shall be his duty to make such a contract as will extinguish
all existing lottery grants before the 1st day of April 1859, and
secure to the State a nett annual revenue equal to the average de-
rived from the system for the last five years, that all compensation
for his services, shall be paid out of the fund raised for the consoli-
dated lotteries, and shall not exceed the commissions now and
heretofore received by commissioners of lotteries from the lottery
grants; provided, that said commissioner shall not receive a
greater amount of commission or compensation than the amount
now received by one of the present lottery commissioners out of
said grants."
Which was read.

Mr. John Newcomer moved the previous question.
On motion of Mr. Spencer,

The House was called anti the doorkeeper sent for the absent
members.

Mr. McHenry, moved to suspend further proceedings under the
call.
Determined in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Spencer, the couvention resolved to proceed
with the ordinary business of the session during the absence of the
doorkeeper.

Mr. John Newcomer submitted the following order.

Ordered, That when this convention adjourns to night it stands
adjourned until Monday morning next at 9 o'clock.

Which was twice read and adopted.

Mr. Magraw submitted sundry accounts.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Accounts.

Mr. Magraw from the select Committee, submitted the follow-
ing report:

The undersigned appointed under an order passed on the 28th
ult., respectfully report that in pursuance of said order they have
examined the Record of the Journal of Proceedings which has
been keptby the secretary of the Convention and find from the
examination which they have been able to make that as far as
completed iris an accurate transcript of the proceedings. it will
require several weeks to finish the record and by an order which
recently passed the Convention the secretary has had other labours
imposed upon him which will require much of his time after the


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