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"Provided, that the expense of reporting and printing referred
to in the above orders, shall not exceed in the whole ten thousand
dollars during the entire session of the Convention."
Pending the motion, and after debate thereon;
Mr. Johnson, moved that the Convention take a recess until
half past four o'clock, P. M.;
Determined in the negative.
Mr. Smith, moved for the yeas and nays.
Which motion was not sustained.
On motion of Mr. Donaldson,
The Convention adjourned until to-morrow morning 11 o'clock.

TUESDAY, November 26th, 1850.

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Present the same members as on yesterday.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Griffith.
The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mr. James U. Dennis, submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That in order to preserve the purity of the ballot-box,
the committee to consider and report respecting the Elective
Franchise, be directed to consider and report upon the expediency
of a general registry law;
Which was twice read and adopted.
On motion of Mr. Ege, it was
Ordered, That the Committee appointed on the judicial depart
ment of government, be requested to examine into and report to
this Convention the propriety of so altering the mode of selecting
jurors, that in no event can any partiality be shown in the selection
of the same.
On motion of Mr. Hollyday, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the Elective Franchise, be in
structed to inquire into the expediency of engrafting a provision in
the Constitution, disfranchising forever any elector who may be
convicted in due course of law of bribing, offering to bribe or re
ceiving a bribe at any election, and also of disqualifying the person so
offending from holding any office of profit or trust under the govern
rnent of this State.
On motion of Mr. Hollyday, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the Legislative department be in
structed to inquire into the expediency ofengrafting upon the constitu
tion a provision requiring that a tax should be imposed at the same time
that any appropriation is made by the Legislature, for any works
of internal improvement, and that no work of internal improve-