VOL. III

CHAS. CHAUNCEY,
NATHANIEL CLAPP,
JAMES CLARKE,
JOHN CLARKE,
WM. CLARK,
A. J. CLINE,
LINDLEY COATES,
R. E. COCHRAN,
THOS. P. COPE,
JOSHUA F. COX,
WALTER CRAIG,
RICHARD CRAIN,
GEO. T. CRAWFORD,
CORNELIUS CRUM,
BENJAMIN MARTIN,
JOHN J. M'CAHEN,
E. T. M'DOWELL,
JAMES M'SHERRY,
MARK DARRAH,
HARMAR DENNY,

JOHN DICKEY,

JOSHUA DICKERSON,

JACOB DILLINGER,

JAMES DONAGAN,
J. R. DONNELL,
JOS. M. DORAN,
JAS. DUNLOP,
THOMAS EARLE,
D. M. FARRELLY,
ROBERT FLEMING,
WALTER FORWARD,
JOHN FOULKROD,
JOSEPH FRY, Jr.

JOHN FULLER,

JOHN A. GAMBLE,

WILLIAM GEARHART,
DAVID GILMORE,

VIRGIL GRENELL,
WILLIAM L. HARRIS,
THOMAS HASTINGS,
EZRA S. HAYHURST,
WILLIAM HAYES,
A. HELFFENSTEIN,
M. HENDERSON,
WM. HENDERSON,
WM. HIESTER,
WILLIAM HIGH,
JOS. HOPKINSON,

JOHN HOUPT,

JABEZ HYDE,

CHAS. J. INGERSOLL,

PHINEAS JENKS,

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GEORGE M. KEIM,
JAMES KENNEDY,
AARON KERR,

JOS. KONIG MACHER,
JACOB KREBS,
H. G. LONG,
DAVID LYONS,

ALEX. MAGEE,

JOEL K. MANN,
WM. M. MEREDITH,

JAS. MERRILL,

LEVI MERKEL,

WM. L. MILLER,
JAS. MONTGOMERY,
CHRISTIAN MYERS,
D. NEVIN,

WM. OVERFIELD,
HIRAM PAYNE,

M. PENNYPACKER,
JAMES PORTER,
J. M. PORTER,

S. A, PURVIANCE,
JAMES POLLOCK.
E. C. REIGART,
A. H. READ,
G. W. RITER,
JOHN RITTER,
H G. ROGERS,
S. ROYER.

J. M. RUSSELL,
DANIEL SEAGER,
JOHN M. SCOTT,
TOBIAS SELLERS,
G. SELTZER,
GEO. SERRILL,
HENRY SCHEETZ,
GEO. SHELLITO,

THOMAS H. SILL,

GEO. SMITH,

WM. SMYTH,

JOSEPH SNIVELY,

JOHN B. STERIGERE,

JACOB STICKEL,

E. M. STURDEVANT,
THOMAS TAGGART,
M. J. THOMAS,
JAMES TODD,
T. WEAVER,

J. B. WEIDMAN,

R. G. WHITE,

GEO. W. WOODWARD.
R. YOUNG.

A motion was made by Mr. CLArke, of Indiana,
That the convention do now adjourn sine die.
And on the question,

Will the convention agree to the motion?

The yeas and nays were required by Mr. CLARKE, of Indiana, and Mr. PORTER, of Northampton, and are as follow, viz:

YEAS-Messrs. Agnew, Baldwin, Banks, Bedford, Bell, Biddle, Bigelow, Bonham, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Butler, Chambers, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Clarke, of Beaver, Clark, of Dauphin, Clarke, of Indiana, Cox, Crain, Crawford, Crum, Cummin, Darlington, Darrah, Denny, Dickey, Donnell, Dunlop, Earle, Farrelly, Fleming, Forward, Foulkrod, Fuller, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Harris, Hastings, Hayhurst, Helffenstein, Hiester, Houpt, Hyde, Ingersoll, Jenks, Konigmacher, Krebs, Lyons, Magee, Martin, M'Cahen, M'Dowell, M'sherry, Meredith, Merkel, Miller, Montgomery, Myers, Overfield, Payne, Pennypacker, Porter, of Lancaster, Porter, of Northampton, Ritter, Rogers, Royer, Russell, Scott, Sellers, Seltzer, Serrill, Shellito. Sill, Smith, of Columbia, Smyth, of Centre, Snively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Todd, Weaver Weidman, White, Woodward, Young, Sergeant, President.

So the question was determined in the affirmative; and,

The convention adjourned.

SAMUEL SHOCH, Secretary

VOTE OF THE PEOPLE

ON THE :

CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS.

The amendments to the constitution, adopted by this convention, having been published in the form and manner prescribed, were submitted to the people for their acceptance or rejection, at the ensuing general election, throughout the commonwealth, on the second Tuesday of October, 1838. On Tusday, December eleven, the returns from the different counties, were opened by the speaker, in the presence of the senate, as appears in the following extract from the journal of that body.

Agreeable to order,

The speaker and members of the senate and house of representatives met in the senate chamber, for the purpose of opening and publishing the returns of the votes given, at the late election, for and against the amendments proposed by the convention to amend the constitutionMessrs. FRALEY (city) and KINGSBURY being appointed tellers.

The returns having been opened, read, and summed up,

Messrs. FRALEY (city) and KINGSBURY, the tellers aforesaid, made a report, which was read as follows, viz:

In pursuance of an act of the general assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act providing for the call of a convention to propose amendments to the constitution of the state, to be submitted to the people thereof, for their ratification or rejection." passed the twenty-ninth day of March, A. D. 1836, the speaker of the senate and the members of the senate and house of representatives of the said commonwealth, assembled in the senate chamber, at Harrisburg, on Tuesday the eleventh day of December, in the year one thousand eight hurdred and thirty-eight; and the speaker of the senate, in the presence of the members aforesaid, did open and publish the returns of the election held on the ninth day of October, in the year last aforesaid, for and against the amendments proposed by the said convention, in the several coun ties of this commonwealth, as follows, viz: