A sufficient number seconding the call, the ayes and noes were ordered. Mr. SCHOONMAKER-I ask for a division of the question. SEVERAL DELEGATES-No! No! The SECRETARY called the roll on the amend aemocracy, then he should do so through his rep-allow the question to be taken on my proposition; resentatives, and that representative should be and then, if the gentleman wishes to move his one who will represent his sentiments. I cannot, amendment, he can do so. therefore, agree with the sweeping remark made by two or three gentlemen, that it is a democratic doctrine,that the majority shall govern. The majority may be as despotic as the one-man power. I think we all know that that can be so. I favor this proposition presented by the gentleman from Westchester [Mr. Greeley], because I think it is a move in the right direction. It proposes a mode by which the minority may be represented. I do not think it is the best mode. I prefer one by which a voter should be permitted to vote for a portion of the candidates. But nevertheless this proposition does, to a certain extent, secure the representation of the minority in all the districts where the minority exists in the proportion of one-third of the votes. Mr. GREELEY-One-fourth. ment of Mr. Greeley, and it was lost by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. E. Brooks, Champlain, Chesebro, Church, Cooke, Daly, Field, Greeley, Hardenburgh, Hitchman, Hutchins, Ketcham, Krum, Larremore, Paige, A. J. Parker, Schumaker, Stratton, Tappen, Weed-20. Noes-Messrs. A. F. Allen, C. L. Allen, Alvord, Andrews, Archer, Axtell, Baker, Ballard, Barker, Barnard, Beadle, Bell, Bergen, Bickford, Bowen, E. P. Brooks, E. A. Brown, W. C. Brown, Burrill, Mr. A. J. PARKER-One-third, three being Carpenter, Case, Corbett, Corning, C. C. Dwight, elected. I prefer a different system, that is, to T. W. Dwight, Eddy, Endress, Evarts, Flagler, have districts where four shall be elected, Folger, Fowler, Francis, Frank, Fuller, Fullerton, each elector voting only for three of the candi- Garvin, Gould, Grant, Graves, Gross, Hadley, dates. It is said that this is a new, and untried Hammond, Harris, Hatch, Hitchcock, Houston, experiment. It certainly is not. It is precisely Jarvis, Kernan, Kinney, Landon, A. Lawrence, what we have been doing in choosing inspectors A. R. Lawrence, M. H. Lawrence, Lee, Livingof election for a number of years. It is said that ston, Loew, Lowrey, Ludington, Masten, McDonit would give the management of affairs to poli-ald, Merritt, Merwin, Monell, Morris, Opdyke, ticians, and not to the people. Certainly that C. E. Parker, President, Prindle, Prosser, Rathwould not be the case, because each party would bun, Reynolds, Robertson, Rogers, Rolfe, Roy, run three candidates, and there would be as much Rumsey, A. D. Russell, L. W. Russell, Schell, of a contest at the polls as if four were to be Schoonmaker, Seaver, Seymour, Sherman, Smith, elected by each party. It is very different from Spencer, Strong, M. I. Townsend, S. Townsend, the plan by which each party nominates only one- Van Cott, Wakeman, Wales, Wickham, Wilhalf, and where there is no struggle for the elec-liams-93. tion. Now, the plan I propose would go further The SECRETARY again read the resolution than this to represent the minority; because in offered by Mr. W. C. Brown. all cases where there was a difference of onequarter between the majority and the minority, it would be impossible, in the manner pointed out by the gentleman from Chenango [Mr. Prindle] to prevent the minority from being represented. I do not think there are two counties in this State where the parties are so situated that it would be possible, even on theory, to form such a combination as would prevent the minority from being represented by the fourth man. I am sure there is no county in the State where it would be practicable to secure such a result. It is not enough to show by figures that such a result could be accomplished; for no one would risk the success of the whole ticket, by finessing in that way. As I said, I shall support this amendment because it is a move in the right direction. Mr. W. C. BROWN-I desire to offer this amendment, which I think will carry out the same purpose: Amend section two by striking out the words "lega! voters" in the fourth line, and insert "inhabitants, excluding aliens," and strike out the words "each voter" in the sixth line, and down to the words "the Senators," and insert "but no ballot shall contain the names of more than two persons for the office of Senators." Also, amend the last paragraph of the section four by striking out the words "a repetition of," and insert "the number of." Mr. GREELEY-I hope the Convention will Mr. ALVORD-I move to strike out the four years' term, and reduce it to the term provided by the provision in the present Constitution, of two years. Mr. KRUM-I call for the ayes and noes. A sufficient number seconding the call, the ayes and noes were ordered. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Alvord, and it was lost by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. A. F. Allen, Alvord, Andrews, Archer, Axtell, Barker, Beals, Bell, Bickford, E. A. Brown, Champlain, Church, Cooke, C. C. Dwight, Eddy, Field, Folger, Fowler, Grant, Graves, Greeley, Hadley, Harris, Hatch, Hitchcock, Hutchins, Kernan, Ketcham, Krum, Landon, M. H. Lawrence, Loew, Ludington, Prindle, Rathbun, Schell, Seaver, Stratton, Tappen, Van Campen, Wickham-41. Noes-Messrs. C. L. Allen, Baker, Ballard, Barnard, Beadle, Bergen, Bowen, E. P. Brooks, W. C. Brown, Burrill, Carpenter, Case, Chesebro, Corbett, Corning, Daly, Duganne, T. W. Dwight, Evarts, Flagler, Francis, Frank, Fuller, Fullerton, Garvin, Gould, Gross, Hammond, Hand, Hitchman, Houston, Jarvis Kinney, Larremore, Law, A. Lawrence, A. R. Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Lowrey, Masten, McDonald, Merritt, Merwin, Monell, Morris, Opdyke, Paige, A. J. Parker, C. E. Parker, President, Prosser, Reynolds, Robertson, Rogers, Rolfe, Roy, Rumsey, A. D. Russell, L. W. Russell, Schoonmaker, Schumaker, Sey- Mr. A. J. PARKER-I offer this as an amendment to the second section: SEC. 2. The Legislature for 1868 shall divide the State into eight senate districts, to be numbered from one to eight, inclusive, each district to consist of contiguous territory and to contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens. No county shall be divided, except it shall contain a greater population than is necessary for one senate district. There shall be thirty-two Senators, four to be elected in each senate district. The term of office shall be four years, except that the Senators chosen at the first election in the first, third, fifth and seventh districts shall hold their offices for two years only. The first election shall take place at the general election in 1865, and no elector shall, either at the first, or at any subsequent election, vote for more than any three candidates. Mr. A. J. PARKER-I call for the ayes and noes on my proposition. A sufficient number seconding the call, the ayes and noes were ordered. The question was then put on the amendment of Mr. Parker, and was lost by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. E. Brooks, Champlain, Chesebro, Church, Conger, Cooke, Corning, Kernan, Krum, Paige, A. J. Parker, Roy, S. Townsend, Wakeman-14. Noes-Messrs. A. F. Allen, C. L. Allen, Alvord, Andrews, Archer, Baker, Ballard, Barker, Barnard, Beadle, Beals, Bergen, Bickford. Bowen, E. P. Brooks, E. A. Brown, Burrill, Carpenter, Case, Corbett, Duganne, C. C. Dwight, T. W. Dwight. Eddy, Evarts, Field, Flagler, Folger, Fowler, Francis, Frank, Fuller, Fullerton, Garvin, Gould, Grant, Graves, Greeley, Gross, Hadley, Hammond, Hand, Harris, Hitchcock, Hitchman, Houston, Jarvis, Ketcham, Kinney, Landon, Law, A Lawrence, A. R. Lawrence, M. H. Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Loew, Lowrey, Ludington, McDonald, Merritt, Merwin, Monell, More, Morris, C. E. Parker, President, Prindle, Prosser, Reynolds, Robertson, Rogers, Rumsey, A. D. Russell, L. W. Russell, Schell, Schoonmaker, Seaver, Seymour, Sherman, Spencer, Stratton, Strong, Van Campen, Van Cott, Wales, Williams-87. The question then recurred on the second section, as reported by the Committee of the Whole, and it was carried, on a division, by a vote of 71 to 15. Mr. BICKFORD-I move to reconsider the vote just taken, with the view of moving to reconsider the vote taken upon the proposition offered by the gentleman from Onondaga [Mr. Alvord]. Objection being made, the motion was laid over uuder the rule. The SECRETARY proceeded to read the third section as reported by the Committee of the Whole, as follows: My proposition is that no elector shall be permitted to vote for more than three candidates of the four who are to be elected. I insist that, notwithstanding what has been said in Committee of the Whole, by one or two gentlemen, it is not possible, in any district of the State, for the majority to prevent the election of one of the four by the minority. No combination could be formed that would secure that result. The majority is not sufficiently large, that you may take one-half for electing three and the other half of the majority to elect the other one. And besides, we all know perfectly well, that in this case, as in the case of choosing inspectors of election, and in all cases where we vote in this way, each party makes out its own entire ticket for the three candidates, and votes it, hoping to elect the whole. I do not desire to take up the time of this Convention. I know that the Convention does not much favor the representation of minorities, as is evident from the vote upon the proposition of the gentleman from Westchester [Mr. Greeley]. But I deem the proposition to be so fair, that it would be one which the people would approve, while it would secure representation to men of all different political opinions in every district of the State. I believe it to be of such a character as to avoid the evil which the gentleman from Genesee [Mr. Wakeman] spoke of the other day, of having one end of the State represented entirely by one party, and the rest of the State by the other party. I agree with him entirely, that it is best, if practi- Mr. MASTEN-I desire to offer the amendcable, to so arrange the system that minorities ment which I offered in Committee of the Whole, may be represented everywhere. In no other to insert after the words "excluding aliens' way can the wants of all sections and the opin- the words "who have not declared, pursuions of all parties be made known to the Legisla-ant to law, their intention to become citizens ture, and in no other way can all interests be pro- of the United States." I did not intend to say tected. Mr. BALLARD-It is now ten minutes past five, and much time has been expended in the discussion of this section. I move the previous question on it. The question was put on the motion of Mr. Ballard, ordering the previous question, and it was declared carried. SEC. 3. An enumeration of the inhabitants of the State shall be taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five and at the end of every ten years thereafter; and the said districts shall be so altered by the Legislature at the first session after the return of every enumeration, that each district shall contain as near as may be an equal number of inhabitants of the State excluding aliens and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration, and shall consist of contiguous territory. No county shall be divided in the formation of a senate district, unless said county shall be entitled to two or more Senators. anything on the subject, but, while I am up, I will say a word or two. It will be remembered that we are not determining who are to be electors of the State, but are determining what persons shall be included in the enumeration which is to be the basis of representation. As the section now stands, all persons except aliens are included, the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the Mr. BURRILL-I offer the following amendment: high and the low, the guilty and just, the white and the black. Now, sir, it seems to me just that! another class should be added, to wit: those per- Strike out the words "every enumeration" in sons who have come here and settled among us, sixth line, and insert in lieu thereof the words who have solemnly declared upon oath that they" after the United States census in 1870, and after intend to become citizens of the United States; every subsequent enumeration made under the this class of persons it seems to me should be direction of the Legislature of the State." included in the enumeration, and be entitled to representation. Now, sir, it has fallen to my lot to naturalize a large number of persons. Now not from a sense of duty, but from a sense of curiosity, and for information, I have been in the habit of propounding to every one of them this question: Have you any real estate? And the result of this inquiry, sir, has assured me that it will be found that of the persons who make application to become citizens, the proportion who hold real estate is equal to the proportion of citizens who hold real estate, so that we have a class of citizens-I say citizens, because they are quasi citizens-over whom the government extends its protection, and who to a very large extent are property-holders, who are not included in this enumeration. I think they should be included. I think the statement of the proposition carries with it its own demonstration. Mr. GREELEY-I simply desire to know how the Legislature is to ascertain who have declared their intentions. We know who are aliens and who are not by the census returns; but there is no possible mode of ascertaining the number of those who have declared their intentions. They are not discriminated in our documents at all. Mr. MASTEN -- We would ascertain in the same manner that we discover that persons are aliens by inquiry. Mr. CONGER-I call for the ayes and noes on the amendment of the gentleman from Erie [Mr. Masten]. A sufficient number seconding the call, the ayes and noes were ordered. The SECRETARY proceeded to call the roll on the amendment of Mr. Masten, and it was lost by the following vote: I offered an amendment last night in Committee of the Whole, and all the provisions which I thereby sought to secure were incorporated in section three, as amended, with the exception of this one, which provides that there shall be a new apportionment, on the basis of the federal census of 1870. It has been asserted here that the census of 1865 was incorrect. Whether it is so or not, it is sufficient to know that a large portion of the population of the city of New York believe that such census did not do that city justice. Some complaint in regard to that census may, perhaps, also be justly made on behalf of other districts of the State. All which we now ask is that the apportionment may be on the basis of the Federal census of 1870, which would cost the State nothing, and the cost of making the apportionment would be very slight. Mr. ALVORD-I trust the Chair will rule the amendment of the gentleman [Mr. Burrill] out of order. We have just taken a vote, by means of which we have determined that aliens shall be excluded. Now, under his proposition, if we take an enumeration under the federal census of 1870, which does not exclude aliens in the enumerations of the citizens of the United States, we shall have been going back upon that which we have just provided. The PRESIDENT-The Chair will leave that question to the Convention. It does not deem it its province to overrule it. The ayes and noes were called for. Not a sufficient number seconding the call, the ayes and noes were not ordered. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Burrill, and it was declared lost. Mr. CONGER-I move to strike out the words "excluding aliens" altogether, without any qualification. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Conger, and it was declared lost. Ayes-Messrs. Barnard, Bergen, E. Brooks, Burrill, Champlain, Chesebro, Church, Conger, Corning, Field, Garvin, Gross, Hadley, Hardenburgh, Hatch, Hitchman, Jarvis, Kernan, Larremore, Law, A. R. Lawrence, Livingston, Mr. GREELEY-I move to strike out the Masten, Monell, Morris, A. J. Parker, Prosser, Robertson, Rogers, Roy, A. D. Russell, Schell, Schoonmaker, Seymour, Strong, S. Townsend, Van Campen, Weed, Wickham-40. Noes-Messrs. A. F. Allen, C. L. Allen, Alvord, Andrews, Archer, Axtell, Baker, Ballard, Barker, Beadle, Beals, Bickford, Bowen, E. P. Brooks, E. A. Brown, W. C. Brown, Carpenter, Case, Cooke, C. C. Dwight, T. W. Dwight, Endress, Evarts, Folger, Fowler, Francis, Frank, Fuller, Gould, Grant, Graves, Greeley, Hammond, Hand, Harris, Hitchcock, Hutchins, Kinney, Krum, Landon, A. Lawrence, M. H. Lawrence, Lee, Ludington, McDonald, Merritt, Merwin, President, Rathbun, Reynolds, Rumsey, L. W. Russell, Spencer, Van Cott, Wakeman, Wales, Williams-57. Mr. SCHUMAKER-I move a reconsideration of the vote just taken. words "two or more," near the close of the section, and insert "more than one." Mr. A. J. PARKER-I hope the amendment will not prevail. It allows less than the full ratio. The question was then put on the amendment of Mr. Greeley, and it was declared lost. Mr. GOULD-The amendment that I offered last evening seemed to meet with very little favor in the afternoon, and I offer it again to-day with a view to present it and to state some of the advantages which I expect to flow from it. The amendment is as follows: "No person shall be permitted to vote for a Senator who has not paid a town, county, or State tax within twelve months next preceding the election." I was unable, under the operation of the twenty-minute rule, to present last evening cer Objection being made, the motion laid over, tain considerations. One of the most important under the rule. matters which I suppose this Convention was sent here to frame, was the prevention of corrup- this body has shown that the city of New York tion at the polls and corruption in the Legislature. is to be represented by a united body in the lower Now, it seems to me that this amendment has the House, and when they seek to combine with this effect of striking at the very core of this evil. If power in the lower House six Senators out of thirtyyou have taxpayers represented in one chamber, two, it does seem to me it ought not to be granted. it is very clear that the persons which represent Nor is it anything against the city of New York. the tax payers will not vote to spend public The city of New York comes here now and admoney corruptly-that they will not vote for this mits that, on the strict representative principlę, expenditure for the advantage of officers or corpo- according to the number of inhabitants, with or rations, if it must come out of the pockets of those without aliens, they cannot govern themselves. whom they represent; if you have one chamber in They are here, asking that the Legislature shall the Legislature which is absolutely clear of this govern them partially, or provide for a governtendency to corruption, that it is impossible to ment not strictly representative; and when that move them by a bribe, then clearly it is very use-admission is made I think they should not ask less for anybody to attempt to corrupt the Assembly, because both chambers must agree in the enactment of a law. Those, therefore, who have been in the habit of corrupting the Assembly will cease to do so because it will be of no use, and if members of the Assembly are not approached by those who de- Mr. McDONALD-It was not made directly sire to corrupt there will be no temptation on the in that way, but I understood from some of its part of candidates to expend large sums of money representatives that they wanted in New York at the polls, and in this way the Legislature will one of the two boards of the common council be purified and the voting population will not la- should be restricted by a property qualification or bor under the temptations which they have hith-something of that kind. that they have more than six Senators in a body of thirty-two. Mr. E. BROOKS- Will the gentleman inform me what representative of New York has made any such admission, that the people of New York were incapable of governing themselves? The question was put on ordering the previous The question was put on the amendment of Mr. McDonald, and it was declared lost. The question then recurred on the third section as read by the Secretary, and it was declared adopted. erto labored under. There is another advantage Mr. WEED-I move to amend the amendment in my estimation which will flow from the adop- of the gentleman from Ontario to make ittion of this amendment, and that is, that the Mr. GREELEY-I move the previous question farming population of the State will be able to on the third section. maintain their relative power in the government. It is obvious to any one who examines our suc-question, and it was declared carried. cessive censuses that the relative proportion of farmers is continually decreasing, while the population of cities is continually gaining upon the agricultural population. It is not impossible that the cities within the lifetime of our children now born, will be very much greater than the population of the country. I think we cannot look without alarm at such a consequence as that. Those who extended the franchise in 1821 relied upon that very argument. They said it was safe to extend the franchise because the farming population was incorruptible, and they will always bear a greater proportion to the full number of inhabitants of the State. Here the gavel fell, the five minutes having expired. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Gould, and it was declared lost. The SECRETARY proceeded to read the fourth section, as follows: SEC. 4. The Assembly shall consist of one hundred and thirty-nine members, who shall be chosen by counties, and shall be apportioned among the several counties of the State, as near as may be, according to the number of inhabitants thereof, excluding aliens, and shall hold office for one year. Each county shall be entitled to at least one member, except that the counties of Fulton and Hamilton shall together elect until the population of the county of Hamilton shall, according to the ratio, entitle it to a member. Mr. GOULD—I call for the ayes and noes. No new county shall be erected unless the popuThe PRESIDENT- The call is too late. lation shall entitle it to a member. The first Mr. McDONALD - I move to amend by adding apportionment of members of Assembly shall be at the end of the section these words: "but no made by the Legislature at its first session after county shall be entitled to more than six Sena- the adoption of this Constitution, upon the enutors." The object of this amendment is very ap-meration of the inhabitants of this State, excludparent. In a body of thirty-two Senators it seems ing aliens, made in the year 1865. A like apporto me it is not safe to have any one corporation tionment shall be made by the Legislature at its or any one interest represented by more than six first session after every such enumeration. Every Senators. It is not the case in this State or in apportionment when made shall remain unaltered any other State in this Union. If the proposition until another enumeration shall be made. was made that the State of New York should Mr. E. BROOKS-I move to insert the words have six Senators in the United States Senate," one hundred and twenty-nine " instead of “one you would be met by the strongest opposition, hundred and thirty-nine." although the State of New York has six times the amount of inhabitants of many of the States. It does seem to me that if there is anything we have to fear, it is having great interests so largely represented in the Legislature. The action of The question was put on the amendment of Mr. E. Brooks, and it was declared lost. Mr. KINNEY-I offer the following amendment: Insert after the word "number," in the tenth line, the words following: "Nor in the erection of any new county shall the population of any other county be reduced below such ratio." divided into two or more senate districts, shall elect its members of Assembly by said senate dis tricts. My object is to prevent that enormous aggregation of members in one, where practically one or two men decide who shall be nominated. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Greeley, and it was declared lost. Mr. KINNEY-The provision in the report of the committee, which prohibits the erection of new counties until such new county shall have population enough to entitle it to a member, is a very wise and proper one; but the idea of the committee will not be fully carried out without Mr. ENDRESS-I move to strike out the my amendment. Whatever reason there may be words "one hundred and thirty-nine," and insert for the provision applies also to the amendment;"one hundred and sixty." I think, beyond a for if a county should not be created until it have the necessary population to entitle it to a member, in order to prevent an undue scrambling for new counties, then existing counties should not be so mutilated in order to make a new county, as to reduce them below that ratio. I trust the Convention will see the propriety of the amendment, and carry out the very proper idea of the committee by adopting it. Mr. MERRITT-I will only say that the language in the section is the same as in the existing Constitution. It is not supposed that the Legislature would make any such division as to reduce any existing county below its ratio. It is not necessary either. If it was put in, it would be compulsory upon the exact number. It may well be left to the Legislature. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Kinney, and it was declared lost, on a division, by a vote of 31 to 50. Mr. MERWIN-I offer the following amend. ment Strike out the word "counties" in line two and insert in lieu thereof "single assembly districts." The amendment simply raises the question whether we will elect members from single assembly districts or from counties, and upon that I call the ayes and noes. A sufficient number seconding the call, the ayes and noes were ordered. The question was then put on the amendment of Mr. Merwin, and it was lost by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. A. F. Allen, Alvord, Archer, Baker, Ballard, Beadle, Beais, Bergen, E. P. Brooks, E. A. Brown, Duganne, Field, Folger, Fowler, Fuller, Fullerton, Graves, Greeley, Hadley, Hitchcock, Hutchins, Ketcham, Krum, A. Lawrence, M. H. Lawrence, Lee, Lowrey, McDonald, Merwin, Prindle, Prosser, Reynolds, Rumsey, Seaver, Stratton, S. Townsend, Van Campen, Wakeman, Wales, Wickham, Williams-43. doubt, the people of this State generally have expected that the number of members of Assembly would be increased. That, I think, was the only subject embraced in the report of this committee that was generally discussed throughout this State before the meeting of this Convention. Wherever I saw it discussed in the public press, or heard it spoken of, I saw there was an expectation that there would be more members of Assembly-a great many more than there had been heretofore. And I think if we desire to make the work of the Convention acceptable and popular throughout the State, we should favor an amendment like the one I have proposed. Mr. KETCHAM-I will support the amendment of the gentleman if he will make it an odd number. Mr. ENDRESS-Well, then, make it one hundred and sixty-one-rather more than a less number than I first suggested. The question was put on the amendment of Mr. Endress, and it was declared lost, on a division, by a vote of 52 to 62. Mr. MERRITT-There have been a good many votes taken on this section, and I therefore move the previous question. Mr. RUMSEY-I would ask the gentleman from St. Lawrence [Mr. Merritt] to withdraw his motion for a moment to let me offer an amendment, and then I will renew his motion. Mr. MERRITT-I withdraw my motion. Mr. RUMSEY-I move to strike out on the fifth line the words "one year," and insert in place thereof, "two years" so that members of Assembly shall be elected for two years. I offer it for the same purpose that I suggested in the Committee of the Whole, to have biennial sessions of the Legislature. I move the previous question. The question was then put on the motion for the previous question, and it was declared carried. Mr. RUMSEY-I call for the ayes and noes on my amendment. Mr. RUMSEY - No, sir. Noes-C. L. Allen, Andrews, Axtell, Barker, Barnard, Bickford, Bowen, E. Brooks, W. C. A sufficient number seconding the call, the Brown, Burrill, Carpenter, Case, Champlain, Chese-ayes and noes were ordered. bro, Church, Conger, Cooke, Corbett, Corning, Mr. PROSSER - Do you include in the propoDaly, C. C. Dwight, T. W. Dwight, Endress. sition that one-half of the members shall be Evarts, Flagler, Francis, Frank, Garvin, Gould, elected each year. Gross, Hammond, Hand, Harris, Hitchman, Jarvis, Kernan, Kinney, Landon, Larremore, Law, A. R. Lawrence, Livingston, Loew, Ludington, Merritt, Monell, More, Morris, A. J. Parker, President, Rathbun, Robertson, Rogers, Roy, A. D. Russell, L. W. Russell, Schell, Schoonmaker, Schumaker, Seymour, Sherman, Smith, Spencer, Strong, Van Cott, Weed-64. Mr. GREELEY-I move to insert in line 5, after the word "year," as follows: Provided, That any county which shall be The SECRETARY proceeded to call the roll on the amendment of Mr. Rumsey, and it was lost by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. Alvord, Baker, Barnard, Beals, E. Brooks, E. P. Brooks, W. C. Brown, Burrill, Case, Champlain, Chesebro, Conger, Cooke, Corning, Daly, C. C. Dwight, Field, Fullerton, Greeley, Hutchins, Ketcham, Law, A. Lawrence, M. H. Lawrence, Lowrey, McDonald, Monell, More, Morris, Prosser, Rathbun, Robertson, Rumsey, |