June, A. D., 1816, that it is expedient, at this time, to proceed to form a Constitution and State government. On motion of Mr. Johnson, Ordered, That the further consideration of the said resolu tion be postponed till tomorrow. On motion, Ordered, That the convention adjourn till tomorrow morning, nine o'clock. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11th, 18'6. Convention met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Dill, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported the following rules for the regulation and government of the convention during the session thereof, to wit: I. The President shall take the chair every day at the hour to which the convention shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the members to order, and on the appearance of a quorum shall cause the journals of the preceding day to be read. II. The President shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from the chair for that purpose, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the convention by any one member. III. The President, rising from his seat, shall distinctly put the question in this form, viz: You who are of opinion that (as the case may be) say aye-contrary opinion, say no. IV. If the President doubt, or a division be called for, the members shall divide; those in the affirmative first rising from their seats, and afterwards those in the negative. V. Any member may call for the statement of the question, which the President may give sitting. VI. The President, with five members, shall be a sufficient number to adjourn; seven to call a house and send for absent members, and make an order for their censure or acquittal; and a majority of the whole number be a quorum to proceed to business. VII. When a member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the convention, he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr. President. VIII. If any member, in speaking, or otherwise, transgress the rules, the President shall, or any member may, call to order, in which case the member so called to order, shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the convention shall, if applied to, decide on the case, but without debate. If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, and the case require it, he shall be liable to the censure of the convention. IX. When two or more happen to rise at the same time, the President shall name the person who is first to speak. X. No member shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the convention. XI. Whilst the President is putting a question, or addressing the convention, none shall walk across the room; nor when a member is speaking enter on private discourse, or pass between him and the chair. XII. No member shall vote on any question who was not present when the question was put. XIII. Upon calls of the convention for taking the yeas and nays on any question, the names of the members shall be called alphabetically, and each member shall answer from his seat. XIV. Any member shall have a right to call for the yeas and nays, provided he shall request it before the question is put. XV. When a motion is made and recorded, it shall be stated by the President, or being in writing, shall be read aloud by the Secretary, and every motion shall be reduced to writing if the President or any member request it. XVI. Any member may call for a division of the question where the sense will admit of it. XVII. Each member shall particularly forbear personal reflections, nor shall any member name another in argument or debate. XVIII. After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the Secretary, it shall be deemed in possession of the convention, but may be withdrawn at any time before the decision or amendment. XIX. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received unless it be the previous question, or for amending or committing the original motion or subject in debate. XX. The previous question shall be in this form-"shall the main question be now put?" It shall only be admitted when demanded by three members, and until it is decided, shall preclude all amendment and further debate. XXI. In taking the sense of the convention, a majority of the votes of the members present shall govern. XXII. No resolution, section or article, in the Constitution, shall be finally concluded and agreed upon until the same shall have been read on three several days, unless a majority of two-thirds may think it necessary to dispense with this rule, which vote shall be decided without debate. XXIII. The convention shall resolve itself into a committee of the whole when deemed necessary, and when in committee of the whole shall be governed by the foregoing rules, except that in committee of the whole any member may speak as often as he may think proper. XXIV. The President shall appoint committees liable to addition or amendment on the motion of any member, unless otherwise directed by the convention. XXV. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and be decided without debate. XXVI. On all questions when the yeas and nays are demanded, the President shall vote. XXVII. The President may at any time leave the chair, and nominate some member to take the chair, who shall preside during the absence of the President. On motion of Mr. Pennington, the convention resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the said report, Mr. Johnson in the chair, and after some time spent therein, Mr. President resumed the chair, and Mr. Johnson reported, "that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, had made some amendments to the same, which he handed in at the Secretary's table, where they were again read, and concurred in by the convention. On the question of concurrence to the first amendment, which was the striking out of the sixth article of said rules, the following words, to wit: "consisting of two-thirds of the whole number elected." The yeas and nays being demanded by Mr. Pennington, those who voted in the affirmative, are, Messrs. Baird, Benefiel, Brownlee, Cox, Cull, Cotton, Carr, Devin, Eads, Ferris, Floyd, Grass, Holman, Hanna, Lowe, Lynn, Lemon, McCarty, Manwaring, Milroy, McIntire, Noble, Polke (of Perry County), Robb, and Jennings, President-25. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Badollet, Boone, DePauw, Dill, Graham (of Washington), Graham (of Clark), Hunt, Johnson, Lane, Maxwell, Pennington, Polke (of Knox), Knapp, Smock, Shields, Scott, and Smith-17. Mr. Noble, from the Committee of Elections, made the fol lowing report, to wit: "The committee to whom was referred the certificates of elections of the following members of the convention, to wit: From the county of Wayne, Jeremiah Cox, Patrick Baird, Joseph Holman and Hugh Cull-from the county of Franklin, William H. Eads, James Brownlee, Enoch McCarty, Robert Hanna, Jun., and James Noble-from the county of Dearborn, James Dill, Solomon Manwaring, and Ezra Ferris-from the county of Switzerland, William Cotton-from the county of Jefferson, David H. Maxwell, Samuel Smock, and Nathaniel Hunt-from the county of Clark, Jonathan Jennings, James Scott, Thomas Carr, John K. Graham, and James Lemonfrom the county of Harrison, Dennis Pennington, Davis Floyd, Daniel C. Lane, John Boone, and Patrick Shields-from the county of Washington, John DePauw, Samuel Milroy, Robert McIntire, William Lowe, and William Graham-from the county of Knox, John Johnson, John Badollet, William Polke, and John Benefiel-from the county of Gibson, David Robb, James Smith, Alexander Devin, and Frederick Rapp-from the county of Warrick, Daniel Grass-from the county of Perry, Charles Polke; having carefully examined the aforesaid certificates, report—that the members aforesaid are duly elected and entitled to a seat in this convention. And, on motion, the convention concurred in the said report. On motion of Mr. Scott, Ordered, That one hundred copies of the "standing rules and orders of the convention be printed, and that the Secretary be directed to furnish the editor of the Louisville Correspondent with a copy of the same for that purpose." Mr. Noble, from the Committee of Elections, made the following report, to wit: The committee to whom was referred the papers and documents relative to the contested election of the member returned |