Committee on Organization of Militia of State-C. B. McAfee, J. P. Ross, J. H. Shanklin, S. R. Crockett, H. Boone, T. J. Johnston, J. Hyer.

Committee on Printing and Binding-E. H. Norton, B. R. Dysart, C. D. Eitzen, H. C. Lackland, J. F. T. Edwards.

Committee on Preamble to the Constitution and Bill of Rights-T. T. Gantt, E. V. Conway, L. F. Cottey, C. D. Eitzen, J. H. Maxey, W. Halliburton, J. L. Farris.

43] Committee on Accounts-C. Hammond, J. W. Ross, L. J. Dryden, J. F. T. Edwards, J. H. Rider.

H.

Committee on Revenue and Taxation-Wm. Letcher, H. T. Mudd, B. F. Massey, L. J. Dryden, A. M. Alexander, E. A. Nickerson, R. W. Fyan.

Committee on Subject of Taxation and Manner of Amending Constitution*-J. B. Hale, T. W. B. Crews, N. C. Hardin, P. Mabrey, J. R. Rippey, P. Pipkin, J. Ray.

Committee on the Legislative Department--H. C. Brockmeyer, T. T. Gantt, L. Gottschalk, E. A. Nickerson, A. M. Lay, G. W. Carleton, J. Hyer, J. A. Holliday, J. W. Ross, D. C. Allen, P. Pipkin, J. H. Shanklin, J. R. Rippey. Committee on Elections and Electors-A. M. Alexander, M. McKillop, J. H. Rider, A. R. Taylor, J. F. T. Edwards, A. V. McKee, J. F. Rucker.

Committee on Banks and Corporations.-J. C. Edwards, J. P. Ross, B. F. Massey, Wm. Priest, J. B. Hale, J. A. Holliday, G. W. Carleton.

Committee on Education Wm. F. Switzler, Jos. Pulitzer, G. H. Shields, G' W. Carleton, A. V. McKee, D. C. Allen, W. H. Letcher.

Mr. Norton offered the following resolution:

44] Resolved, That the President appoint a Committee on Printing and Binding.

which was read and adopted.

*The copyist obviously is mistaken in the name of the committee. Hereafter the committee will be referred to as the Committee on Manner of Amending Constitution.

Mr. Switzler offered the following:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Executive and Ministerial Departments of the State Government inquire into the expediency of so amending the Constitution as to provide:

1. That the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Register of Lands, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Attorney-General hold their offices for the term of four years.

2. That no person elected and qualified as Governor, LieutenantGovernor, Auditor, Secretary of State or Attorney-General, shall be eligible to hold said offices more than four years in any period of eight years, nor shall any person holding either of said offices be eligible to any other office during the period for which he shall have been elected. 3. That the Governor on extraordinary occasions may convene the General Assembly by proclamation stating therein the purpose for which they are convened; and the General Assembly shall enter upon no business except that for which they are called together as specified in said proclamation.

4. That in case of disagreement between the two houses of the General Assembly with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor may on the same being certified to him by the house first moving the adjournment, adjourn the General Assembly sine die.

5. That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to account for and pay into the State Treasurer all moneys received by him as interest, premium or hire, in any form whatsoever, on deposit of the revenue of the State or any portion thereof in any bank, insurance or other corporation or by any individual or association of individuals.

6. If the office of either Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer or Attorney-General shall become vacant by reason of death, resignation or otherwise during the period for which he was elected or appointed, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint another who shall hold his office during the unexpired term of the officer whose vacancy he is appointed to fill.

45] which was read and on motion of Mr. Spaunhorst referred to the Committee on the Executive and Ministerial Departments of the State Government.

Mr. Todd offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to furnish to each member of the Convention for his use as such member, a copy of the last edition of the Wagner Statutes of this State, if the State have them to spare for such use, the same to be returned to the Secretary when the Convention adjourns.

which was read and adopted.

Mr. Adams submitted a draft of a new constitution.

On motion of Mr. Spaunhorst the rules were suspended and the further reading dispensed with.

Mr. Shanklin offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the draft of a revised constitution submitted by the gentleman from Cooper be laid on the table and that two hundred copies be printed for the use of the members of the Convention and for convenient reference to appropriate committees.

which was read.

Mr. Norton offered the following amendment:

Amend by striking out "That the revised Constitution be laid on the table" and insert "That the revised Constitution be referred to the appropriate committees as soon as announced."

which was read and agreed to.

The ayes and noes being demanded the resolution as amended was agreed to by the following vote:

Mr. Halliburton offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby requested to furnish each member of this Convention with a copy of the Revised Code of the State of Missouri of 1855, containing the Constitution of 1820 with the amendments thereto, if the same are to be had, for the use of the members while sitting in this Convention, the same to be returned when the Convention adjourns.

which was read and adopted.

Mr. Spaunhorst offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on Printing and Binding ascertain the cost of work to be done and that no matter be let or sent for printing from this Convention until said Committee report.

which was read and adopted.

Mr. Taylor of St. Louis offered the following resolution:

47] Resolved, That a standing committee of five be appointed by the President whose duty it shall be to revise any article or amendment of the Constitution after it is adopted by the Convention and report the same to the Convention on the next day or as soon thereafter as practicable.

which was read.

Mr. Brockmeyer offered the following amendment:

Amend by striking out the word "five" where it occurs and insert "eleven."

which was read and agreed to.

The resolution as amended was adopted.

Mr. Letcher offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Constitution be so amended as to provide: 1. That the State shall not assume or in any manner become bound for the contracts or liabilities of any county, city, town or other municipal corporation.

2. That neither the state nor any county, city, town or other municipal corporation shall issue any bond or other obligation of indebtedness except for the purpose of renewing or paying such bonds or obligations as may be outstanding.

3. That taxation by the State shall be limited to- -per cent, by counties to- per cent, by cities, towns and other municipal per cent annually of the assessed value of property. Special assessments shall not be unreasonable or assessive* and when the valuation or assessment for any of the foregoing purposes

corporations to

*This is clearly an error and should be "excessive."

is deemed by the property holders to be too high, he shall be entitled to a jury of six persons who shall summarily hear and determine the same.

4. That the appropriations made by the General Assembly or by the authorities of any county, city, town or other municipal corporation for any one year shall not exceed the amount of revenue collected and paid in for the next preceding year.

5. That no county now existing by law shall be reduced by change of limits or by the establishment of new counties to less than twenty miles square.

which was read and on motion referred to the following committees: First, second and fourth clauses referred to Committee on Legislative Department, third clause to the Committee on Revenue and, Taxation, and fifth clause to 48] the Committee on Boundaries and Political Subdivisions of the State.

Mr. Todd by consent of the Convention presented the following communication from the Woman's Suffrage Association of Missouri:

To the Honorable Members of the Constitutional Convention:

Under the present Constitution of Missouri, women are denied the right of suffrage. This denial unjustly affects them in the various relations of life and is, as we believe, a violation of the principles of American liberty and the laws of equity which should be recognized by every Christian nation. You are about to frame a new Constitution and in this important work we pray this may be duly considered. We feel justified in making this request from the fact that you, as members of the Convention, are not the representatives of any nationality, class or sex and cannot be partisan in the narrow sense of the term; met and called by the whole people to frame a fundamental law for all, not a part. Constitutions are made not for today alone but always look to the future and should be sufficiently broad to guarantee to all who bear the burdens of government a share in the benefits. You will recognize in this Constitution the power to tax and to impose taxes irrespective of sex. The exercise of this power brings a burden and there should be a corresponding benefit. This benefit in all republican government is the right of representation. This right should be as broad as the power to tax, otherwise a constitution becomes a mere instrument of injustice and not the safe-guard of the liberties of the people. "That he has imposed taxes without our consent" was the grievance which more than any other moved the men of the Revolution to throw off their allegiance to George the Third! Yet we find the men of today imposing the very burdens which men so strongly resisted a hundred years ago. This injustice is manifestly great but in our opinion is not the greatest of the evils inflicted by the disfranchisement of women.