The ayes and noes being demanded by Mr. STEPHENSON,

The affirmative voters are,

Messrs. Armstrong, Bradshaw, Childress, Douglass, Gray, Kelly, Kincannon, Kincaid, Kimbrough, Ledbetter, McClellan, Robert J. McKinney, John A. McKinney, Mabry, McGaughey, Montgomery, Richardson, Ridley, Stephenson, Smith and Sharp; 21.

The negative voters are,

Messrs. President (Carter), Allen, Alexander, Burton, Blount, Cannon, Cahal, Cobbs, Cheatham, Cross, Fulton, Fogg, Garrett, Gillespy, Gordon, Hodges, Hill, Huntsman, Humphreys, Hess, Kendall, Loving, Neil, Nelson, Porter, Purdy, Roadman, Robertson, Senter, Scott, Ury, Whitson, Walton, White, Webster and Weakley; 36.

And so the Convention refused to reconsider said vote.

The report and the amendment proposed thereto by Mr. McGaughey, were then, on motion of Mr. Burton, laid on the table.

Mr. BURTON, from the Committee who were directed to inquire into the most convenient plan of submitting the amended Constitution to the people, submitted the following

REPORT:

The Commmittee to whom was recommitted the Resolution directing an inquiry as to the most convenient plan of submitting the amended Constitution to the People for their ratification or rejection, have further considered on that subject, and have instructed their Chairman to report the subjoined Ordinance, and to ask the adoption of the same:

1. Ordered, That it shall be the duty of the several officers of this State, authorized by law to hold elections for Members of the General Assembly, to open and hold an election, at the usual places for holding elections for Members of the General Assembly, in their respective counties, on the first Thursday and Friday in for the purpose

of receiving the votes of such qualified voters as may desire to vote for the adoption or rejection of this amended Constitution; provided, that no person shall be deemed a qualified voter in said election, except such as are included within the provisions of the first section of the fourth article of this amended Constitution.

II. Ordered, That it shall be the duty of said returning officers in each county in this State, to prepare poll books, which shall be opened on said days of election, and in which shall be enrolled the name of each, by the assistance of clerks who shall be appointed and sworn as clerks in other elections. Said officers shall prepare a ballot box in which shall be placed the ticket of each voter: each ticket shall have written thereon the words "I ratify the amended Constitution"; ar, if the voter is opposed to it, "I reject the amended Constitution", or the words "ratification" or "rejection", or some other such word as will distinctly convey the intention of such voter. The justices of the several county courts in this State, at some term previous to the day of said election, shall appoint three Inspectors for each precinct, and

in case of failure of the courts to appoint Inspectors, then said returning officers shall appoint them. It shall be the duty of said returning officers, in presence of said Inspectors, to count the votes given for the ratification and rejection of the Constitution, of which they shall keep a true and correct estimate in said poll book. Said returning officers shall deposite the original poll books of said elections with the - clerks of the county courts of their respective counties, and shall, within five days after said election, make out duplicate statements of the number of votes in their respective counties for ratifying and for rejecting the Constitution; and shall forward by mail, one of said certificates to the Governor, one to the Secretary of State, and shall likewise deposite one with the clerk of the county court. It shall be the duty of said several clerks carefully to examine the said poll books, and forthwith certify to the Secretary of State a full, true and perfect estimate of the number of votes taken for and against the Constitution, as appears from the poll books filled in their offices. Should said returning officers, or either of them fail to make returns, in due time as above directed; the Secretary of State shall then be auhorized to despatch a special messenger, for the purpose of obtaining a certified copy of the result of said elections.

III. Ordered, That upon the receipt of the said returns, it shall be the duty of the Governor, Secretary of State and any one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, or any two of the said named officers, to compare the votes given in said election for the ratification and rejection of the amended Constitution, and if it shall appear from said returns that a majority of all the votes given in said election are for ratifying the amended Constitution, then it shall be the duty of the Governor forthwith to make proclamation of that fact, and thenceforth this amended Constitution shall be ordained and established as the CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. It shall moreover be the duty of the Governor, in and by said proclamation to command the sheriffs and other officers, directed by law to hold and superintend elections, to open the polls of election at the usual places of holding elections for Members of the General Assembly in their respective counties, on the first Thursday in August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, for the purpose of electing a Governor, and for the election of Senators and Representatives to the General Assembly of this State from the several districts and counties as mentioned and described in this Ordinance, and the said officers shall make returns of said elections under the same rules and regulations as are now required by the existing laws.

IV. Be it further ordered, That if any Sheriff or other returning officers shall fail, faithfully, and within the time prescribed by this Ordinance, to discharge any of the duties hereby required; such Sheriff or other returning officer, so failing as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five thousand dolars, to be recovered by action of debt in any of the courts of record in this State; to be sued for in the name of the Governor, for the use and benefit of Common Schools.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

ROBERT M. BURTON, Chairman.

Mr BURTON moved to fill the blank in said report with the word "March":

But before the question was had thereon,

The Convention adjourned.

FRIDAY, August 29, 1834.

The Convention met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer, by the Reverend Mr EDGAR of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr WHITE, from the Committee appointed to examine and correct the phraseology of the amended Constitution, made a report of sundry amendments and alterations: which were severally read and concurred with.

Mr SMITH moved a correction of the Journals of the twenty-second inst; changing his vote to the affirmative instead of the negative: Which was agreed to, and said correction made.

Mr JOHN A. MCKINNEY offered the following as an amendment to the resolution fixing the seat of Government; and also moved to strike out the word "permanently" from the original resolution; to wit:

"Shall be designated and fixed, and when so fixed shall not be removed, except by the consent of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of the Legislature."

Which proposition was adopted; and said amendment ordered.

Mr FULTON moved to amend the resolution with regard to the location of the seat of Government, so as to make it the duty of the Le gislature of one thousand eight hundred and forty-five to locate the

same.

Which motion he afterwards withdrew.

Mr HUNTSMAN moved to take up the resolution on the subject of an adjournment, which being agreed to, Mr Huntsman moved to fill the blank in said resolution with the words "Saturday thirtieth instant," and to add at the end thereof the word "inclusive."

Which motion prevailing, the said resolution was adopted, as amended, in the following words; to wit:

"Resolved, That this Convention will adjourn sine die, on Saturday thirtieth inst: and that the Committee heretofore appointed for that purpose, estimate and report the expenses of the session up to that day, inclusive."

On motion of Mr BURTON, the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the most convenient plan of submitting the amended. Constitution to the people for their ratification or rejection, was taken up: and the same having been read,

The question recurred upon the motion of Mr BURTON, to fill the blank in said report with the word "March":

Which was agreed to.

Mr. CHEATHAM then moved to strike out from said report the words "I ratify the amended Constitution," or if the voter is opposed to it, "I reject the amended Constitution," or the words "ratification" or "rejection," and to insert in lieu thereof the words "new Constitution," or, if the voter is opposed to it, "old Constitution";

And the question being had thereon, it was determined in the negative; ayes 18, noes 34.

The ayes and noes being demanded by Mr. CHEATHAM,

The affirmative voters are,

Messrs. President (Carter), Armstrong, Blount, Childress, Cahal, Cobbs, Cheatham, Douglass, Fogg, Huntsman, Humphreys, Kendall, Ledbetter, John A. McKinney, Robertson, Smith, Ury and Weakley; 18.

The negative voters are,

Messrs. Allen, Alexander, Bradshaw, Cannon, Cross, Garrett, Gillespy, Gray, Hodges, Hill, Hess, Kelly, Kincannon, Kincaid, Kimbrough, Loving, McClellan, Robert J. McKinney, Mabry, McGaughey, Montgomery, Porter, Purdy, Roadman, Richardson, Ridley, Stephenson, Senter, Smartt, Scott, Whitson, Walton, White and Webster; 34.

And so the Convention refused to make said proposed amendment. Mr. MABRY moved to insert, at the end of the first section, the words, "the vote for or against the amended Constitution shall be given viva voce."

Which proposed amendment was rejected.

Mr. PORTER moved to insert in the third section of said report, the words "and Members of Congress."

Which motion prevailed and said words were inserted.

Mr. CHILDRESS moved to strike from the third section all after the words "shall be ordained and established as the Constitution of the State of Tennessee."

Which motion was rejected.

Mr. BURTON moved to strike out the word "usual", at every place where it precedes the words "places of holding elections."

Which motion prevailed.

Mr CHILDRESS moved so to amend the report as to provide that the county courts appoint inspectors according to law.

Which motion was rejected.

Mr. ROBERTSON moved to strike out the words "and Friday," so as to provide that the elections shall be held on one day only.

Which motion was rejected.

Mr. KINCAID offered the following as an amendment, to be inserted at the end of the third section thereof; to wit:

"And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to record the returns made from each county or district, and the result of said election, in a bound book, to be preserved in his office."

Which amendment was accepted.

On motion of Mr. BURTON, the report, as amended was then concurred with.

On motion of Mr. HUNTSMAN,

Ordered, That the ordinance adopted on the recommendation of the committee appointed to inquire into the best mode of submitting the amended Constitution to the People, for their ratification or rejection, be appended to the Constitution.

Mr. KINCAID Submitted the following resolutions; to wit:

"Resolved by the Convention of the State of Tennessee, That, upon the adjournment of the Convention, sine die, the journal of its proceedings shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and that the public printer be permitted to take copy from said journal for the purpose of enabling him to print the same.

"Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary to superintend the printing of said journals."

And on motion of Mr. KINCAID, the rule requiring resolutions to lie one day on the table being suspended,

The first resolution above submitted by him, was adopted.

On motion of Mr. CHEATHAM it was ordered, that the journal of the Committee of the Whole, be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.

Mr. GORDON Submitted the following resoluiton; to wit;

"Resolved, and it is hereby ordained, that the President of this Convention draw a warrant in favor of Laughlin and Henderson, printers to this Convention, to be countersigned by the Secretary, and deposit the same with the Secretary of State: and that when the public printers shall have completed the printing of the Journals of this Convention, the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby authorized to audit their accounts for the printing said Journals and for distributing the same according to law, and that he then fill up the said warrant with the sum thus legally due to the said printers to this Convention, after deducting therefrom the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, which has already been advanced to them by the Treasurer of Middle Tennessee; and the said warrant, when so filled up, shall be paid by the said Treasurer as other expenses of this Convention, from funds borrowed from the Union Bank of the State of Tennessee for that purpose, and the same when paid, and the receipts of the said Laughlin and Henderson, for the said sum already advanced, shall be good vouchers in his hands in the settlement of his accounts with the State."

And on motion of Mr GORDON, the rule requiring resolutions to be laid on the table for one day, being suspended, said resolution was adopted.

Mr JOHN A. MCKINNEY submitted the following:

Resolved, That the conclusion of the Constitution shall be in the following words: "By order of the Convention," and that it shall be signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary: and that the Secretary shall append to the Constitution the names of the Members, with the County or District which they represent."

On motion of Mr CANNON the report on Districts was taken up.

Mr Scorr offered the following as an amendment to said report; to