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JOURNAL
OF TUX
REDUCTION CONVENTION.
[CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.]
WEDNESDAY, May 3, 1839.
The Convention met agreeably to adjournment, and its de
liberations opened with prayer, from the Rev. Mr. Wilson.
On motion of Mr. Jenkins,
The reading ol so inmli of the Journals of yesterday, ns
relates to the q i dilying of Delegates, was dispensed with.
Mr. Walthall, who was absent on yesterday when the oath
was administered, came forward, and was qualified.
Mr. Battle offered the following, which was rejected. MhJ
Whereas. this bodv-is likely to be involved in a protract®]
and tedious debate, on the subject of reduction and equalizatiorn
of the General Assembly of this State.
And that whereas, the rides adopted by this body, for its go
vernment, are tin prescribed and undefined, doing the chair the
injustice to prescribe ami deline them, which opens every ave
nue to censure, and which is unprecedented in republics.
And whereas, the imperfections of those rules are likely to
be the source of frequent debate, thereby destroying the ob- j
jects for which they were intended. M herefore,
Resolved, That the President appoint a Committee of
twelve, to prescribe and define tin tn, and to change their ad
dress.
The Convention adjourned to 3 o’clock this afternoon.
Three. O'Clock P. M.
The Convention m't pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Baldwin submitted the following, which was rejected.
Resolved, That the President appoint a Committee of three
• to wait on his Excellency the Governor and request him at as
early a period as convenient to furnish a list of the counties of
this State, with the amount of taxes paid by them for the year
1833. |
On motion of Mr. Hopkins,
The Convention then adjourned to 10 o’clock to-morrow
morning.
THURSDAY, May 3 th, 1839.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and was open
ed with prayer from the Rev. Mr. Hillyer.
On motion of Mr. Charlton, of Chatham,
The Convention agreed to reconsider so much of the pro- ;
ceedings of yesterday, as relates to the resolution offered by Mr.
Baldwin, requesting the Governor to furnish a list of the coun
ties of this State, with the amount of the taxes paid by them, for
the year 1838.
On motion of Mr. Stephens,
Ordered, That the word “ Governor” be stricken out of the
resolution, and the words “ Comptroller General” be inserted.
The resolution was then agreed to as amended, and the Pre
sident appointed Messrs. Baldwin, Charlton, ofChatham, and
Claytdn, that Committee.
loeave of absence was granted to Mr. Lefils for three days.
Mr. Davis, of Lee, submitted the following:
Resolved, That the Committee of thirty, appointed from the
ten judicial circuits, to recommend to this Convention a plan for
reducing and equalizing the representation in the Legislature
of this State, be w aited upon by a Committee of three, to know
at what probable time they can report to this body.
Which was agreed to.
The President then appointed Messrs. Davis, of Lee, Kenan,
and Blair, said Committee.
The Committee appointed to wait on the Committee of thirty,
reported that they had performed that duty, and that said Com
mittee would be ready to report at three o’clock this afternoon.
On motion of Mr. Kenan,
The Convention then adjourned to three o’clock this after
noon.
Three O'Clock, P.M.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
THE COMMITTEE to whom was referred the reso
lution of the Convention, req tiring'hern to prepare and report a
plan for the reduction oi the ntimberol the Members of the General
Assembly of this Slate, beg leave to report the following as a
substitute for the seventh section of the first article ol the Con
stitution now in force:
The II ouse of Representatives shall be composed of members i
from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be inclu
ded within this State, according to their respective numbers of
free white persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of
color, to be ascertained by an actual enumeration, to be made
from time to time, at interval- ol seven years, as now by law'
provided. Etli county shall be entitled to one member.—
Each county having a representative population as above speci
fied, of five thousand persons, shall be entitled to one additional
member, an I each comity having such representative popula
tion of twelve thousand persons, shall be entiiled to two addi
tional member-, but no county shall have more than three mem- i
bets.
The number of members of which the House of Representa
tives shall be < .imposed according to the aforesaid ratio, and the
last census, shall not hereafter he increased, except when a new
comity is creabd : an lit si. .11 be the duty of the Legislature,
at they session, to be hold. n next alter the enumeration provi
ded for by law, so to regulate the ratio of representation, as
to Drevent such increase.
The Repr sentatives shall be chosen annually, on the first l
Monday of October, until such day of election shall be altered
by law.
The Committee report the following as a substitute for the
third section of the first article of the Constitution now in
force.
The Senate sb'll consist cf forty-six members, elected annu
ally, on the first Monday in October, and shall be composed of i
one member from each of the forty-six Senatorial districts fol
lowing :
»£ 1 4 c •
(fgpiwOw 0t
1 Chatham and Effingham.
2 Scriven and Burke.
3 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln and Wilkes.
5 Elbert and Madison.
6 Habersham and Lumpkin.
7 Union and Rabun.
8 Forsyth and Hall.
9 Jackson and Franklin.
10 Clark and Oglethorpe.
11 Greene and Putnam.
12 Taliaferro and Warren.
13 Hancock and Baldwin.
14 Washington and Jefferson.
15 Emanuel and Montgomery.
1G Bulloch and Bryan.
17 Tatnall ami Liberty’.
18 Mclntosh and Glynn.
19 Camden and Wayne.
20 Ware and Lowndes.
21 Telfair and Appling.
22 Laurens and Wilkinson.
23 Pulaski and Twiggs.
And whenever the Legislature shall lay oft’ and establish a
new county, it shall be added to the most contiguous Senatorial
district.
The Report of the Committee having been received and read,
Mr. Barclay offered a substitute ; when on motion of Mr.
Merriwether, it was
Resolved, That the Convention receive all Substitutes for
the Report, and have the report, together with all the substi
tutes and amendments, printed for the use of the Convention.
Which was agreed to.
Mr. Springer submitted the following as a substitute for the
original report:
The following shall be the Third Section of the First Article
of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Monday in
October, and shall be composed of one member from each of
the forty-six Senatorial Districts following:
1 Chatham and Effingham.
2 Scriven and Burke,
3 Richmond and Columbia,
4 Lincoln and Wilkes,
5 Elbert and Madison,
6 Habersham and Lumpkin,
7 Union and Rabun,
8 Forsyth and Hall,
9 Jackson and Franklin,
10 Clarke and Oglethorpe,
U1 Greene and Putnam,
p 2 Taliaferro and Warren,
13 Hancock and Baldwin,
14 Washington and Jefferson,
15 Emanuel and Montgomery,
16 Bidloch and Bryan,
17 Tattnall and Liberty,
18 Mclntosh anti Glynn,
19 Camden and Wayne,
20 Ware and Lowndes,
21 Telfair and Appling,
22 Laurens and Wilkinson,
23 Pulaski and Twiggs,
And whenever the Legislature shall lav off and establish a
new county, it shall be added to the most contiguous Senatorial
District.
The following shall be the Seventh Section of the First Ar
ticle of the Constitution of the State of Georgia:
1 lie Hott-e tit Representatives shall l.e composed of members
from all the counties which now are, or hen after may be, in
cluded within this State, according to their respective numlit r
ol free white persons, the eniiineration to be made acconliiitr to
the last cetiMt-. Eat h county containing five thousand inhab
itants. agreeably to the foregoing plan of enumeration, shall be
entitled to two members; eight iliotisand, to three members ;
ami no county shall have more than three members, bitt each
countv shall bale one member. When the next Slate Census
is taken, the ten comities having the highest number of free
white inhabitants alune eight thousand, shall each lie entitled
to three members ; the twenty-two counties having the highest
number ol free w hite inhabitants above five thousand and under
the first ten, shall have two members each, and the balance of
the counties one each, making, aecordinu- to the last census
135 members : Chatham 3, D> Kalb 3, Gwinnett 3, Henry 3,
Jackson 3, Meiriw< ther 3, Muscoeee 3, Newton 3, Talbot 3,
Troup 3, Bibb 2, (.’a»s 2. Cobb 2, Coweta 2, Elbert 2, Frank
lin 2, Houston 2, Hall 2, Harris 2, Habersham 2, Jasper 2,
Lumpkin 2, Monroe 2, Pik- 2, Putnam 2, Richmond 2, Stew
art 2, Upson 2, Walton 2, Warren 2, Washington 2, and each
of the reinaiiiing counties one member each.
Mr. Barclay offered the following as a substitute for the whole:
The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem
bers from all the counties, which now are or hereafter may be
included within this State: Each county shall be entitled to
one member, and to an additional member, or members accord
ing to their respective number of free white persons, and col
ored people, viz: each county containing six thousand free
white persons shall be entitled to two members ; each county
containing in the aggregate seven thousand free white persons
and colored people, shall be entitled to two members; and
each county containing ten thousand free white persons shall
be entitled to three members, and no county shall have more
than three members.
The State shall be laid off into Senatorial Districts, two adjoin
ing count es to constitute a District, and that the Senators (and
Representatives) be elected annually on the first Monday of
October, until such day of election be altered by Law, and
shall be composed of one Senator from each District, to be
chosen by the electors thereof, and when the counties are odd
the odd counties shall be attached to an adjoining Senatorial
District, until by the increase of counties it shall be necessary
to classify them into new Districts, which shall be in all cases,
ol adjointng counties.
The following classificatron of counties into Sentorial Dis
tricts shall be adopted, and remain until the creation of a new
county or counties by law.
1 Chatham and Effingham.
2 Scriven and Burke.
3 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln and Wilkes.
5 Elbert and Madison.
6 Habersham and Lumpkin.
7 Union and Rabun.
8 Forsyth and Hall.
9 Jackson and Franklin.
10 Clark and Oglethorpe.
11 Greene and Putnam.
12 Taliaferro and Warren.
13 Hancork and Baldwin.
14 Washington and Jefferson.
15 Eiuanuel and Montgomery.
16 Bulloch and Bryan.
17 Tattnall and Liberty.
18 Mclntosh and Glynn.
19 Camden and Wayne.
20 Ware ami Lowndes.
21 Telfair and Appling.
22 Laurens and Wilki.ison.
23 Pulaski and Twiggs.
No new county be hereafter created, so as to reduce the free
white people of the county or counties, out of which it is taker
below one thousand five hundred, nor unless one thousand five
hundred free while people be included in the territory out of
which it is proposed to be made.
Mr. Marsh, of Burke, offered the following as a substitute for
that part of the original report, relating to the Senatorial branch
of the Legislature ■
MILLED GE VITALE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1839.
24 Bibb and Crawford.
25 Jones and Jasper.
26 Butts and Monroe.
27 Morgan and Walton.
28 Newton and Henry’.
29 DeKalb and Gwinnett.
30 Gilmer and Murray.
31 Cass and Cherokee.
32 Cobb and Campbell.
33 Coweta and Fayette.
34 Merriwether and Talbot.
35 Pike and Upson.
3G Houston and Macon.
37 Dooly and Irwin.
38 Thomas and Decatur.
39 Baker and Early.
40 Lee and Sumter.
41 Randolph and Stewart.
42 Muscogee and Marion.
43 Harris and Troup.
44 Heard and Carroll.
45 Paulding and Floyd.
46 Chattooga,Walker-ScDade.
24 Bibb and Crawford,
25 Jones and Jasper,
:26 Buttsand Monroe,
27 Morgan and Walton,
28 Newton and Henry,
29 DeKalb and Gwinnett,
30 Gilmer and Murray,
31 Cass and Cherokee,
32 Cobb and Campbell,
33 Coweta and Fayette,
34 Merriwether and Talbot,
35 Pike and Upson,
36 Houston and Macon,
37 Dooly and Irwin,
, 38 Thomas and Decatur,
39 Baker and Early,
40 Lee and Sumter,
41 Randolph and Stewart,
42 Muscogee and Marion,
43 Harris and Troup,
44 Heard and Carroll,
45 Paulding and Floyd,
46 Chattooga, Walker it Dade.
24 Bibb and Cravvfoid.
25 Junes and Jasper.
26 Butts and Monroe.
27 Morgan and Walton.
28 Newton and Henry.
29 DeKalb and Gwinnett.
30 Gilmer and Murray.
31 Cass and Cherokee.
32 Cobb and Campbell.
33 Coweta and Fayette.
34 Merriwether and Talbot.
35 Pike and Upson.
36 Houston ami Macon.
37 Docly and Irwin.
38 Thomas and Decatur.
39 Bakerand Early.
40 Lee and Sumpter.
41 Randolph and Stewart.
42 Muscogee and Marion.
43 Harris and Troop.
44 Heard and Carroll.
45 Paulding and Floyd.
46 Chattooga, Walkerand Dade.
Our Coutuifihc— Our Country—-Our Purtv.
The Semite shall consist of four Senators from each Judi
cial District of this State, to be elected annually on the first
Monday in October, until some other day he appointed hv
law. Not more than one Senator shall be elected residing in
the same Comity. The manner of holding and certifying the
elections for Senators shall be prescribed by the Legislature.
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained
the age of twenty-five years, and who is not a citizen of the
United Slates, and shall have resided in this Slate at least three
years’, and in the District from which he is returned, at least
one year immediately preceding his election, unless absent upon
lawful business of the United States yr ol this State.
Mr. Hudson submitted the following as a substitute for the
whole of the original report :
The Senate shall consist of forty members, and no more, who
shall be elected in the following manner: The State shall be
laid off’, by the next General Assembly, into tenseparale districts,
to be called Senatorial Districts, and to be composed of contigu
ous counties which will make the districts the most compact, and
to contain, as nearly as can be done, an entire equality of free
white persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color,
agreeably to the last census taken agreeably to law, and each of
the said ten districts shall be entitled to four Senators ; but no
county in any district shall have or be entitled to but one Sena
tor —the first election for Senators to take place on the first
Monday in October, 1840. The ten Senatorial districts herein
provided for, shall be reorganized statedly during the annual
session of the General Assembly next after the census hereafter
shall be taken according to law, so that an equality of Repre
sentative population, and contiguous and compact counties shall,
at the time of their organization, constitute the said Senatorial
Districts as nearly equal as can be, without dividing counties.
The House of Representatives shall be composed of three
members each from the five counties having the largest number
of free w hite persons, and including three-fifths of all the people
of color, agreeable to the last census taken agreeably to law';
and the thirty-five counties having the next largest
tree white persons, and including three-fifths of all
color, agreeably to the last census taken, shall have two mem
bers each ; and all the balance of the counties which now are, or
hereafter may be in this State, shall be entitled to one member
I each : the first election for members to the House of Represen
tatives shall take place on the first Monday in October, 1840,
and statedly thereafter. At the first annua! session of the Gen
eral Assembly after the census shall be taken, a new apportion
ment of the members of the House of Representatives shall be
made ; so that the five counties containing the largest represen
tative population at the time of the apportionment, according to
the census last taken, shall always be entitled to three members
each ; and the thirty-five counties containing the next largest re
presentative population, shall be entitled to two members each ;
and all the balance of the counties in this State which now are,
or hereafter may be, shall be entitled to one member each, and
no more.
Mr. Jenkins offered the following as a substitute for so much
of the Report as contemplates laying off - the State into Senato
rial Districts:
The Senate shall be elected, annually, on the first Monday in
October, and shall be composed of forty-two Senators, to be
chosen from the several Judicial Districts of the State, as now
organized as follows : The Eastern, Southern, and Cherokee
Judicial Districts shall be entitled each to three Senators ; the
Middle, Ocmulgee, and Northern Judicial Districts shall be en
titled each to four Senators; the Western, Chattahoochee, and
Coweta Judicial Districts shall be entitled each to five Senators;
the Flint District shall be entitled to six Senators. It shall be
the duty of the General Assembly to lay off each Judicial Dis
trict into so many Senatorial Districts as there are Senators
herein above allotted to it; having reference to representative
population, upon the Constitutional basis, and to existing coun
ty lines ; and until that shall be done by the General Assembly,
there shall be elected annually on the first Monday of October,
by general ticket in each Judicial District, the number of Sena
tors herein before allotted to it, which elections shall be held and
the returns consolidated and certified as the General Assembly
may by law direct. No future change in the Judicial Districts
now existing, shall effect any change in the arrangement herein
above made; but, for the purposes of representation in the Sen
ate, the districts shall remain the same. It shall be the duty of
the General Assembly once in seven years, to-wit: at its session
immediately succeeding the taking of each census, to make a new’
apportionment of Senators among the several judicial districts
aforementioned, and to re-organize (so far as may be deemed
necessary) the smaller districts aforementioned, having reference
to representative population upon the basis herein before pre
scribed.
A table showing the ratio of representation in the Senate up
on the plan of the above amendment:
40,437 Eastern )
39,974 Southern £ 119,761.—3 Senators each—9. Ratio 13,307
39,353 Cherokee ;
51,208 Middle 5
52,328 Ocinnlgee ’• 158,373. —4 do do 12. do 13,197.
54,837 Northern )
63,324 Western )
65.889 Chattahoochee > 195,778—5 do do—ls do 13,051.
66,565 Coweta )
Flint 74,975 —6 do do—6 do 12,495
The first column of numbers, shews the representative population
of each di-tiict ; the 2nd, the aggregate representative population of
the several classes, and the last column the ratio of representation in
each.
Mr. Stark offered the following as a Substitute for the whole
of the original Report:
The third section of the first article of the Constitution of the
Slate of Georgia, shall read as follows:
The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Monday in
October, until such day of election shall be altered by the Leg- '
islatm e ; and shall be composed of four members from each of I
the Senatorial Districts following. That is to say, the counties of
Wayne, Bulloch, Camden, Glynn, Mclntosh, Bryan, Liber
ty, Effingham and Chatham, shall form the first district.
The Counties of
Columbia, Washington, Montgomery, Tattnall, Emanuel, i
Scriven, Burke, Jefferson and Richmond, shall form the second
district.
The Counties of
Taliaferro, Wilkes, Madison, Elbert, Warren, Hancock,
Oglethorpe, Lincoln and Clark, shall form the third district.
The Counties of
Morgan, Walton, Jackson, Gwinnett, Hall, Franklin, Hab
ersham, Rabun, Union and Lumpkin, shall form the fourth
district.
The Counties of
Baldwin, Gteene, Putnam, Wilkinson, Jones, Jasper, Lau
tens, Twiggs and Pulaski, shall form the fifth district.
The Counties of
li win. Appling, Ware, Lowndes, Thomas, Dooly, Randolph,
Telfair and Hou-ton, shall form the sixth distiict.
The Counties of
Pike, Monroe, Crawford, Bibb, Macon, Butts, Henry, Fay
ette, DeKalb and Newton, shall form the seventh district.
The Counties of
Early, Baker, Lee, Decatur, Sumter, Stewart, Marion, Har
ris and Muscogee, shall form the eighth district.
The Counties of
Talbot, Upson, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Meriwether, Carroll,
Campbell ami Cobb, shall form the ninth district.
The Counties of
Dade, Chattooga, Floyd Walker, Murray, Gilmer, Forsyth,
Cherokee, Cass, Paulding and Cobb, shall form the tenth Sen
atorial district.
And in choosing the Senators in each district, the votes shall
betaken by Counties; each County having one vote, attd a
majority of all the Counties in each District shall be necessary
to a choice. And the Legislature shall, from lime, make such
laws for the purpose of consolditating the returns, and for the
holding of new elections in oases of failure to elect, as jpay be
necessary
The seventh Section of the first Article shall read as follows:
The House of Representatives shall be composed of members
from the following Counties and Representative Districts ac
cording to their respective numbers of free white persons and
including three-fifths of all the people of color; to be ascertain
ed by ac'ual enumeration to be made from time to time,at intervals
of seven years, as is now by law provided. Each County having
a representative population as above specified, of four thousand,
or upwards, shall be entitled to one member; of eight thousand,
to two members; of twelve thousand, to three members. No
county shall have more than three members. And until the
next enumeration shall take place, the several counties and Re
presentative Districts shall be entitled to the following number
of Representatives respectively.
Decatur, 1
Thomas, 1
Lowndes, 1
Ware, 1,940
Telfair, 2,350—4,290 1
Camden, 1
Glynn, 2,911
Wayne, 1,273—4,184 1
Mclntosh, 3,932 > 9
Liberty, 5,086 ) 2
Bryan, 2,168
Bulloch, 2,864—5,032 1
Chatham, 3
Effingham, 2,072
Scriven, 3,832 —5,904 1
Emanuel, 2,704
Montgomery. 1,882 —4,586 1
Tatnall, 2,202
Appling, 1,771—3,973 1
Irwin, 1,629 )
Dooly, 3,727) 1
Baker, 2,250 )
Early, 3,698 $ 1
Randolph, 1
Lee, 2,621 )
Sumter, 3,645 )
Stewart, 2
Pulaski, 1
Laurens, 1
Burke, 2
Jefferson, 1
Washington, 2
Wilkinson, 1
T wiggs, 1
Houston, 2
Macon, 1
Marion, 3,687 9 „
Muscogee, 13,172 j
Harris, 2
Talbot, 2
Crawford, 1
Bibb, " 1
Jones, 1
Baldwin, 1
Hancock, I
Warren, 2
Richmond, 2
The number of members in both branches of the Legislature,
shall not be increased, but when a new County is formed, it
shall be attached to the most contiguous Senatorial District, and
shall continue a part of the county or counties from which it
tn ty have been taken, for the purpose of having its share in the
election of Representatives until the next succeeding Septennial
enumeration.
The Legislature iiiay, from time to time, if necessary, after
each Septennial enumeration, arrange the Senatorial and Rep
resentative Districts ; but shall, on no account, impair or di
minish the political equality of each County in the election of
Senators, and the equality of representation on the federal basis
in the House of Representatives, according to such ratio as the
Legislature may fix, shall always be maintained. The Repre
sentatives snail be elected on the same days appointed for tin;
election ol Senators, until such day be altered by law.
Mr. Jones of Muscogee offered the following as a substitute
lor that part of the report which contemplates laying off the
State into Senatorial Districts.
The Senate shall consist of twenty-five members, who shall
be respectively resident in the Senatorial districts for which
they may be elected, and shall be elected on the first Monday
in October in each year, until such day of election shall be alter
ed by law.
The Senatorial districts shall be composed of the following
counties, to-wit:
1 Chatham
Br van
Effingham
2 Bulloch
Emanuel
I’attnal
Montgomery
Liberty
Mclntosh
GI yii n
W;.yne
3 Camden
Appling
Ware
Telfair
I rvv in
Lowndes
Thomas
4 Decatur
Early
Baker
Lee
Randolph
Dooly
5 Fulaski
Lauren's
Washingtoh
Wilkinson
G Scriven
Burke
Richmond
7 Jefferson
Warren
Columbia
8 Lincoln
Wilkes
Elbert
3 Taliaferro
Oglethorpe
Clarke
10 Hancock
Piilnain
Baldvvih
11 Greene
Morgan
Walton
When hew counties shall be formed of any of the present
counties, they shall be attached to the Senatorial districts to
which the counties out of which they may be formed belonged.
On motion of Mr. Fneman of Franklin,
Ordered, That five hundred copies of the report and substi
tutes be printed for the use of the Convention, and that the
President be authorised to distribute the printing, provided the
State Printer cannot execute it all.
On motion, the Conventiop then adjourned to 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
Columbia, 2
Lincoln, 1
Wilkes, 2
Taliaferro, 3,738
Greene, 8474-12,212 3
Putnam, 2
Jasper, 2
Butts, i
Monroe, 3
Upson, 2
Pike, 1
Merriwether, 3
Troup, 3
Heard, 1
Coweta, 2
Fay. tie, ,1
Henry, 2
Newton, . 2
Walton, 2
Morgan, 1
Clark, 2
Oglethorpe, 2
Elbert, 2
Franklin, 2
Madison. ,1
Jackson, 2
Gwinnett, 2
DeKalb, 2
Campbell, 1
Carroll, 3,811
Paulding, 2,226—5,037 1
Cobb, 1
Forsyth, 1
Hall, 1
Habersham, 1
Rabun, 1,862
Union, 2,194 —4056 1
Lumpkin, 1
Cherokee, 1
Cass, 1
Floyd, 1
Giltner, 1,486
Murray, 3,025 —4,511 1
Chattooga, 9
Walker, 5,460 S 1
Dade, 834 )
12 Crawford
Twiggs
Houston
13 Muscogee
Stewart
14 Talbot
I Macon
Marion
j Sumter
15 Jasper
‘ Jones
! Bibb
[l6 Upson
Monroe
17 Harris
Al en wether
IS Troup
Heard
Carroll
19 Coweta
Campbell
DeKalb
20 I’ike
Henry
F ayette
21 Gwinnett
Newton
Butts
22 Madison,
Jackson,
Hall,
23 Franklin,
Habersham
Lumpkin
24 Rabun
Gilmer
Union
M tirray
Cherokee
Forsyth
C obb
25 Cass
Floyd
Paulding
M alkcr
Dade
Chattooga.
P. L. KO HINSON, PROPRIETOR.
FRIDA Y, May 10, 1839.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and was
opened with prayer ftom the Rev. Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Lamar, a delegate from the county of Bibb, appeared,
was qualified, and took his seat.
The following substitutes for the original report were re
ceived.
From Mr. Watson of Muscogee:
The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Monday in
October; each county having, according to the Federal basis
a Representative population of 12,000, shall be entitled to one
Senator. The remaining counties shall be divided into Districts
consisting of two contiguous counties, wh'c’i said Districts shall
be entitled to one Senator each—And when the Census is ta
ken hereafter, should any District or Districts have a Repre
sentative population of 2,400, then each of the Counties of such
District or Districts shall be entitled each to cne Senator.
The Districts shall be as follows:
1 Chatham, ’
2 Merriwether,
3 Monroe,
4 Muscogee,
5 Troup,
6 Decatur and Thomas,
7 Lowndes and Ware,
8 Camden and Glynn,
9 Mclntosh and Wayne,
10 Bryan and Liberty,
11 Appling and Telfair,
12 Dooly and Irwin,
13 Baker and Early,
14 Bulloch and Tattnall,
15 Lee and Randolph,
16 Stewart and Sumter,
17 Macon and Marion,
18 Houston and Pulaski,
19 Laurens and Montgomery,
20 Jones and Baldwin,
21 Effingham and Scriven,
22 Burke and Richmond,
23 Jefferson aud Emanuel,
24 Washington and Wilkinson,
25 Bibb and Twiggs,
The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem
bers from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be
included within this State : Each county containing 12,000 re
presentative population according to the Federal basis, shall be
entitled to 3 members, each county containing 5,000 inhabi
tants shall be entitled to 2 members. and the balance of the
counties 1 each: Provide I nevertheless, that each county ha
ving one Senator shall be entitled to only two members in th*
House of Representatives.
From Mr. Rives of Hall:
The Senate shall be composed of four members from each
Judicial Circuit as now laid off. and shall be elected annually
| on the fust Monday in October, by the voters of such Judicial
I Circuit respectively; each voter may vote lor four candidate*
I for Senat >r, but for no two in the same county; in the event of
I the formation of any new county which may take a part of any
i two Judicial Circuits it shall be attached to, the one having the
I smallest white population.
Resolved, That the above be substituted for the 3d section
of the Ist article of the Constitution.
The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem
bers from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be
included within this State, according to their respective num
bers of free white persons, to be ascertained by actual enumera
tion, to be made from time to time, at intervals of seven years,
as now by law provided, viz: Ten counties having the greatest
free white population shall be entitled to three members each;
' thirty counties having the next greatest free white population
lilial) be entitled to two members each g am) aH the retraining
counties to one member each ; the appui tiomnent pt the mem
bers among the counties under this plan shall be made accord
ing to the l ist census, until the next, ami then by that, Brc.
The Representatives shall be chosen annually on the first
Monday in October, until sinh day of election shall be altered
by law.
Mr. Hull of Clark, offered the following as the Senatorial
J Districts :
1 Camden and Wayne.
2 Glynn and Mi-lnlo»l>.
3 Liberty and Bryan.
4 Citatbain and Effingham.
5 Scriven and Bulloch.
6 Burke and Emanuel.
7 Appling and Tatnall.
8 Montgomery and Telfair.
9 Laurens and Pulaski.
10 Twiggs and Wilkinson.
11 Jefferson and Washington.
12 Richmond and Columbia.
13 Lincoln and Wilkes.
14 Warren and Taliaferro.
15 Baldwin -and Hancock.
16 Greene and Morgan.
17 Oglethorpe and Madison. *
18 Clark and J icksmi.
19 Elbert and Franklin.
29 Habersham ami Hail.
21 Union aud Rabun.
22 Lumpkin and Forsyth.
23 Gilmer and Murray.
From Mr. Gaulden, of Decatur :
A Senatorial District shall consist of two contiguous counties, and
it shall be the duty of the Legist itn-e, at their first session after the
latificatiott of this section, and front lime to time, when it tnay be ne
cessary, t<> define and specify ti e counties which shall constituteeaeh
Senatorial District.
From Mr. Stephens of Taliaferro:
The House us Representatives snail be composed of one member,
and one only, from each of the several Counties of this State, which
now are, or hereafter maybe; to be chosen annually, on the 'first
Monday in October, until the time of election be altered by law.
The members of the House so constituted shall in all cases vdte
according to the Representative population of the Counties respect
ively by tltein represented, viz: the members from counties of one
thousand Representative population or less shall be entitled'to one
vote each ; those from counties of two thousand Representative pop
ulation to two votes; those from counties of three thousand similar
population to three votes each, and so on in the same ratio.
The Representative population shall be composed as heretofore of
the number of the free white persons, anil three fifths of the person*
of color, in each county. And the enumeration thereof—and ap
portionment of votes as herein provided for shall be taken and made
every seven years as heretofore.
* PLAN FOR THE SENATE.
1 Chatham and EfFiingliam.
2 Scriven ami Burke.
3 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln and Wilkes.
5 Elbert and Franklin.
6 Oglethorpe and Madison.
7 Habersham and Lumpkin.
8 Union and Rabun.
9 Forsyth and Hall.
10 Jackson and Clarke.
11 Taliaferro and Warren.
12 Hancock and Baldwin.
13 Green and Morgan.
'.4 Washington and Jefferson.
15 Telfair and Montgomery.
16 Bulloch and Emanuel.
17 Bryan and Liberty.
18 Tattnall and Appling.
19 Mclntosh and Glynn.
20 Camden and Wayne.
21 Ware and Lown les.
22 Laurens and Wilkinson.
23 Pulaski and Twiggs.
WHOLE AO. 278.
26 Crawford and Upson,
27 Harris and Talbot,
28 Columbia and Lincoln.
29 Hancock and Warren,
3 J Tali iferro and Wilkes,
31 Greene and Morgan,
32 Jasper and Putnam,
33 Butts and Henry,
34 Fayette and Pike,
35 Coweta and Heard,
36 Campbell and CarroK
37 Elbert and Franklin,
38 Madison and Oglethorpe,
39 Clark and Jackson,
40 Newton and DeKalb,
41 Walton and Gwinnett,
42 Habersham and Rabun,
43 Forsyth and Hall,
44 Lumpkin and Union,
45 Cobb and Paulding,
46 Cherokee and Gilmer,
47 Cass and Floyd,
48 Murray and Walker,
49 Chattooga and Dade.
24 Chattooga, Dade Walker.
.5 Flo.vd am: Cass.
26 Ch* rokee and Cobb.
27 Paulding and Carroll.
23 Campbell and Fayette.
2J Di Kalb and Gwinnett.
30 Newton and Walton.
31 Henry and Butts.
32 Jasper and Putnam.
33 Heatd and Coweta.
34 Troup anct Merriwether.
35 Harris and Talbot.
36 Pike and Upson.
37 Monroe and Jones.
38 Bibo and Crawford.
39 Dooly uml Houston.
40 Macon and Sumter.
41 Muscogee and Marion.
42 Siewarl and Randolph.
43 I <ee ami Baker.
44 Fatly and Decatur.
45 Thomas and [.ownde*.
46 Irwin and Ware.
24 Bibb and Jones.
25 Crawford and Houston.
26 Jasper and Putnam.
27 Newton and Walton.
28 Butts and Montoe.
29 Coweta and Carroll.
30 Troup and Heard.
31 Merriwetber and Harris.
32 Talbot tHid Muscogee.
33 Macon and Marion.
34 Sumpter and Stewart.
35 Randolph and Lee.
36 Early and Baker.
37 'Thomas and Decatur.
38 Paulding and Floyd.
39 Henry and Fayette.
40 DeKalb and Gwinnett.
41 Pike and Upson.
42 ('ass and Cherokee.
43 Cobb and Campbell.
44 G Inter and Murray.
45 Chattooga, Walker and
46 Dooly and Irwin.