Deduct from amount collected, taken by the collect r of Delaware, in $71,878 73 $201 42 202 22 71,676 51 T. L. SMITH, Register. Statement of contracts authorized by the Treasury Department for the year 1841. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, January 13, 1942. 2d Session. AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S. RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY, IN RELATION TO Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. APRIL 8, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. RESOLUTIONS. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Constitution of the United States ought to be amended. 1st. That the President shall not be eligible for two consecutive terms; and whenever the office of President shall become vacant, from any cause whatever, the Vice President, or other person filling the office of President for the remainder of the term shall be ineligible for the next presidential term. 2d. That the power of the President to appoint members of Congress to stations of honor, trust, or profit, under the General Government, ought to be restrained. 3d. That the power of the President to remove from office shall be confined to the heads of Departments, and those employed in foreign service; but that, for cause assigned, he may suspend any officer until the Senate may advise for or against his removal. 4th. That the veto power of the President be so modified as materially to diminish the mischievous influence now exercised by that officer over the legislation of the country, by means of said power. 5th. That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to the Executives of the several States; and that the Executives be respectfully requested to lay said resolutions before their respective Legislatures. C. S. MOREHEAD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 25, 1842. By the Governor: MANLIUS V. THOMSON, R. P. LETCHER. JAMES HARLAN, Secretary of State. |