The article and amendments were laid on the table, and

ordered printed in the journal.

The article as amended is as follows:

ARTICLE

ELECTIONS.

SECTION 1. In all elections, every person of the age of twentyone years, who shall have resided in this State three months, and in the tswnship or ward in which he offers to vote thirty days next preceding an election, belonging to either of the following classes, shall be an elector, and entitled to vote:

First. Every citizen of the United States;

Second. Every male inhabitant of this State, who shall have resided in the United States two years and six months, and declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months preceding an election;

Third. Every male inhabitant residing in this State on the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five;

Fourth. All male Indians, natives of the United States.

Sec. 2. In time of war, insurrection or rebellion, the right to vote shall be enjoyed by all persons otherwise entitled thereto, who may be in the actual military or naval service of the United States, or of this State, at such place and in such manner as shall be prescribed by law: Provided, Their votes shall be made to apply to the township or ward of which they are residents.

Sec. 3. All elections shall be by ballot, except of such township officers as may be authorized by law to be otherwise chosen.

Sec. 4. Every elector, in all cases except treason, felony, misdemeanor or beach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during his attendance at election, and in going to and returning from the same.

Sec. 5. No elector shall be obliged to do militrry duty on the day of election, except in time of war or public danger, or attend court as a suitor or witness.

Sec. 6. No elector shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his being employed in the service of the United States or of this State, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas, nor while a student at any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any alms house or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in any public prison.

Sec. 7. Laws may be passed to preserve the purity of elections, and guard against the abuses of the elective franchise. Sec. 8. No soldier, seaman nor marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State, in consequence of being stationed in any military or naval place within the same.

Sec. 9. No idiot or insane person shall be entitled to the privileges of an elector, or who may, after the adoption of this Constitution, desert from the military service of this State or of the United States.

Sec. 10. Any inhabitant of this State, who may be hereafter engaged in a duel or prize fight, shall be disqualified from holding any office, and from voting at any election.

Sec. 11. The Legislature may authorize townships to hold their elections within the corporate limits of adjoining cities. On motion of Mr. Lovell,

The Convention took a recess until 2 o'clock P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

2 o'clock P. M.

The Convention was called to order by the President.

Roll called: a quorum present.

Mr. Lovell asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. How

ard for the afternoon, on account of sickness.

On motion of Mr. Farmer,

The Convention went into committee of the whole on the general order,

Mr. Winsor in the chair.

IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

On motion of Mr. Lovell, the committee took up the Article entitled "Cities and Villages."

The article having been read through by the Secretary, and Section 1 being under consideration,

Mr. Williams moved to amend it by striking out the word "regulate," in the second line, and insert the word "restrict," in lieu thereof;

Which motion was lost.

Mr. Birney moved to amend the section by inserting after the word "provide," in the first line, the words "by general laws;" Which motion was lost.

Section 2 being under consideration,

Mr. McClelland offered the following substitute therefor:

"Mayors and members of the common council in cities, shall be elected by electors thereof, at large or in their proper wards or districts, as shall be provided by law; all other municipal officers or boards in whom is vested any portion of municipal authority, shall be elected as aforesaid, or appointed by the mayor and common council, in such manner as shall be provideded by law."

Mr. Alexander moved to amend the amendment by adding after the word "council," in the 8th line, the words "or the president and board of trustees of villages;"

Which motion prevailed.

The question recurring on the adoption of the substitute as amended,

It was adopted.

The committee proceeded to the consideration of the article entitled "Education."

The article was read by the Secretary.

Section 3 being under consideration,

Mr. Van Valkenburgh moved to amend it by striking out the word "four,” in the second line, and inserting in lieu the word "six."

Mr. Aldrich moved to amend the amendment by striking out six," and inserting "nine."

Mr. Huston offered the following substitute for the section: Section 3. The Legislature shall provide for a system of primary schools, by which each district in the State shall maintain a school free of charge for tuition, at least eight months in the year. The instruction shall, in all cases, be in the English language.

Pending the debate,

Mr. Case moved that the committee rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again.

The motion prevailed.

IN CONVENTION.

The committee, through the chairman, made the following report:

The committee of the whole have had under consideration Article entitled "Cities and Villages;"

Have made sundry amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Convention, asking concurrence therein, and recommend its passage.

The committee of the whole have also had under consideration Article entitled "Education;"

Have made some progress therein, but not having gone through therewith, have directed me to report that fact to the Convention, and ask leave to sit again.

RICHARD WINSOR, Chairman.

The report was accepted, and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the first named article.

Leave was granted the committee to sit again on the last named article.

The question being on concurring in the amendments made by the committee to the first named article,

Mr. P. D. Warner moved that the Convention adjourn.

The motion to adjourn was, by request, withdrawn.

Mr. Richmond, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of a committee of the Alumni of the University, and resolutions, asking that provision be made in the Constitution for appointing the Board of Regents, and a provision for tax for the support of the University.

The memorial was laid on the table, ordered to be entered at large on the journal, and is as follows:

To the Constitutional Convention of the State of Michigan:

At the annual meeting of the Alumni of the University of Michigan, held in the law lecture room of the University, on the twenty-fifth day of June, 1867, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That in the judgment of the Alumni of the Unversity of Michigan, the organic law of the State should be so framed as to secure

First. The entire management and control of the University by the Board of Regents;

Second. That the Regents should be elected, on the nomination of the Governor, by the Senate;

Third. That it provide for a specific tax of one-twentieth of a mill as a fund in aid of the University.

Resolved, That with a view to carry into practical effect the above resolution, a committee of five be appointed by the chair from the Alumni residing in Ann Arbor, to draft a memorial to the Constitutional Convention, urging that Honorable body to incorporate into the organic law the principle contained in the first resolution.

We, the undersigned, the committee appointed in accordance with the above resolution, beg leave most respectfully to represent to your Honorable body that the great object we have in view in urging upon you the incorporation of a provision in the Constitution placing the entire control of the University in the hands of the Board of Regents, is that in so doing its future may be in the keeping of those whose position require them to study and investigate the necessities of the institution, and therefore are the most fit to judge of what had and what had