rated in all bank charters which may er created, shall make loans or issue have been actually paid. that the Convention proceed to he following resolution, offered on the 23d instant, to meet in the mays on this question, and they cided in the affirmative, as fol ks, Barclay, Biddle, Brown, of NorthDers, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Chaunenny, Dickey, Dillinger, Doran, Earle, Grenell, Hastings, Hays, Helffenstein, Jenks, Kennedy, Konigmacher, Long, Merrill, Overfield, Pollock, Porter, of er, Scheetz, Scott, Sellers, Serrill, Sill, , Clarke, of Beaver, Clarke, of Indiana, n, Cunningham, Curll, Darrah, Dickerurst, Hiester, High, Houpt, Ingersoll, rkel, Miller, Montgomery, Nevin, Read, yth, Sterigere, Stevens, Stickel, Taggart, cond time, and being under con solution, by striking out "Easton" estion being taken on this motion, olution, by striking out the word of, the word "Lewistown," and ere ordered. s motion, and decided in the nega f Indiana, Crain, Crawford Crum, CumHastings, Hayhurst, Helffenstein, Hyde, ery, Read, Royer, Shellito, Smyth, Stickel, 1, Barclay, Barndollar, Biddle, Bigelow, adelphia, Carey, Chambers, Chandler, of eaver, Cleavinger, Cline, Coates, Cochran, Dillinger, Doran, Earle, Farrelly, Fleming, ris, Hays, Henderson, of Allegheny, High, Kennedy, Kerr, Konigmacher, Krebs, Long, Merkel, Miller, Nevin, Overfield, Pollock, t, Riter, Rogers, Russell, Saeger, Scheetz, ere, Stevens, Sturdevant, Thomas, Todd, solution, by striking therefrom the inserting in lieu thereof the words, Mr. REIGART moved to amend the resolution by striking out the word "Philadelphia," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Lancaster." Mr. CURLL called for the yeas and nays on this motion, and they were ordered. The question was then taken on the motion of Mr. REIGART, and deci ded in the negative as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Bedford, Clapp, Clarke, of Beaver, Clarke, of Indiana, Cochran, Crawford, Crum, Cummin, Cunningham, Curll, Darrah, Denny, Fry, Gearhart, Hayhurst, Helitenstein, Henderson of Allegheny, Hiester, High, Keim, Kerr, Konigmacher, Krebs, Long, Mann, M'Call, M'Dowell, Montgomery, Overfield, Reigart, Read, Riter, Rogers, Royer, Scheetz, Sellers, Seltzer, Shellito, Smyth, Sterigere, Stevens, Stickel, Taggart, Todd, Woodward, Young-16. NAYS-Messrs. Agnew, Ayres, Baldwin, Banks, Barclay, Barndollar, Biddle, Bige low, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Carey, Chambers, Chandler, of Philadephila. Chauncey, Cleavinger, Cline, Coates, Cope, Cox, Craig, Crain, Dickey, Dickerson, Dillinger, Doran, Earle, Farrelly Fleming, Forward, Foulkrod, Fuller, Gilmore, Grenell, Harris, Hastings, Hays, Hopkinson, Houpt, Hyde, Ingersoll, Jenks, Kennedy, Lyons, Maclay, Martin, M'Sherry, Meredith, Merrill, Merkel, Miller. Nevin, Pollock, Porter, of Northampton, Purviance, Russell, Saeger, Scott, Serrill, Sill, Sturdevant, Thomas, White, Sergeant, President-63. Mr. BARNDOLLAR moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words "city of Philadelphia," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "borough of Bedford." Mr. STEVENS moved the indefinite postponement of the resolution, and therefore asked the yeas and nays. He trusted, he said, we should after spending so much time on this question, and after the discussion had upon it on Saturday, be permitted to go about something else. It would be time enough to agitate this matter a week hence. Some of those who voted against this movement on Saturday, were now absent, and some who were in favor of it had since returned. Mr. KERR was, he said, in favor of postponing the subject indefinitely. If we must go away from here, he was in favor of going to Lancaster. But he saw no necessity for leaving this place. Some gentlemen had said a great deal about the difficulty of getting accommodations here, after the meeting of the legislature; but he did not think there would be the least difficulty either in procuring personal accommodations or a place convenient for the Convention to hold their session in. The probability is, that if we leave this question, and go on with our business, if we dont get through with our business before the meeting of the legislature, we might do so in two or three weeks after. If we took this course, there would be no difficulty, for the legislature, he had no doubt, would very courteously offer this hall to the Convention, and take the senate chamber for themselves, while the senate took the supreme court room, It was true that some gentlemen were alarmed at the idea of legislative interference with their duties, and others expressed a horror of the borers who accompany them. But he did not think that there would be any difficulty in obtaining personal accommodarions for the members of the Convention, as well as of the legislature at Harrisburg. Some gentlemen, it was true, were much alarmed at the idea of sitting here while the legislature was also in session, and were very fearful that the two bodies would so net and prejudice the business for the apprehension that the h us, and our business. They nd could exercise but little or entlemen must have but very pose that they would be thus we should greatly increase the This was a strong objeceast twenty or thirty thousand this, that we should lose from Philadelphia, and should proks beyond what would suffice ating their additional expenses, the additional expense attenless than thirty thousand dolion had better drop the subject ness, till the legislature assemer give us up this hall, or we ce for a few weeks. Tired of the subject, and to reach would now move the previous on the previous question, and as follows: lay, Barndollar, Brown, of Philadeley, Clapp, Cleavinger, Cline, Coates, Fleming, Foulkrod, Fry, Gilmore, yde, Jenks, Kennedy, Konigmacher, M'Dowell, Merrill, Miller, Overfield, er, Russell, Saeger, Scheetz, Sellers, -, Woodward, Young, Sergeant, Presi Brown, of Northampton, Chambers, wford, Crum, Cummin, Cunningham, =, Fuller, Gearhart, Harris, Hayhurst, upt, Ingersoll, Keim, Kerr, M'Call, , Reigart, Read, Rogers, Royer, Scott, aggart, Todd--48. esolution, as modified, and it was dwin, Biddle, Brown, of Philadelphia, app, Cline, Coates, Cochran, Cope, Cox, ly, Fleming, Forward, Foulkrod, Fry, Allegheny, Hopkinson, Houpt, Hyde, Martin, M'Dowell, Meredith, Merrill, rviance, Riter, Russell, Saeger, Scheetz, Sergeant, President-55. v, Brown, of Northampton, Chambers, vinger, Craig, Crain, Crawford, Crum, Earle, Fuller, Gearhart, Gilmore, Harris, Krebs, Maclay, M'Call, M'Sherry, Merkel, Rogers, Royer, Sellers, Seltzer, Shellito, gart, Thomas, Todd, White-53. FIFTH ARTICLE. The orders of the day were then taken up, and the Convention resolved itself into a committee of the whole, upon the report on the fifth article of the constitution, Mr. M'SHERRY in the chair. The question being on the report of the committee as amended, Mr. FORWARD moved to add to the amendment the following: "nor shall any judge of the supreme court be reappointed, after the expira tion of his commission." Mr. FORWARD said he was aware that some inconvenience would result from the non-renewal of the commissions of able and upright judges, but this was not, in his opinion, to be put in competition with the great evil which would attend the struggle for reappointments, under the system now proposed. He believed that the public interest would require this provision, in order to secure the independence of the judges. They should be ineligible for a second term, or their independence would not be secure. The inferior courts might be kept stable, in case the decisions of the supreme court were uniform, and influenced by extraneous considerations. Mr. INGERSOLL asked the yeas and nays on the motion. He should, he said, vote against it; for it was evident, that any judge appointed, at the age when Justice and Chancellor Kent were appointed, would, under this rule, become ineligible at the very meridian of his life, about forty-five years. Mr. MANN moved to amend the amendment, by striking out all after the word "reappointed," and adding the following: "after he shall arrive at the age of sixty-five years;" so as to read as follows: "nor shall any judge of the supreme court be reappointed after he shall arrive at the age of sixty-five years." Mr. FLEMING felt, he said, exceedingly loth to offer any crude notions of his, on this important subject; but two very important propositions, in addition to those heretofore under consideration, were now thrown before this body for decision. The first question placed before us was, whether the judges should be reappointed, and the next, whether they should be eligible after the age of sixty-five years. He was opposed to any limitation, whatever, to the eligibility of the judges, either as to the number of times which they should be reappointed, or their age; for he believed that any restriction of that kind, took away so much of the inherent rights of the people. He did not believe that the genius of our republican institutions required any such restriction as this. It was a restriction of the people, and went on the ground of incapacity on their part, or that of their representatives, to make a proper selection of public officers. He was himself willing to trust the people, for he believed them to be fully capable of managing their own interests in this matter. If they were pleased with the conduct of an officer, and had continued confidence in his ability and fidelity, there was no reason why that officer, contrary to the public wish, should be made ineligible to office. It was due to the people, in his opinion, to leave them unrestricted in all these matters. The proposed limitation was a proposition to deprive the peo ny adequate object; and he ct in his own mind, for many reeing to the provision as concommittee on the fifth article poses ten years as the term of Then under the operation of the age of thirty-five or forty d upon to serve three terms of , that if we incorporated into rm of service at fifteen years, rsons who would receive these take from many of them ten at ten years we may not only the commonwealth two terms, eas, if we fix it at fifteen years Dinted. He took it for granted, nure of the judges of this comquestion now to be determined rs which would be most proper haviour, now existing. It was at the tenure of good behaviour, ettled, that the tenure of office s limitation, he would ask this tice to these officers, to fix the He would say nothing now because, he took it for granted, least he would believe so, until ould happen to get a man who teen years was too long for him s competent, able, useful to the f his duties, it would not be too en years each. He was not dishis subject-there seemed to be ears which will do ample justice pportunity of having them reapof years we should finally fix mis own mind, but at present he tleman from Beaver, as adopted sition submitted this morning by |