1. THE RESOLVE FOR ASCERTAINING THE SENSE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE SUB- 2. THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT ORIGINALLY REPORTED BY THE GENERAL COM- 4. THE CONSTITUTION AS FINALLY AGREED UPON BY THE CONVENTION, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE. IN SENATE, MARCH 22, 1832. THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY, to whom was referred the Order of the Senate, of the 10th inst. directing them to enquire into the expediency of causing a copy to be made of the Journals of the Convention of seventeen hundred and eighty, have considered the same, and report the following Resolve. Which is respectfully submitted, By order of the Committee, A. H. EVERETT. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two. A RESOLVE Providing for the Copying of the Journals of the Convention of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty. RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, to cause a fair copy to be made of the Journals of the Convention, that was held in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, for the purpose of forming a Constitution of Government for this Commonwealth; and of such Reports and Documents remaining on the files of the same, as it may appear most important to preserve, including the Address to the People:-And the Secretary is further authorized and directed to cause one thousand copies of the said Journal and Documents to be printed, at the expense of the Commonwealth, and to transmit one copy to each of the Towns in the Commonwealth, and to the City of Boston. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION FOR FORMING A CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE State of Massachusetts Bay, FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1779, TO JUNE 16, 1780. RESOLVE Recommending a Convention. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 15, 1779. WHEREAS, by the returns made into the Secretary's Office, from more than two thirds of the Towns belonging to this State, agreeably to a Resolve of the General Court, of the 20th of February last, it appears, that a large majority of the inhabitants of such Towns, as have made return as aforesaid, think it proper to have a new Constitution or form of Government, and are of opinion, that the same ought to be formed by a-Convention of Delegates, who should be specially authorized to meet for this purpose, Therefore Resolved, That it be, and it hereby is recommended to the several inhabitants of the several Towns in this State to form a Convention, for the sole purpose of framing a new Constitution, consisting of such number of Delegates, from each Town throughout this State, as every different Town is entitled to send Representatives to the General Court, to meet at Cambridge, in the County of Middlesex, on the first day of Septem* See Appendix. |