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Representatives, the establishment of the Su- 

 preme Court, and the amount of the salaries to be 

 paid to public officials, though these last were 

 by no means extravagant: $3,000 per annum 

 for the Governor ; $2,000 each for the Treas- 

 urer, Secretary of State, and other execu- 

 tive officers ; $3,500 for Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, and $4 a day and 10 cents for every 

 mile of necessary travel for members of the 

 Legislature. The clause, however, which prob- 

 ably occasioned the defeat of the entire instru- 

 ment was that allowing a tax on the property 

 of churches and other religious bodies, for this 

 called forth the greatest number of protests, 

 and those which displayed most earnestness. 

 The constitution was submitted to the suf- 



frages of the people on the 19th of September, 

 and was defeated, together with all the prop- 

 ositions on which a separate vote was taken. 

 The vote was as follows : For the constitu- 

 tion, 7,986; against the constitution, 8,627: 

 majority against, 641 ; for liabilities of stock- 

 holders, etc., clause, 7,425 ; against, 8,597 : ma- 

 jority against, 1,172; for prohibiting county 

 and municipal aid to corporations, 6,685; 

 against same, 9,555: majority against, 2,870; 

 for compulsory education, etc., 6,289 ; against 

 same, 9,968: majority against, 3,679 ; for clause 

 for inhibition or license, etc., 6,071 ; against 

 same, 10,160: majority against, 4,089; for ex- 

 tension of suffrage, 3,492; against same, 

 11,751: majority against, 8,659. 



CENSUS OP 1870. 



