Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas,: with the views of the minority of said committee.

KANSAS AFFAIRS.
SEC. 16. No act shall ever be revived or amended by mere refetbrence
to its title; lut the act revived or the section nmended shall be set
-orth and published at full length.
SEc. 17. No act shall take effect until the same shall have been
publislhed andl circulated in the counties of the State, by authority,
except in case of enmergIency, whlich eimergenecy slall be declared in
the peanmblle or the b)odv of the law.
SEC. 18. The election a-nd appoiintment of all offices, and(l tihe fill.ing
of all vacancies, not otherwise provi(le(l for by this constituti(-ol or
the Constitution of' the Unitedl States, shall be made in such mii1,ner
,s shall be prescribed by law but no appointing, power shall be (xelcised by the general assembly, except as l)provided in this consstit. ttion,
:,nd in tile election of the Unlited(l States sec-iatol, and in tl(., (cases
t.e vote shall be taken viva voce.
SEC. 19. The general assembly shall not have 1)ower to ela('t laws
annulling the contract of marliacge in any case where 1)y law tChe
,,ii'ts of tits State may have power to decree a divorce.
S,Ec. 20. The general assembly shall not have power to pass retro~ ctive laws, or laws impairing the obligation of contracts; but may,
by g,eneral laws, authorize courts to carry into effect, up)o1n such terms
as shiall be jlist and equitable, the manifest intention of parties and
offideirs, by curing omissions, defects, and errors in instruments, and
proc(einngs arising out of a want of conformity witlh tlheC laws of this
State.
SEC. 2_1. The sty-le of the laws of this State shiall I e, Be it ena(cted
in tAe aseze' ssembly of the State of Kansas."
SEC. 2. The house oft representatives shall have the sole power of
impeaclhment. All impeachments shall be trie(l ) by the Senate, and
when sittiing for the purpose the senators shall lse upon oath or affir —
ination to do justice according to law and evidence. No person shall
l)e convicted without the concurrence of two-tlhills of all the senators
present.
SEc. 23. The governor and all other civil otticers under the laws of'
this State shall be liable to impeachment i-t,r any misdemeanor in
office, but judgment in such cases shall not extend further than to
removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor,
profit, or trust, under this State. The party, whether convicted or
acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to ii)(lictment, trial, judgment;
and punishment according to law.
SEc. 24. Within one year after the ratification of this constitution,.
and within every subsequent two years thereafter, for the term of ten
years, an enumeration of all the white inhabitants of this State shall
be made in such manner as shall be directed by law.
SEC. 25. All regular sessions of the general assembly shall be held
at the capital of the State. and shall commence on the first Tuesdayjr
of January, annually.
SEC. 26. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house
of representatives, subject, however, to amendment or rejection as in
other cases.
SEc. 27. The members of the general assembly shall receive for
their services the sum of four dollars per day for each and every day
they are actually in attendance at any regular or special session, an&
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