CHAPTER XI

GOVERNOR HOFFMAN PROPOSES A CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION
IN LIEU OF A NEW CONVENTION----HIS SUGGESTIONS FOR CON¬
STITUTIONAL REFORM----CHAPTER 884, LAWS OF 1872, AU¬
THORIZING THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT A COMMISSION----PER¬
SONNEL   OF   THE   COMMISSION----RESEMBLANCES   BETWEEN   ITS

SUGGESTIONS AND THE CONSTITUTION DRAFTED IN 1867----EN¬
LARGEMENT OF THE SPHERE OF INELIGIBILITY TO THE LEGIS¬
LATURE----PROHIBITIONS   OF  LOCAL  AND   SPECIAL   LEGISLATION

----THE   NATURE  OF   PRIVATE  AND  LOCAL   LAWS TO  BE  FAIRLY

SPECIFIED IN TITLES----PROHIBITION AGAINST AUDIT OF AL¬
LOWANCE OF PRIVATE CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE----IN¬
CREASE OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS----

SUGGESTION AS TO PRIVATE BILLS NOT APPROVED BY THE LEG¬
ISLATURE----HISTORY     OF     PRIVATE     LEGISLATION     IN     GREAT

BRITAIN----PROPOSED RE-CREATION  OF  A  COUNCIL  OF  REVISION

----ENLARGEMENT   OF   GOVERNOR'S   VETO   POWER—^THIRTY   DAY

BILLS----PROPOSED   INCREASE   OF   GOVERNOR'S   TERM----PROPOSED

APPOINTMENT OF STATE OFFICERS----SALE OF NON-PAYING LAT¬
ERAL CANALS—PROVISIONS AS TO CHARTERS OF SAVINGS BANKS

----CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS UPON  POWER OF CITIES AND

COUNTIES   TO   INCUR   INDEBTEDNESS----ENORMOUS   EXTENT   OF

SUCH INDEBTEDNESS IN 1872----PROHIBITION OF CITY OR COUN¬
TY INDEBTEDNESS IN AID OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE----COMMIS¬
SION  PROPOSES TWO  NEW  ARTICLES—THE BRIBERY ARTICLE----

DIFFERENCE   BETWEEN   THE   PLAN   OF   THE   COMMISSION   AND

THAT OF THE CONVENTION OF 1867----THE MUNICIPAL ARTICLE

----^LATER RESTRAINTS UPON LOCAL  POWERS OF EXPENDITURE----

ADOPTION OF MANY SUGGESTIONS OF THE COMMISSION BY THE

LEGISLATURE AND THE PEOPLE----COMMISSION AN INNOVATION

IN THE state's  HISTORY.

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