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That no inconvenience may arise from the alterations and amendments made in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordained
Section 1. That all the laws of this Commonwealth in force at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts, as well of individuals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if this Constitution had not been adopted.
Section 2. The oaths of office herein directed to be taken may be administered by any judge or justice of the peace, until the General Assembly shall otherwise direct.
Section 3. No office shall be superseded by the adoption of this Constitution, but the laws of the State relative to the duties of the several officers, legislative, executive, judicial, and military, shall remain in full force, though the same be contrary to this Constitution, and the several duties shall be performed by the respective officers of the State according to the existing laws, until the organization of the government, as provided for under this Constitution, and the entering into office of the officers to be elected or appointed under said government, and no longer.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, which shall convene in the year 1850, to make an apportionment of the representation of this State, upon the principle set forth in this Constitution; and until the first apportionment shall be made as herein directed, the apportionment of Senators and Representatives among the several districts and counties in this State shall remain as at present fixed by law: Provided, That on the first Monday in August, 1850, all Senators shall go out of office, and on that day an election for Senators and Representatives shall be held throughout the State, and those then elected shall hold their offices for one year, and no longer: Provided, further, That at the elections to be held in the year 1850, that provision in this Constitution which requires voters to vote in the precinct within which they reside, shall not apply.
Section 5. All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken before the organization of the judicial department under this Constitution, shall remain as valid as though this Constitution had not been adopted, and may be prosecuted in the name of the Commonwealth. All criminal prosecutions and penal actions which have arisen, or may arise before the reorganization of the judicial department under this Constitution, may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the name of the Commonwealth.
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We, the representatives of the freemen of Kentucky, in convention assembled, in their name, and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and in virtue of the powers vested in us, as delegates from the counties respectively affixed to our names, do ordain and proclaim the foregoing to be the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from and after this day.
Done at Frankfort this eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and in the fifty-ninth year of the Commonwealth.
JAMES GUTHRIE,
President of the Convention and Member from City of Louisville.
ATTEST:
Tao. J. HELM, Secretary of the Convention.
Tao. D. Tilford, Assistant Secretary.
From the county of Adair. - Nathan Gaither.
From the county of Allen. - George W. Mansfield.
From the county of Anderson. - George W. Kavanaugh.
From the counties of Bollard and McCracken. - Richard D. Gholson.
From the county of Barren. - John T. Rogers, Robert D. Maupin.
From the county of Bath. - Tames M. Nesbitt.
From the county of Boone. - Charles Chambers.
From the county of Bourbon. - Geo. W. Williams, Richard H. Hanson.
From the county of Bole. - Albert G. Talbott.
From the county of Bracken. - William C. Marshall.
From the counties of Breathitt and Morgan. - John Hargis.
From the county of Breckinridge. - Daniel J. Stephens.
From the county of Bullitt. - William R. Thompson.
From the counties of Butler and Edmonson. - Vincent S. Hay.
From the county of Caldwell. - Willis B. Machen.
From the counties of Calloway and Marshall.Edward Curd.
From the county of Campbell. - I a Root.
From the counties of Carroll and Gallatin. - John T. Robinson.
From the counties of Carter and Lawrence. Thos. J. Hood.
From the county of Case. - Jesse Coffey.
From the county of Christian. - John D. Morris, Ninian E. Gray.
From the county of Clark. - Andrew Hood.
From the counties of Clay, Letcher and Perry. - James H. Garrard.
From the counties of Cumberland and Clinton. - Michael L. Stoner.
From the county of Crittenden. - Henry R. D. Coleman.
From the county of Daviess. - Philip Triplett.
From the counties of Estill and Owsley. - Luther Brawner.
From the county of Fayette. - James Dudley, Robert N. Wickliffe.
From the county of Fleming. - Will W. Blair.
From the counties of Floyd, Pike and Johnson. - James M. Lackey.
From the county of Franklin. - Thomas N. Lindsey.
From the county of Grant. - William Hendrix.
From the county of Graves. - Richard L. Mayes.
From the county of Grayson. - John J. Thurman.
From the county of Green. - Thomas W. Lisle.
From the county of Greenup. - Henry B. Pollard.
From the county of Hardin. - Thos. D. Brown, Jas. W. Stone.
From the county of Harrison. - Hugh Newell, Lucius Desha.
From the county of Hart. - Benjamin Copelin.
From the county of Henderson. - Archibald Dixon.
From the county of Henry. - Elijah F. Nuttall.
From the counties of Hickman and Fulton. - Thomas James.
From the county of Hopkins. - William Bradley.
From the county of Jefferson. - David Meriwether, William C. Bullitt.
From the county of Jessamine. - Alexander K. Marshall.
From the county of Kenton. - John W. Stevenson.
From the counties of Knox and Harlan. - Silas Woodson.
From the county of LaRue. - James P. Hamilton.
From the counties of Laurel and Rockcastle. - Jonathan Newcum.
From the county of Lewis. - Larkin J. Proctor.
From the county of Lincoln. - John L. Ballinger.
From the county of Livingston. - William Cowper.
From the county of Logan. - William g. Bowling, James W. Irwin.
From the city of Louisville. - James Rudd, Wm. Preston.
From the county of Madison. - Squire Turner, Wm. Chenault.
From the county of Marion. - Green Forrest.
From the county of Mason. - Peter Lashbrooke, John D. Taylor.
From the county of Meade. - Thomas J. Gough.
From the county of Mercer. - Thomas P. Moore.
From the county of Monroe. - John S. Barlow.
From the county of Montgomery. - Richard Apperson.
From the county of Muhlenburg. - Alfred M. Jackson.
From the county of Nelson. - Ben. Hardin, Chas. A. Wickliffe.
From the county of Nicholas. - Benjamin F. Edwards.
From the county of Owen. - Howard Todd.
From the counties of Ohio and Hancock. - Jno. H. McHenry.
From the county of Pendleton. - John Wheeler.
From the county of Pulaski. - James D. Allcorn.
From the county of Russell. - Nathan McClure.
From the county of Scott. - William Johnson.
From the county of Simpson. - Beverly L. Clarke.
From the county of Shelby. - Andrew S. White, George W. Johnston.
From the county of Spencer. - Mark E. Huston.
From the county of Taylor. - William N. Marshall.
From the county of Todd. - Francis DI. Bristow.
From the county of Trigg. - Alfred Boyd.
From the county of Trimble. - Wesley J. Wright.
From the county of Union. - Ignatius A. Spalding.
From the county of Warren. - Chasteen T. Dunavan.
From the county of Wayne. - James S. Chrisman.
From the county of Whitley. - Thomas Rockhold.
From the county of Woodford. - John L. Waller.
From the county of Washington. - Charles Cooper Kelly.
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