cleston, Phelps, Constable, Chambers of Cecil,
Miller, McLane, Bowie, Sprigg, McCubbin,
Spencer, Grason. George, Wright, Dirickson,
McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs, Thomas,
Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan, Sap-
pington, Stephenson, McHenry, Magraw Nel-
son, Thawley. Stewart of Caroline, Gwinn,
Stewart of Baltimore city, Brent of Baltimore
city, Sherwood of Baltimore city, Presstman,
Ware, Harbine. Michael Newcomer, Kilgour,
Brewer, Anderson, Weber, Hollyday, Slicer,
Fitzpatrick, Parke, Shower, Cockey and Brown
—76.
So the amendment was rejected.
Mr. SOLLERS moved as a substitute for the
amendment of Mr. NEWCOMER, the follow-
ing:
'The representation in the Senate and House
of Delegates shall be as it now is, under the
Constitution of the State of Maryland."
The PRESIDENT stated to the gentleman from
Calvert, that that portion of his amendment re-
lating to the Senate was disposed of yester-
day
Mr. SOLLERS. I will strike that portion of
the amendment out then. Now, we will see
who are candidates for Governor. I ask the
yeas and nays on the amendment.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
And being taken,
Were as follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee,
Chambers of Kent, Mitchell, Dorsey, Wells,
Randall, Kent, Weems, Dalrymple, Bund, Sol-
lers John Dennis, James U Dennis, Crisfield,
Williams, Hicks, Goldsborough, Eccleston,
Phelps, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, McCubbin, Bow-
ling Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs,
Kilgour and Waters—37.
Negative—Messrs Donaldson, Sellman, Brent
of Charles, Merrick, Jenifer, Howard, Buchan-
an, Bell, Welch, Chandler, Ridgely, Lloyd, Colston,
Constable, Chambers of Cecil. Miller, Mc-
Lane, Spencer, Grason, George, Wright, Thom-
as, Shriver, Johnson Gaither, Biser, Annan,
Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Magraw,
Nelson, Thawley, Stewart, of Caroline, Hard-
castle, Gwinn, Stewart of Baltimore city, Brent
of Baltimore city, Sherwood of Baltimore city,
Presstman, Ware, Fiery, John Newcomer, Har-
bine, Michael Newcomer, Brewer, Anderson,
Weber, Hollyday, Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Smith,
Parke, Shower, Cockey and Brown—56.
So the substitute was rejected.
The question then recurred on agreeing to the
amendment offered by Mr. JOHN NEWCOMER.
Mr. HARBINE asked the yeas and nays,
Which were ordered,
And taken with the following result:
Affirmative— Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Mor-
gan, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee chambers of
Kent, Mitchell, Dorsey, Wells, Randall, Kent,
Weems, Dalrymple, Bond, Sollers, Brent of
Charles, Merrick, John Dennis, James U, Den-
nis, Crisfield, Williams, Hicks, Goldsborough.
Eccleston, Phelps, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, Mc- |
Cubbin, Bowling, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn,
Fooks Jacobs, John Newcomer, Kilgour and
Waters—39.
Negative—Messrs. Blakistone, Donaldson, Sellman.
Jenifer Howard, Buchanan, Bell, Welch,
Chandler, Ridgely, Lloyd, Colston, Constable,
Chambers of Cecil, Miller, McLane, Spencer,
Grason, George, Wright, Thomas, Shriver,
Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan, Sappington,
Stephenson, McHenry Magraw, Nelson, Thaw-
ley, Stewart of Caroline, Hardcastle, Gwinn,
Stewart of Baltimore city, Brent of Baltimore
city, Sherwood of Baltimore city, Presstman,
Ware, Fiery, Harbine, Michael Newcomer,
Brewer, Anderson, Weber, Hollyday, Slicer,
Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Shower, Cockey and
Brown—54.
So the amendment was rejected.
Before the result of the vote was announced—
Mr. BRENT of Charles, said, that as the pro-
position was based upon whole numbers instead
of federal numbers, be would change his vole
from the negative to the affirmative side.
Messrs. MERRICK, JENIFER and MORGAN, res-
pectively, changed their votes for the same rea-
son.
The question then recurred upon the amend-
ment offered by Mr. FIERY, as the 2d section of
the report.
Mr. DORSEY offered as a substitute for said re-
port the following:
Art. 2. The House of Delegates shall until
altered by the Legislature as hereinafter provi-
ded for, consist of sixty-two members to beap-
portioned amongst the counties and the city of
Baltimore, as follows:—One delegate to each
county and the city of Baltimore, as the repre-
sentative of the territory or population thereof,
without respect to numbers, and one delegate
for every thirteen thousand inhabitants, and one
for every county having a fraction thereof, ex-
ceeding six thousand five hundred, until the en-
the population of the county or city to the num-
ber of thirty-nine thousand shall be represented;
and for every twenty-one thousand six hundred
and seventy inhabitants of any county or the city
of Baltimore, above the said thirty-nine thou-
sand, one additional delegate shall he elected in
such county or city, until the year eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-one, when every county or the
city of Baltimore for every fifty thousand inhab-
itants it may have, above one hundred and sixty-
nine thousand, shall be entitled to one additional
delegate; and after the year eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, every county or the city of
Baltimore, having a population over one hun-
dred and sixty-nine thousand, shall have but one
additional delegate to its ten delegates for every
one hundred thousand inhabitants; and after ev-
ery decenial census, the General Assembly of
Maryland shall adjust the representation in tie
House of Delegates, according to the principles
contained in this article of the constitution. And
in order that each and every portion of the city
of Baltimore, and of the populous counties, may
be fairly represented, and their various interests |
