arriving at their conclusions, and the people would
not regard any reasonable cost for that purpose,
Mr. MAGRAW did not wish to be understood as
opposed to this extra appropriation for reporting,
but he acted in the early part of the session with-
out light. He desired information now, although
he was satisfied with regard to the contract, for
he had heard it read, and understood it. He de-
sired to ask further information from the Commit-
tee on Printing. He wished to know whether
they would ask for an extra appropriation for
printing—whether, under the contract with the
printer, it would not be necessary that an extra
appropriation should be asked for the printing ?
Mr. STEWART, of Baltimore city. Certainly.
Mr BOWIE. We have heard no complaint
from the printer.
Mr. MAGRAW. You will, though.
Mr. RICAUD said that he examined this question
yesterday. He called upon the clerk who had
kept the account with the printer, who informed
him that up to last Saturday the printer had been
paid in full, which was to the amount of $1,250.
Therefore, there was still on hand $2,700. He
thought the printer was safe enough.
Mr. DAVIS said, that having heretofore op-
posed the reporting of the debates in this Con-
vention, he deemed it due to himself very briefly
to state the considerations which would influence
his vote on the present occasion. He hereto-
fore opposed the reporting for reasons not now
necessary to repeat. But it was a principle of
his life, which he thought he should carry out
in his public capacity, that whenever he made
a contract with an individual to do a piece of
work, and found that individual faithfully and
satisfactorily performing his duty, and that the
individual had been misled by him in the amount
and character of the work to be done, or had
deceived himself, he held himself bound, as an
honorable man, to see him safely through the
contract. He thought it was his duty to carry
this principle out now.
There was another consideration which in-
duced him to do this, and this was, as the hon-
orable gentleman from Rent (Mr. Chambers)
had stated. A very considerable number of his
constituents had sent him money for subscribing
to this register of debates. The reporter had
been influenced by the committee, believing that
the session would terminate a month and a half
sooner. They were now in regular receipt of
them and expected to see them until the end of
the session. This consideration, also, in addi-
tion to the one before stated, induced him to
vote for a reasonable and just compensation, to
enable the reporter to continue the work to the
end of the session.
The question being on agreeing to the reso-
lution,
Mr. SAPPINGTON asked the yeas and nays;
which were ordered, and being taken, were as
follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, President, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Hopewell, Ricaud, Chambers,
of Kent, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells, Randall,
Bond, Sollers, Jenifer, Howard, Buchanan,
Welch, Chandler, John Dennis, Dashiell, Wil- |
liams, Hodson, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, McCub-
bin, Bowling, Wright, McMaster, Gaither, Ma-
graw, Stewart, of Caroline, Gwinn, Brent, of
Baltimore city, Sherwood, of Baltimore city
Davis, Kilgour, Waters, Anderson, Smith and
Shower—40,
Negative.—Messrs. Bell, Lloyd, Dickinson,
McCullough, Miller, Shriver, Biser, Sapping-
ton, Stephenson, McHenry, Nelson, Carter,
Thawley, Stewart, of Baltimore city, Ware,
Fiery, Michael Newcomer, Brewer, Hollyday,
Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Parke and Brown—S3.
So the resolution was adopted.
Mr. TUCK submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the chairman of the several
standing committees constitute a committee of
revision, to whom shall be referred all articles
of the Constitution after they shall have been
passed upon by the Convention, to be examined
and printed for the use of the Convention prior
to their final adoption.
Pending the question on the order,
On motion, the Convention adjourned until
to-morrow morning 10 o'clock.
FRIDAY, April 4. 1851.
The Convention met at ten o'clock.
Prayer was made by the Rev. Mr. Griffith.
The roll of the members was called.
A quorum being present, the Journal of yesterday
was read.
Mr. FITZPATRICK, from the committee on further
Amendments and Revisions of the Consti-
tution, submitted the following report:
At the session of the General Assembly next
succeeding the return of every census of the
United States hereafter to be taken, it shall be
the duty of the Legislature to take the sense of
the people of Maryland at the next general
election of delegates to be held thereafter, fur
and against a Convention; and if it be ascer-
tained that a majority of the people are in favor
of a Convention, the Legislature shall take mea-
sures for the election of delegates to and for the
assembling of the Convention at the earliest
convenient day.
All of which is respectively submitted,
JAMES FITZPATRICK,
THOS. J. WELCH,
J. SAPPINGTON,
JNO. D. GAITHER.
Which was read.
Mr. THAWLEY gave notice of his intention,
at some future time, to move a reconsideration
of the resolution adopted on yesterday, submit-
ted from the committee on Printing, in favor of
Henry G. Wheeler, the Reporter of the Con-
vention.
COMMITTEE ON REVISION.
The Convention proceeded to the considera-
tion of the order submitted yesterday by Mr.
Tuck, and which was in the words following:
Ordered, That the chairmen of the several |
