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Mr. Johnson submitted the following order:
Ordered, That it be altered on the Journal, that Messrs.
Maulsby and Nelson are Absent from their seats, owing to a
death in their family.
Which was adopted.
Mr. Brent submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the thanks of this Convention are due, and
are hereby tendered to the Hon. Joshua Vansant, for the
dignified, able and impartial manner in which he has dis-
charged the duties of the Chair during the temporary absence
of the President;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Marbury submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
furnish to this Convention a detailed statement of all the debts
due by it, with the dates at which they were contracted, and
specifying which are preferred claims and leans, and which
are not, and copies of its annual reports to the stockholders,
from the year 1848 to the present time, to show the revenues
and receipts of said Company, and how the same was expen-
ded, and what amount of money is now in the Treasury of
the Company;
Which was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Buchanan,
It was ordered to be entered on the Journal that Mr.
Wethered is absent from the session of the Convention on ac-
count of sickness in his family.
Mr. Hollyday submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee upon the Legislative De-
partment inquire into the expediency of incorporating in
their Report the following as an additional section:
Section —. The credit of the several counties, cities and
municipal corporations of the State shall not in any manner
be given or loaned to or in aid of any individual association
or corporation, nor shall the General Assembly have power
in any mode, except as hereinafter provided, to involve the
several counties, cities and municipal corporations, or any of
them in the construction of works of internal improvement,
nor in granting any aid thereto which shall involve the faith
or credit of the several counties cities and municipal corpora-
tions, or any of them of the State, unless the Act of Assem-
bly authorizing the faith and credit of the county, city or
municipal corporation proposed to be loaned or given in aid
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