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rotes of both Ho uses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of the members voting for ox against the bill
shall be entered on the Journals of each House respectively;
if any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within five
days (Sundays excepted,) after it shall have been presented
to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had
signed it; every bill presented to the Governor one day pre-
vious to the adjournment of the Legislature and not return-
ed to the House in which it originated before its adjournment,
shall become a law, and have the same force and effect as if
signed by the Governor ;
Pending the consideration of which ;
Mr. Buchanan moved that the Convention do now ad-
journ ;
Decided in the negative.
The consideration of the 17th section was then resumed.
Pending which,
Mr. Howison, chairman Committee on Accounts, two-thirds
of the members present concurring, submitted the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Accounts, with the most earnest desire
to arrive at fair and just conclusions in reference to the
amount of mileage to be allowed to the members and officers
of the Convention, have given the subject the most careful
consideration, and have unanimously resolved to recommend
that the allowances be based upon the routes most usually
traveled from the several county towns and the city of Balti-
more to Annapolis, and that twenty cents per mile be allowed
for traveling once-each way. The distances were ascertained
as nearly as possible from the members of the several delega-
tions.
The Committee therefore respectfully recommend the adop-
tion of the following table of allowances, based upon the
aforesaid conclusions;
Allegany county................................400 miles......$80 00
Anne Arundel county........................ 40 " ...... 800
Baltimore City........................................ 17 00
Baltimore county..............................100 " ...... 20 00
Calvert county.................................250 "'...... 60 00
Cecil county....................................200 " ...... 40 00
Carroll county.................................160 " ...... 32 00
Caroline county...............................394 " ...... 78 80
Charles county.................................344 " ...... 68 80
Dorchester county............................352 " ...... 70 40
Frederick county.............................170 ." ...... 34 00
Harford county................................146 " ...... 29 30
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