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Which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. Wilkinson presented the petition of sundry citizens of
Baltimore, praying the Convention to make a provision in the
Constitution now being formed, for the election of Mayor and
Members of the first and second branches of the City Council
of Baltimore, to be held on a day so soon after the adoption,
of the Constitution by a vote of the people;
Which was read, and
On. motion of.Mr, Gill,
Referred to the Baltimore city delegation.
Mr. Perry presented the petition of S. Heidelberger, S.
Adler, H. Adler, S. Rosenbaum, Isaac Miller, Charles White
and many others of the Jewish. faith, praying that the Con-
stitution may be so made as to secure to them and others of
their belief, equal privileges with all religious denominations
of the State;
Which was read, and,
Referred to the Committee upon the Legislative Depart-
ment.
Mr. Page presented the petition of 287 citizens of that por-
tion of Somerset county proposed to be formed into a new
county, against said new county scheme; also, the petition of
134 citizens of said county upon same subject; also, the peti-
tion of 76 citizens of said county upon the same subject;
Which were read, and
Referred to the Committee upon a Proper Basis of Repre-
sentation in the two Houses of the General Assembly, and a
Proper Apportionment of Representatives in the same.
Mr. Tarr presented the petition of J. C. Bell, James Can-
non, Littleton Jenkins and 195 others, in favor of the forma-
tion of Wicomico county, all of whom reside within the limits
of the proposed new county;
Which was read, and
Referred to the Committee upon a Proper Basis of Repre-
sentation in the Two Houses of the General Assembly, and a
proper Apportionment of Representatives in the same.
Mr. Tarr, of Worcester, submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee upon a Proper Basis of Rep-
resentation in the Two Houses of the General Assembly, and
a proper Apportionment of Representatives in the same, sub-
mit to the inspection of the delegates from Worcester and
Somerset, the petitions for and against the formation of a
new county, so as to ascertain if the signers reside within the
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