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And referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Department.
Mr. Ritchie presented the petition of Alfred B, Miller,
and others, relative to the muaicipal affairs of Baltimore;
Which was read,
And referred to the Baltimore City Delegation.
Mr. Dobbin submitted the following order:
Ordered, that Messrs. Merrick, Archer and Wickes, being
a sub-Committee of the Committee on the Judiciary, have
leave to sit during the meeting of the Convention, to perform
certain duties entrusted to them by that Committee;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Thomas submitted the following order:
Ordered, that no member of the Convention shall speak,
more than fifteen minutes, nor more than once on any ques-
tion, and if any member shall exceed fifteen minutes, he
shall be called to order by the President, and shall not be
allowed to proceed further without unanimous consent;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Buchanan submitted the following order:
Ordered, that it be entered on the Journal, that Mr. Starr
is detained from his seat by sickness;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Alvey, Chairman of the Committee upon a Proper
basis of Representation, and in the two Houses of the Gene-
ral Assembly, and a Proper Apportionment of Representatives
in the same, submitted the following
REPORT :
Of the Committee upon a Proper Basis, of Represen-
tation in the two Houses of the General Assembly, and a
Proper Apportionment of Representatives in the same.
SECTION —. There shall be elected from each of th'e coun-
ties and from each, of the three Legislative Districts of the
City of Baltimore as they now exist or as they may be here-
after defined, one Senate.
SEC. —. That until the taking and publishing the next
National Census, or until the enumeration of the population
of this State, under the authority thereof, the several coun-
ties, and the city of Baltimore, shall have representation in
the House of Delegates as follows: Allegany county, five
Delegates; Anne Arundel county, three Delegates; Baltimore
county, six: Delegates; each of the three Legislative Districts
of the city of Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert county, two
Delegates; Caroline county, two Delegates; Carroll county,
four Delegates; Cecil county, four Delagates; Charles county,
two Delegates; Dorchester county, three Delegates; Freder-
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