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Mr. Lee submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Committee on Accounts inquire and re-
port whether the business of the Committees still requires
the number of Committee Clerks authorized at the beginning
of the Session, and how many ought to be retained to aid the
Committee on Revision and Compilation in preparing the
Enrolled Bills;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Marbury submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Committee on the Legislative Depart-
ment be instructed to inquire into the expediency of report-
ing au additional section requiring the Legislature to make
some other penalty than that of incarceration in the State
Penitentiary for petty larceny;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Cosgrove submitted the following order :
Ordered, That it be entered on the Journal that Mr.
Groome was prevented from resuming his seat on the reas-
sembling of the Convention after the recess, by the death of
a near relative, and afterwards, until yesterday, by his own
sickness;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Roman, Chairman of the Committee respecting the
appointment, tenure of office, duties and compensation of all
civil officers not embraced in the duties of other standing
Committees, submitted the following Report :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE RESPECTING THE
APPOINTMENT, TENURE OF OFFICE, DUTIES
AND COMPENSATION OF ALL CIVIL OFFICERS
NOT EMBRACED IN THE DUTIES OF OTHER
STANDING COMMITTEES.
SECTION 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on gen-
eral ticket by the qualified voters of the several counties of
this State on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November, 1867; and on the same day in every
second year thereafter. Their number in each county, their
compensation, powers and duties shall be such as are now or
may be hereafter prescribed by law.
SEC. 2. The qualified voters of each county, and of the
City of Baltimore, shall on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, in the year 1867, and on
the same day in every second year thereafter, elect a Sur-
veyor for the counties, and City of Baltimore, respectively,
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