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Barnes, of Baltimore city, is detained from his seat in the
Convention by sickness;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Gill submitted the following order :
Ordered That hereafter it shall not be competent to go
into the Committee of the Whole except upon a vote of the
majority of the members present, and that the rules of the
Convention be so changed as to correspond with this order ;
Which was read the first time.
On motion of Mr. Watkins, of Montgomery,
The Convention resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole, to consider the Report of the Committee upon the
Judiciary Department, with pending amendments.
Mr. Dent in the Chair.
After some time spent in said Committee, Mr. Dent,
Chairman,
Reported that the Committee had had under consideration
the report of the Committee upon the Judiciary, had made
progress therein, and asked leave to sit again.
The report was received and leave granted.
On motion of Mr. Gill, (the rules being suspended,) it was
Ordered, That when the Convention adjourns on Wednes-
day, its morning session, it will adjourn to Thursday morning,
and that the use of the Hall be tendered to the President
elect of St. John's College, Mr. James Welling, to deliver a
lecture on the subject—"Pompeii, its remains as illustrating
ancient Roman life."
Mr. Mackubin moved that the Convention take a recess
until 8 o'clock this evening.
Mr. Garey moved, as a substitute, that the Convention ad-
journ until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Which was decided in the affirmative.
At 2 1/2 o'clock the Convention accordingly adjourned until
10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
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