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ningham, Devries, Dobbin, Dorsey, Duvall, Emack,
Evans, Finley, Ford, Franklin, Galt, Giddings, Gill,
Goldsborough, of Dorchester, Goldsborough, of Talbot, Hall,
Hammond, Hayden, Hoblitzell, Hollyday, Howard, How-
ison, Ireland, Jamison, Jones, Lee, Longwell, Mackubin,
Maulsby, McCormick, McKaig, McMaster, Merrick, Morris,
Murray, Page, Charles 8. Parran, Perry, Pole, Rider,
Ritchie, Silver, Stoddert, Syester, Wallace, Walsh, Wat-
kins, of Montgomery, Wickes—61.
A quorum being presant,
On motion of Mr. Barry,
All further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the
unfinished business of the morning's session, being the Re-
port of the Committee upon the Judiciary Depaitment,
The question recurring upon Section 19, Park III.
Pending which,
Mr. Hammond, submitted the following amendment as a
substitute for the whole Section :
PART III—CIRCUIT COURTS.
Section 19. The State shall be divided into nine Judicial
Circuits, as follows: The counties of Worcester, Somerset
and Dorchester shall constitute the First Circuit; the coun-
ties of Talbot, Caroline and Queen Anne's, the Second; the
counties of Kent, Cecil and Harford, the Third; the counties
of Baltimore and Carroll, the Fourth; the counties of Fred-
erick and Howard, the Fifth; the counties of Allegany and
Washington, the Sixth; the counties of Montgomery, Anne
Arundel and Calvert, the Seventh; the counties of Prince
George's, Charles and St. Mary's, the Eighth; and Balti-
more City, the Ninth.
Pending the consideration of which,
On motion of Mr. Carter,
The further consideration of the Report was postponed,
and the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Re-
port of the Committee upon Labor and Agriculture ;
Pending which,
Mr. Carter submitted the following amendment:
Fill the first blank with the word " four ;"
The question being on concurring in the amendment,
Mr. Stoddert demanded the yeas and nays ;
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