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also, the names of the various parties to whom the money has
been paid, with the respective sums received by them;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Walsh submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee on the Legislative Depart-
ment, be requested to inquire whether the Legislature should
not be prohibited from granting the right of appeal in cases
previously adjudicated, where existing laws allowed of no ap-
peal, or the right of appeal was not availed, of in the time
limited by law, and whether a provision should not be inserted
in the Constitution, providing that the rights of parties to
civil suits shall not be changed or affected by any law pass-
ed during the pendency of such suits, except so far as such
laws may affect the mode of proceeding in civil suits;
Which was adopted.
Mr. Rider submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee on the Elective Franchise,
inquire into the expediency of incorporating in the Consti-
tution, a provision providing for a uniform registration of
voters within the State of Maryland, which shall be taken
and held as the only evidence of the qualification of said voters
at any election that may hereafter be held in the State;
Which was adopted.
The President laid before the Convention the response of
the Clerk of the Commissioners of Baltimore county, to an
order of the Convention, which was read, and,
On motion of Mr. Tarr, of Worcester,
Referred to the Committee upon the Judiciary Department,
Mr. Ford, Chairman of select Committee, made the follow-
ing report:
The select Committee appointed to ascertain upon what
terms the services of a competent Reporter for this Conven-
tion can be obtained, beg leave respectfully to report, that
they have given the subject as full consideration as the very
limited time allowed them would permit.
They have ascertained that the services of a competent Re-
porter can be obtained to report the debates of this body at
two and a half dollars per page, containing the same amount
of matter as the reports of the Convention of 1864.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. FORD,
JOS. P. MERRYMAN,
J. A. WICKES,
SAM. W. STARR,
H. A. SILVER.
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