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The hour having arrived for taking up the order of the
day, being the Reports which had been ordered to be en-
grossed for a 3d reading,
Mr, Lee, Chairman of the Committee upon Revision and
Compilation, submitted the following Report:
The Committee on Revision and Compilation to which was
referred the Engrossed Report on the Declaration of
Rights, has carefully revised the same, and recommends the
following amendments. The lines referred to are those in
the copy printed under the order of the Convention of June
20th, 1867:
1st. Article 15, Hue 1. After the word ''by," insert the
word "the."
2d. Article 32, line 3. After the word "case," insert the
word "to."
3d. Article 34. Add the letter "s" to the word "Depart-
ment," in the 1st line.
4th. Article 36, line 6. After the word "religion," strike
out the words "any man/' and insert the word "he."
5th. Article 39, line 4. After the word "generally," strike
out the word "esteemed," and insert the word "esteem."
Respectfully submitted.
J. F. LEE,
Chairman.
Which was adopted.
The Convention then proceeded to the third reading of the
Report of the Committee to consider and Report upon
the Declaration of Rights.
Pending the reading of the 2d Article,
Mr. Peters moved that the Report be opened for amend-
ments, and be considered seriatim, to enable him to submit
the following amendment :
Article 2. Strike out all after the word "and," in 1st
line, and insert " The Constitution of the State of Maryland
shall be the supreme law of the State.''
The President decided that the amendment was not in
order without a majority of the Convention shall so deter-
mine.
The motion submitted by Mr. Peters was not concurred in.
Pending the reading of Article 24,
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