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legal voters residing within the limits of the line, or lines,
proposed to be changed; and in any law proposing to form
a new county, or to change any county line, provision shall
be made for the ascertainment of the sense of the legal
voters as aforesaid.
Mr. Rider raised the point of order, that the Majority Re-
port having been read through the second time, the substi-
tute submitted by Mr. Jones was not in order.
The President decided that upon a second reading of a Re-
port, it was competent to substitute one for another. A
substitute for each section, as read, was in order, and,
after being read through, a substitute for the whole was, ac-
cording to all Parliamentary ruling, also in order; the point
of order was, therefore, not well taken.
The question then recurred upon the amendment submit-
ted by Mr. Jones, as a substitute for the Majority Report;
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. McKaig submitted the following amendment as a
substitute:
Strike out the 1st section, and insert: "That the Counties
of Somerset and Worcester shall hereafter constitute a new
County, to be called Wicomico County, and the inhabitants
thereof shall therefore have and enjoy all such rights and
privileges as are held and enjoyed by the inhabitants of
other counties of this State ;"
Pending the consideration of which,
(Mr. Nelson entitled to the floor,)
On motion of Mr. Tarr, of Worcester,
At 10 o'clock P. 51. the Convention adjourned.
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