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Mr. Page submitted the following amendment as a substi-
tute :
Sec. 39. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county
of the State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of said counties and city, respec-
tively, who shall hold Ms office for six years from the time
of his election, and until his successor is elected and quali-
fied; he shall he re-eligible, and subject at all times to re-
moval for wilful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, in
the same manner that Clerks of the Courts are removable. In
the event of any vacancy in the office of Register of Wills,
said vacancy shall he filled by the Judges of the Orphans'
Court in which such vacancy occurs, until the next general
election for Delegates to the General Assembly, when a Reg-
ister shall be elected to serve for six years thereafter ;
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. John Parran submitted the following amendment to
the substitute :
Strike out the word " six," where it occurs before the word
'' years," and insert the word " four ;"
Which was rejected.
Mr. Cosgrove submitted the following amendment to the
substitute:
Strike out the word " six," where it occurs before the word
' years," and insert the word " two ;"
Which was rejected.
The question then recurring upon the substitute submitted
by Mr. Page,
It was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Carter,
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the 3d
Section of the Report, the further consideration of which, had,
on Thursday, July 18, 1867, been informally postponed.
The question recurring upon the amendment submitted by
Mr. George, viz :
Sec. 3. Insert after the word "Courts,"in first line, the
words "in the counties."
Insert after the word "next," in 4th line, "and in the city
of Baltimore oh the Second Wednesday of October next."
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. Buchanan moved the previous question.
The question being,
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