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lowing Amendments. The lines and Sections referred to are
those of the copies of the Engrossed Reports printed under
the order of the Convention of June 20th, 1867 :
1. 1st Section, 2d line, Legislative Department, strike out
the word "which," and insert the word "and."
2. Insert as the 2d Section the following : "Each county
in the State, and each of the Legislative Districts of Balti-
more city, as they are now, or may hereafter be defined, shall
be entitled to one Senator, who shall be elected by the quali-
fied voters of the counties, and of the Legislative Districts
of Baltimore city, respectively, and shall serve for four years
from the day of his election, subject to the classification of
Senators hereinafter provided for.
3. Strike out Section 1, from the Report upon a Proper
Basis of Representation in the two Houses of the General
Assembly, &c., and insert Sections 2, 3 and 4 as proposed to
be amended, of same Report as Sections 3, 4 and 5 in the Re-
port upon the Legislative Department.
4. Number Section 2, in the Report upon the Legislative
Department, Section 6, and number the subsequent Sections
of the same Report in numerical order down to Section 48,
which transpose and number 56; number Sections 49, 50, 51,
52 as Sections 52, 53, 54, 55.
5. Section 9, line 9, Engrossed Report upon the Legisla-
tive Department. After the word "election" strike out to
the word "termination," in line 13, inclusive, and insert
the words, "and if during the recess of the Legislature, and
more than ten days before its termination, such death shall
occur, or such resignation, refusal to act, or disqualification
be communicated in writing to the Governor by the person
so resigning, refusing, or disqualified."
6. Section 21, line 2, (same Engrossed Report.) After the
word "nor," insert the word "adjourn."
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. LEE,
Chairman.
Which was adopted.
Mr. Lee also submitted the following Report:
The Committee on Revision and Compilation, to which
was referred the Engrossed Report upon the Rate of Interest
and the Usury Laws of this State, has carefully considered
the same, and reports that the Section, as passed to a third
reading, leaves the Statute Law and the power of the Legis-
lature as they would be if it be omitted. It would, there
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