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Which was read, and
Referred to the Committee upon the Judiciary Department.
On motion of Mr. Buchanan,
The vote by which the following order submitted by him
was laid on the table,
Was reconsidered,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Legislative Depart-
ment be requested to take into consideration the expediency
of incorporating into the Constitution, some suitable provision
for the protection of male and female children under the age
of eighteen years, employed in the factories and workshops of
this State, from the excessive labor which in some cases, is
now imposed on them, preventing their moral and physical
developement, and rendering them incapable of future use-
fulness to themselves and the State ;
The question recurring upon the order,
On motion of Mr. Buchanan,
It was referred to the Committee upon the Legislative De-
partment.
Mr. Tarr, of Caroline, submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Committee on Representation in appor-
tioning the Delegates to the General Assembly of the State,
consider the propriety of allowing to each county and each
Senatorial District of Baltimore city, a delegate for every
7,000 inhabitants, calculating upon the basis of aggregate
population, until each county and each district in the city of
Baltimore receive four members, and an additional delegate
for every 20,000 population, or the largest fractional part
thereof, until the number of 7 is reached; but to apportion
to no county less than two delegates.
Which was adopted and referred to the Committee upon a
Proper Basis of Representation in the Two Houses of the
General Assembly, and a Proper apportionment of the
same.
Mr. Hammond submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Committee on the Legislative Depart-
ment be requested to take into consideration the propriety of
providing, in the Constitution, for annual sessions of the
Legislature, and limiting the sessions to a shorter period than
at present;
Which was adopted.
Mr. George submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee on Legislative Department
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