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dition of children employed in the factories in this State
was taken from the table and adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hammond it was
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.
Mr. Chas. E. Tarr submitted the following, which was
referred to the committee on the basis of representation:
Ordered, That the committee on representation, in ap-
portioning the delegates to the General Assembly, con-
sider the propriety of allowing to each county and each
senatorial district of the city of Baltimore 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 seven
is reached, but to apportion to no county less than two
delegates.
Mr. George submitted the following:
Ordered, That the committee on the legislative depart-
ment inquire into the propriety of making constitutional
enactment whereby the Legislature of the State may
make most liberal provision for the encouragement of
railroad facilities to the peninsula embracing the Eastern
and Western Shores of Maryland, as a source of advan-
tage to their landed interests.
Mr. Peters moved to amend by adding after the word
"railroads" the words "and steamboats. "
Mr. Peters thought it would be much better to build
steamboats than to construct railroads which would di-
vert trade from Baltimore to Philadelphia.
Mr. Carter moved to lay the order on the table, which
was decided in the negative.
The amendment of Mr. Peters was then disagreed to
and the order was adopted.
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