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of the people of the State shall have cast their votes in
favor of a Convention; and all other forms of holding the
election shall be in strict conformity to those pursued in
the elections of delegates to the General Assembly; and it
shall be the duty of the Governor to announce, by proc-
lamation, published a month before the day appointed in
the law, in two newspapers issued in the city of Balti
more, and one in every county of the State, if one be is-
sued in the county, the result of such vote. "
The Convention then, without further action, at 2 F
M., adjourned.
TWENTY-FIRST DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1867.
Convention met at 10 1/2 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Hammond.
The President laid before the Convention a communica-
tion from the clerk of the commissioners of Howard coun-
ty, showing the payment of the following amounts: Ag-
gregate amount paid registers of voters and their clerks,
$1, 409; paid for election houses, $110; printing lists of
voters, $467; total, $1, 986. Aggregate amount of assess-
able property in Charles county, (estimated), $1, 781, -
381. 43; Allegany county, $16, 604, 631. Total amount paid
for registering of voters and printing lists for Allegany
county, $3, 254. 75. Registers of voters and clerks Queen
Anne's county, 1865, $826. 50; printing lists, $219. 50;
total, $1, 046. Registers and clerks Frederick county for
year 1865, $2, 560; ordered to be paid for 1866 and April
1867, $1, 821. 28; total, $4, 381. 28; printing lists for 1865,
$549. 75; bills presented for 1866, $1, 362. 50.
Mr. Denson submitted an order that after Saturday,
June 8, this Convention meet at 10 A. M. After some
debate it was adopted.
The Declaration of Rights was then taken up, and no
further amendments being offered, on motion of Mr. Kil-
bourn, it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The report of the committee upon the executive depart-
ment was next proceeded with.
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