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that the first Governor under this constitution shall be
taken from the first district, the second from the second
district, and the third from the third district, and so on.
The question was then taken on the motion of Mr.
Page to insert, which was decided in the negative—yeas
41, nays 53.
Sections 3 and 4 were passed over without amendment.
Section 5 was read.
Mr. Archer said that under this section a negro was
eligible to the office of Governor, as they were all citizens
of the United States, and to remedy this he would offer
certain amendments.
The amendments were agreed to and the section now
stands as follows:
"Sec. 5. A person to be eligible to the office of Gov-
ernor must have attained the age of thirty years, and
must have been for ten years a citizen of the State of
Maryland, and for five years next preceding his election
a resident of the State and a legal voter therein. "
Sections 6 and 7 were read.
Mr. Syester read from the seventh section that "the
Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the land and
naval forces of the State, " and moved to strike out t IK
word "naval. " He should like to know what navy had
the State of Maryland?
Mr. Carter. —She may have one.
Mr. Syester. —I suppose that is a part of the principle
that Maryland is a free, sovereign and independent State.
[Laughter. ]
The motion to strike out was disagreed to.
Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 were read and passed
over without amendment.
The Convention then, at 3 P. M., adjourned.
TWENTY-SECOND DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1867.
Convention met at 10 1/2 o'clock, Hon. R. B. Carmichael,
president, in the chair. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ham-
mond.
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