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prejudices of those people must be considered, or they will
put a veto on what is done here. In some cases this veto
power might be dangerous. He should vote for the
amendment now pending, because it went no further, but
he was in favor of striking the whole thing out.
Without further action on the pending question, by
unanimous consent,
Mr. Howison, from the committee on accounts, made
a report on the subject of mileage for the members and
officers of the Convention, fixing the rate at twenty cents
per mile.
Mr. Vansant moved to strike out twenty and insert five,
which was agreed to.
The report was then adopted, and the Convention then
adjourned.
TWENTY THIRD DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1867.
Convention met at 10 1/2 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Hammond.
The President laid before the Convention a communi-
cation from Jehu B. Askew, clerk of the Criminal Court
of Baltimore city, giving a statement of the revenue and
expenditures of his office as follows: Revenue from De-
cember 2, 1863, to January 9, 1865, $10, 414. 66; expenses
for the same period, $8, 118. 37; excess of fees for the
above period returned to the State, $2, 296. 29; revenue
from January 9, 1865, to January 8, 1866, $11, 729. 30;
expenses from January 9, 1865, to January 8, 1866, $8, -
178. 65; excess of fees returned to the State, $3, 550. 65;
revenue from January 8, 1866, to January 14, 1867, $12, -
284. 32; expenses from January 8, 1866, to January 14,
1867, $8, 851. 11; excess of fees returned to the State, $3, -
433. 21. Mr. Askew states that the fees of the office are
only derived from one source—those arising on the trial
of causes.
The President also presented a communication from
clerks of county commissioners, showing the following
amounts paid for the purposes named: Paid registers
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