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this Union to foreign nations having been committed by
the constitution of the United States to the general gov-
ernment, this Convention, representing the government
and people of an individual State, can take no action upon
the petition of James T. Dwyer, except to declare that the
citizens of Maryland, composed in large part of Irishmen
and their descendants, will ever witness with deep solici-
tude any measures promotive of the welfare and happi-
ness of the people of Ireland, and it is further ordered
that the said petition be printed, for general information,
upon the journal of the Convention.
Mr. Barry said, after the explanation made, he would
withdraw his motion.
Mr. Stoddert hoped the order would be adopted unani-
mously.
The order was then unanimously adopted.
Mr. Gill submitted the following:
Ordered, That the committee on corporations be in-
structed to investigate the proceedings of the mayor and
city councils of Baltimore since the election of the pres-
ent incumbents, and particularly into their proceedings
relative to the endorsement by the city of Baltimore of
the bonds of the Union Railroad Company, and to the
building of a new city hall, and that said committee be
authorized to send for persons and papers.
Mr. Horsey, of Frederick, asked that the order be laid
over for a day or two, until members had time to inform
themselves in regard to this very important matter. The
proposed investigation would take considerable time.
Mr. Wethered also asked that it be laid over.
The order was then laid over informally.
On motion of Mr. Merryman, it was
Ordered, That the committee on corporations and pub-
lic works inquire into the expediency of incorporating an
article into the constitution requiring that all railroads
hereafter to be built within this State shall, in crossing
any turnpike road, be built either above the bed of said
turnpike road, at sufficient height to enable carriages,
wagons or any vehicle of pleasure or burden to cross un-
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