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be taken to give an appropriate reception to the Presi-
dent of the United States on his contemplated visit to the
capital of Maryland, beg leave to report that they have
held the proposed conference, at which it was agreed that
it would be proper that a committee from the Convention,
consisting of one member from each county and one from
each legislative district of Baltimore, shall be appointed
to meet the President in the city of Baltimore and attend
him to Annapolis, and they recommend that the counties
and the districts of Baltimore shall respectively appoint
their representatives on said committee. "
The report was adopted.
Mr. Page presented the petition of 68 citizens of Som-
erset against the new county scheme.
Mr. Tarr, of Worcester, presented the petition of 119
citizens in favor of the new county scheme.
The Convention then adjourned.
THIRTY-NINTH DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1867.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Henderson.
The President presented a communication from the
secretary of the New York Constitutional Convention, en-
closing resolution asking an interchange of journals of
debates and proceedings with the Maryland Constitu-
tional Convention. A resolution was adopted cordially
complying with the request.
Mr. Tarr, of Worcester, submitted the following, which,
at the suggestion of Mr. Vansant, was temporarily laid
over:
Ordered, That when this Convention adjourns on Fri-
day next, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, July 9.
Mr. Dobbin, from the committee on the judiciary, made
a report, the main portions of which are as follows:
Section 1. The judicial power of this State shall be
vested in a Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts, Orphans'
Courts, such Courts for the city of Baltimore as are here-
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