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FORTY-FIRST DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1867.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Henderson.
Mr. Page presented four petitions from citizens of Som-
erset county against the proposed new county scheme.
Mr. Ireland called up the order offered by Mr. Tarr, of
Worcester, providing for a recess.
The order was amended so as to provide for an adjourn-
ment from tomorrow, the 29th, until Wednesday, July 10.
After some debate the order was adopted.
Mr. Archer, from the minority committee of the com-
mittee on the judiciary, made a report. It differs in sev-
eral particulars from the majority report, but as the
whole subject will undergo the consideration of the Con-
vention, it is scarcely necessary to give it in detail.
Mr. Kennedy, of the committee appointed to make ar-
rangements for the reception of the President, rose and
read a dispatch dated New Haven, Conn., June 27, stating
that the President would arrive in Baltimore today, and
would reach Annapolis at 10 1/2 tomorrow. The formal
reception by the Convention would take place in this hall,
after which the President would proceed to the Senate
chamber and receive the citizens generally. He would
then, with his suite, pay a visit of inspection to the Naval
Academy, and on its conclusion would be escorted to the
Government House, where he and his suite would be en-
tertained, with the members of the Convention, by Gov-
ernor Swann.
Mr. Jones, chairman of the committee appointed to
wait on the President in Baltimore and escort him to An-
napolis, submitted the following list of the committee:
Allegany county, Mr. Roman; Anne Arundel county, Mr.
Howison; first district of Baltimore city, Mr. Vansant;
second do., Mr. Ritchie; third do, Mr. Merryman; Balti-
more county, Mr. Buchanan; Calvert county, Mr. John
Parran; Caroline county, Mr. Tarr; Carroll county, Mr.
Longwell; Cecil county, Mr. McCormick; Charles county,
Mr. Brent; Dorchester county, Mr. Goldsborough; Fred-
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