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The article was then unanimously ordered to be en-
grossed for a third reading.
The report of the committee on the legislative depart-
ment was then taken up.
Mr. Archer submitted the following as an additional
section, and it was adopted: "The General Assembly shall
pass no laws suspending the writ of habeas corpus. "
~ The following section, which was made the special order
for today, was then read:
"No person shall be incompetent as a witness on ac-
count of race or color, unless hereafter so declared by act
of the General Assembly. "
The pending question was on the motion of Mr. Brewer,
of Montgomery, to strike out.
Mr. Brewer, of Baltimore city, moved, to postpone the
further consideration of the subject until Tuesday next,
as there were a number of members who had not yet re-
turned, and who would wish to cast their votes on so im-
portant a subject.
Mr. Brown hoped there would be no postponement. The
Convention in a very full house had substantially decided
this question.
The motion to postpone prevailed.
The report of the committee upon the proper basis of
representation in the two houses of the General Assembly,
and a proper apportionment of representatives in the
same, was taken up.
Section 1 was read as follows: "There shall be elected
from each of the counties and from each of the three leg-
islative districts of the city of Baltimore, as they now ex-
ist or as they may be hereafter denned, one Senator.
Mr. Mackubin moved to amend by providing that the
city of Bal timore shall have but one senator. The motion
was rejected by a vote of 71 to 14, Messrs. Carmichael,
Archer, Devries, Duvall, Ford, Goldsborough of Dorches-
ter, Goldsborough of Talbot, Hall, Lee, Mackubin, Morris,
Motter, Page and Tarr of Caroline in the affirmative.
No further amendment being offered, section 2 was
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