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"No person shall be deemed incompetent as a witness
on account of race or color, unless hereafter so declared
by act of the General Assembly. "
The question was on the demand for the previous ques-
tion made by Mr. Vansant.
Mr. Brewer, of Baltimore city, moved a call of the
house.
Mr. Carter said if this motion was intended to follow
in the wake of those which had been made yesterday, for
the purpose of delaying action, he must protest against it
as being beneath the dignity of the Convention.
Mr. Brewer said when any question was up affecting
the legal profession the fullest limit of debate was con-
tended for, but on an important matter like this to the
people at large debate was to be choked off.
The demand for the previous question was then sus-
tained, but the Convention refused to sustain the motion
for a call of the house.
The main question was then put, being on the motion of
Mr. Brewer to strike out the entire section, which was
disagreed to, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Austin, Barnes, Bateman, Bennett,
Bradley, Brent, Brewer of Baltimore city, Brewer of Mont-
gomery, Buchanan, Cosgrove, Cover, Dent, Dorsey, Duvall,
Emach, Goldsborough of Dorchester, Goldsborough of
Talbot, Hammond, Hardcastle, Henderson, Hoblitzell, Hol-
lyday, Hubbard, Ireland, Jamison, Keating, McMaster,
McPherson, Mitchell, Morris, Nelson, C. S. Parran, Perry,
Peters, Rennolds, Rider, Riggs, Ritchie, Silver, Spates,
Starr, Tarr of Caroline, Tarr of Worcester, Thomas, Toad-
vine, Watkins of Caroline, Watkins of Montgomery, Weth-
ered and Wilkinson—49.
Nays—Messrs. Carmichael, Alvey, Archer, Bell, Brooke,
Brown, Carter, Chambers, Cunningham, Denson, Devries,
Dobbin, Evans, Farnandis, Feiry, Finley, Ford, French,
Franklin, Galt, Garey, George, Giddings, Gill, Hall, Hay-
den, Horsey of Frederick, Howard, Howison, Jones, Kil-
bourn, Lee, Longwell, Mackubin, Morrow, Marbury, Mauls-
by, McCormick, McKaig, Merrick, Motter, Murray, Page,
Parker, John Parran, Pleasants, Ringgold, Rogers, Syes-
ter, Vansant, Walsh and Whitman—52.
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