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the gentleman from Harford, (Mr. Archer, ) and should
persistently vote against all amendments, having been a
party to the compromise, if he might so term it.
No further amendment being proposed, the section was
then passed over.
The substitute for the second supplemental section, of-
fered by Mr. Wickes, was then adopted, as follows:
"No county of this State shall contract any debt or
obligation in the construction of any railroad, canal, or
other work of internal improvement, nor give or loan its
credit to or in aid of any association or corporation, un-
less authorized by an act of the General Assembly, which
shall be published for two months before the next election
for members of the House of Delegates, in the newspaper
published in such county, and shall also be approved by a
majority of all the members elected to each house of the
General Assembly at its next session after said election. "
The report of the legislative committee was then or-
dered to be engrossed for a third reading, and the Con-
vention took a recess until 8 P. M.
Mr. James C. Welling, the newly elected president of
St. John's College, is to deliver a lecture tomorrow (Wed-
nesday) evening, before the members of the Convention,
in the hall of the House.
FIFTY-THIRD DAY—EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met at 8 o'clock, 86 members being
present.
On motion of Mr. Carey, it was
Ordered, That the thanks of this Convention be tend-
ered to Walter S. Wilkinson, of Baltimore city, and James
B. Groome, of Cecil county, for their very valuable serv-
ices, respectively, as temporary secretary and assistant
secretary.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the Convention went into com-
mittee of the whole, (Mr. Vansant in the chair, ) for the
purpose of considering part 2 of the judiciary report rela-
tive to the Court of Appeals.
Section 14 was read.
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