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Section 2 was read and passed:
Sec. —. His qualifications shall be the same as those
prescribed for the Comptroller; he shall qualify and enter
upon the duties of his office on the second Monday of
January next succeeding the time of his election, and a
vacancy in the office shall be filled by the Governor for
the residue of the term.
Section 3 was read:
Sec. —. He shall keep his office at the seat of gov-
ernment and receive a salary of —— dollars per annum,
and may employ a clerk who shall receive a salary of ——
dollars per annum, payable quarterly.
Mr. Carter moved to fill the first blank with $2, 500,
which, after debate, was agreed to.
The subject was further discussed, but no result ar-
rived at.
At 10. 30 the Convention adjourned.
FIFTY-SEVENTH DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JULY 27.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Hammond.
Mr. Gill submitted the following:
Ordered, That from and after Tuesday next no mem-
ber of this Convention shall, without leave of absence, ab-
sent himself from any session of this body; that the clerk
shall cause to be printed on the journal a list of such
members as many be absent without such leave from any
session, and that each member so absent without leave
shall forfeit his per diem, unless upon his return he fur-
nish reasons satisfactory to this Convention for such ab-
sence.
This resolution gave rise to considerable debate.
Ordered, That it is the sense of this Convention, and of
the people which it represents, that the presence of all the
members of the Convention at its daily sessions, is re-
quired for the completion of the work of this Convention
within any reasonable time, and the members of the Con-
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