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If this miserable, fanatical Congress should succeed in im-
posing negro suffrage, he warned this Convention that
Worcester county would be completely at the mercy of
the combined radical and negro vote; and he assured the
members that if adopted, Worcester would go overwhelm-
ingly against the constitution, and in support of this as-
sertion he (Mr. McM. ) read a letter from the Hon. John
R. Franklin, that he feared it would induce both Worces-
ter and Somerset counties to go against the constitution.
The amendment of Mr. Jones was adopted.
The Convention then took a recess until 8 P. M.
SIXTY-FIRST DAY—EVENING SESSION.
Convention met at eight o'clock, seventy-nine members
being present.
The report of the committee providing for the forma-
tion of Wicomico county out of parts of Somerset and
Worcester was taken up.
Mr. Jones moved as a substitute for the whole report
the report of the minority of the committee.
Mr. McKaig offered an amendment that the counties of
Somerset and Worcester shall hereafter constitute a new
county, to be called Wicomico county.
Without coming to a vote the Convention at 10 P. M.
adjourned.
SIXTY-SECOND DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Hen-
derson.
Mr. Merrick, from the select committee appointed to
inquire whether it is practicable to divide the State into
seven judicial circuits, reported that such a division can-
not be made without at least one circuit being dispropor-
tionately large and imposing an amount of business which
the judges could not dispatch with efficiency. The com-
mittee asked to be discharged from the further consider-
ation of the subject.
The report was accepted and the committee discharged.
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