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organized without the consent of the majority of the
legal voters residing within the limits proposed to be
formed into said new county, nor shall the lines of any
county be changed without the consent of a majority of
the legal voters residing within the district which under
said proposed change would form a part of a county dif-
ferent from that to which it belonged prior to said
change; and no new county shall contain less than 400
square miles, nor less than 10, 000 white inhabitants; nor
shall any change be made in the limits of any county
whereby the population of said county would be reduced
to less than 10, 000 white inhabitants, or its territory re-
duced to less than 400 square miles. "
Mr. Jones moved an amendment, to insert after the
word "county, " in the fifth line, "and whenever a new
county shall be proposed to be formed out of portions of
two or more counties, the consent of a majority of the
legal voters of such part of each of said counties, respec-
tively, shall be required, " which was adopted.
The Convention then, at 10. 45 P. M., adjourned.
SIXTY-EIGHTH DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Hammond.
Mr. Hall submitted the following:
Ordered, That the committee on the militia report to
the Convention the expediency of abolishing the office of
State pension commissioner created by the act of 1867,
chapter 385, and of prohibiting the legislature from es-
tablishing any general pension system in the State.
Mr. Jones said that this act of the Assembly had
opened the doors to the most enormous frauds that had
ever been practiced upon the people of Maryland. He
had suspected something of the kind when the bill was
pending, and had voted against it.
Mr. Wallace concurred entirely in the views of the gen-
tleman from Somerset, (Mr. Jones, ) and thought some
action in this matter should be taken by the Convention.
After some further debate, and the change of the ref-
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