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members all over the hall express a desire for informa-
tion on this subject, and gentlemen still expressed a de-
sire for more light. He thought it but due to those gen-
tlemen who desire to express their views that they should
be heard, and this motion to cut off debate came with a
bad grace from a delegation that had occupied so much
of the time of this Convention, it having even taken a
recess for their benefit without having received any light.
The motion of Mr. Stoddert was agreed to.
The committee then rose, and the Convention, at 9. 15
P. M., adjourned.
SEVENTY-THIRD DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15.
The report of the committee to whom was referred all
such parts of the present constitution as had not been re-
ferred to other committees was taken up on its third read-
ing, and certain amendments of the committee on re-
vision and compilation agreed to. The bill was then
passed—yeas 96, nays 5.
Mr. Lee, from the committee on revision and compila-
tion, reported that every article which had passed to a
second reading had been reported by the committee,
finally passed and adopted into the constitution. The only
business before the Convention was the report of the com-
mittee on public works, now on its second reading.
On motion of Mr. Carter, the vote passing the order
providing for an adjournment on today, 15th instant, at
two o'clock, was reconsidered and the order laid on the
table.
The Convention then resolved itself into committee of
the whole (Mr. Dent, of St. Mary's, in the chair) on the
report of the committee on public works, the question be-
ing on the motion of Mr. Syester to strike out the third
section, relating to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Mr. Stoddert took the floor and made an elaborate and
able argument in favor of the section as reported. He
contended that all experience had proved that public
works could only be properly and efficiently carried on
under private management.
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