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fidelity with which he has discharged the duties of pre-
siding officer.
Mr. Longwell, from the committee on printing, sub-
mitted a report, accompanied by orders, providing for the
printing of the constitution and the distribution of the
same among the different officials of the State.
The report provides for the printing of 50, 000 copies in
pamphlet form; the members to be entitled to 400 copies
each. The order also provides for the translation and
publishing of 10, 000 copies in the German language.
Mr. Dobbin did not think the pamphlet form of distri-
bution would be sufficient to reach the people. He thought
the best way of distribution would be through the columns
of the newspapers, and proposed the Baltimore Sun, Ga-
zette, and the German Correspondent, and would move to
print in pamphlet form 30, 000 English copies and 500
German copies.
Mr. McKaig concurred with the views of the gentleman
from Baltimore, and thought the best and only proper
way to disseminate the constitution would be through the
newspapers.
Mr. Longwell said the committee had ascertained that
it would be almost impossible to publish the constitution
in the county newspapers in time enough, and it would
also entail great expense.
Mr. Maulsby was in favor, if practicable, of publishing
the constitution in all the papers of the State. It was not
a partisan instrument, and he hoped would commend itself
to the favorable consideration of every citizen of the
State, without regard to his political opinions. If it could
not be published in all the county papers, he hoped it
would at least be published in every paper in the city of
Baltimore.
Mr. Nicolai proposed an amendment that the constitu-
tion shall be published in one newspaper two successive
insertions in each county, and thought it was of much
more importance that it should be published in the county
papers than in those of the city of Baltimore, who could
afford to do it without compensation.
The amendment of Mr. Nicolai was disagreed to.
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