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ure of office, duties and compensation of all civil officers
not embraced in the duties of other standing committees.
13th. Upon claims. 14th, Upon printing.
Mr. George W. Dobbin belonged to that class of the
Convention, he hoped a very large one, which was anxious
to get through with the work before them as speedily as
possible. He thought the plan marked out by his friend
from Baltimore county was of such an elaborate nature
that, if adopted, it would have the effect to keep the Con-
vention here during the whole summer. He would offer a
substitute by which he hoped the work could be accom-
plished within twenty-five or thirty days.
Mr. Dobbin then offered the following as a substitute:
Ordered, That the bill of rights and constitution of
Maryland of 1851 be printed for the use of members of
the Convention in compact form, and on Monday next the
Convention, in committee of the whole, shall proceed to
consider the same, section by section, until it is com-
pleted.
Mr. Jones said that when the gentleman from Balti-
more city had a little more experience in legislative mat-
ters he would know that the plan he proposed, instead of
facilitating matters, would keep them here until Christ-
mas. The work could be done in the most speedy way by
being perfected in committees. On the plan suggested
by his friend the debate would be interminable.
Mr. McKaig approved of the plan suggested by the
gentleman from Baltimore city, (Mr. Dobbin. ) There
were the most able men in the State in the Constitutional
Convention of 1851, and the Convention could not do
better than base their labors on the elaborate product of
that Convention.
Mr. John H. Barnes advocated the adoption of the sub-
stitute offered by Mr. Dobbin.
Mr. Barry said there were many issues now to be met
which were not before the Convention of 1851, and ad-
vocated the adoption of the order presented by hun.
Mr. Gill said the Convention of 1851 had sat over six
months, and the Convention of 1864 four months, and
both of those Conventions had adopted the plan sug-
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