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presentation and the bill of rights of one from each coun-
ty and one from each legislative district of the city of
Baltimore; and all the other committees to consist of nine
members.
Mr. Barnes offered the following, which was adopted:
Ordered, That a committee on public works and cor-
porations be appointed.
Mr. James R. Brewer offered an order for the appoint-
ment of a committee of five to arrange the seats of the
members of the Convention, so that the delegations from
the counties and each of the legislative districts of the
city of Baltimore shall have contiguous seats.
Mr. C. S. Parran moved to lay the order on the table.
Mr. Carey hoped the order would not be laid on the
table, —He and some dozen others were wandering about
without seats, because they had not scrambled for their
seats like schoolboys.
The motion to lay on the table was carried by 48 yeas
to 40 nays.
Mr. Groome offered the following, which was adopted:
Ordered, That the choice of seats for members of this
Convention be decided in the following manner: That
numbers, from one to twenty-four, both inclusive, be
written on similar slips of paper and placed by the sec-
retary of this Convention in a hat, and that the delegation
from each county and legislative district of Baltimore
city shall, respectively select one of said delegation, who
shall, in the presence of the said secretary, draw one of
said numbers from said hat, and that the delegation
whose representative shall draw number one, shall be
entitled to the first choice of seats, the delegation whose
representative shall draw number two to the second
choice, and so on in the order of said numbers until the
seats of each delegation are selected.
The Charles county delegation drew the first choice for
seats, and Montgomery county the last.
The. Convention then, at 2. 40 P. M., adjourned until
Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of affording
the President time to arrange the different committees.
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