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Mr. Buchanan submitted the following, which, on mo-
tion of Mr. Wickes, was laid on the table:
Ordered, That the committee on the legislative depart-
ment be requested to take into consideration the expe-
diency of incorporating into the constitution some suit-
able provision for the protection of male and female chil-
dren under the age of eighteen years, employed in the
factories and workshops of this State from the excessive
labor which in some cases is now imposed upon them, pre-
venting their moral and physical development, and rend-
ering them incapable of future usefulness to themselves
and the State.
In making the motion to lay on the table, Mr. Wickes
said the subject came properly only within the province
of the Legislature.
Mr. George offered the following, which was referred
to the committee on education:
Ordered, That the committee on education be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the office of
superintendent of public instruction, and substituting
therefore four educational districts, one of which shall be
the city of Baltimore, the other three as may, in the
judgment of the committee, be most advisable, each dis-
trict to be entitled to a superintendent, and whether it
be politic to make said superintendents elective by the
people or subject to appointment by the Governor, or
otherwise.
Mr. Marbury, of Prince George's, offered the following
order:
Ordered, That the committee on the judiciary inquire
how far this Convention is limited in its powers by the
existing constitution of the State and the act of Assembly
providing for the call of the Convention, and report to
this Convention at as early a day as practicable.
Mr. Ritchie, of Baltimore city, asked whether the order
was to be understood as having any practical application,
or as being simply theoretical.
Mr. Marbury replied that a mere theoretical report was
desired; the practical effect would develop itself after-
ward.
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