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this Convention as promptly as practicable, a statement
setting forth for each year since 1860: First, the aggre-
gate revenue of their respective offices; second, the
amount received from each source of revenue; third, the
expenses of their respective offices, and upon what ac-
count incurred.
Mr. J. Hopkins Tarr offered the following, which was
referred to the committee on representation:
Ordered, That the committee upon a proper basis of
representation in the two houses of the General Assem-
bly, and a proper apportionment of representatives in the
same, be directed to inquire into the propriety of forming
a new county out of the counties of Somerset and Worces-
ter, and to report to the Convention thereupon.
On motion of Mr. Nelson, it was
Ordered, That the clerk of the county commissioners
of each of the counties of the State be requested to fur-
nish to this Convention a statement of the amounts levied
in their respective counties as compensation for the
State's attorneys in said counties during the years 1864,
1865, 1866 and 1867.
On motion of Mr. Nelson, it was
Ordered, That the clerks of the Circuit Courts for the
State be requested to furnish to this Convention a state-
ment of the numbers of indictments found by the grand
juries of their respective counties during the years 1864,
'65, '66 and '67, and the disposition made of the same, so
as to show how many have been quashed, how many
ruled bad on demurrer, and how many convictions and
acquittals have been had under the same.
On motion of Mr. Bradley, it was ordered to be entered
on the journal that Thos. J. Keating, Esq., of Queen
Anne's county, is detained from his seat on account of
pressing business in the Circuit Court of Queen Amies'
county.
On motion of Mr. Charles E. Tarr it was ordered to be
entered on the journal that S. H. Hubbard, of Caroline
county, is absent from the Convention on account of sick-
ness in his family.
The President presented a communication from the
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