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On motion of Mr. Kilbourn, it was
Ordered, That the President be empowered to appoint
proper police for the rotunda during the session of the
Convention; and be it further ordered, that the Presi-
dent be authorized to appoint a janitor of the committee
rooms, whose duty it shall be to keep the papers in order
and attend on the committees.
On motion of Mr. McPherson, it was entered on the
journal that Hon. Wm. P. Maulsby, of Frederick, is de-
tained from his seat in the Convention by sickness in his
family.
Mr. Archer submitted the following:
Ordered, That the President of the Convention be au-
thorized to appoint an assistant postmaster.
Mr. Merryman moved to lay the order on the table.
Mr. Silver said the duties of the postmaster were so
onerous that he was kept employed from eight in the
morning until nine at night. The last Senate, with but
twenty-four members, had two postmasters, and the
House also had two.
The motion to lay on the table was lost by yeas 50,
nays 51.
The order was then adopted.
Mr. Walsh submitted the following, which was lost:
Ordered, That the committee on printing direct the
printer of the Convention to forward to each newspaper
in the State of Maryland one copy of the journal of the
proceedings of this Convention.
Mr. Bateman submitted the following:
Ordered, That the printer furnish three copies each of
the journal to the Governor and the Treasurer.
Mr. McKaig hoped the order would not be adopted. He
had more respect for the printer than for the Governor
or the Treasurer. Neither of them would read the journal
if it was sent to them. If it was sent to the newspapers
they would publish it for the benefit of the sovereign peo-
ple, who were superior to the Convention or the Governor.
The Convention had refused to send the journal to the
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