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332 PROCEEDINGS
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OF THE
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CONVENTION [1776.
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AFFIRMATIVE.
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Mr. Fenwick,
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Mr. Beall,
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Mr. Earle,
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Dent,
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Stull,
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Kent,
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Parnham,
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Ridgely,
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S. Wright,
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Fitzhugh,
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Deye,
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Edmondson,
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J. Mackall,
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Stevenson,
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Gibson,
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Bowie,
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Bond,
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Dickinson,
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Hammond,
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Love,
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Geo. Scott,
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J. Hall,
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Archer,
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Horsey,
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J. Wilson,
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Gilpin,
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Chaille,
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Williams,
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D. Smith,
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Mitchell.
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Schriver,
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Brevard,
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NEGATIVE.
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Mr. Barnes,
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Mr. S. Chase,
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Mr. J. T. Chase,
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Plater,
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Paca,
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Ewing,
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B. Mackall,
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Carroll,
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T. Smyth,
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Grahame,
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Bayly,
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Bruff,
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B. Hall,
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Fischer,
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Mason,
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Sprigg,
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Edelen,
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Johnson,
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Marbury,
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J. Smith,
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Gust. Scott.
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Worthington,
On motion of Mr. J. T. Chase, That the following be inserted
as an addition to the fifth article; "but if the said inhabitants of the
town shall so decrease, as that the number of persons having right
of suffrage therein shall have been, for the space of seven years
successively, less than one half of the number of voters in some
one county in this state, such town thenceforward shall cease to
send two delegates or representatives to the house of delegates,
until the said town shall have one half of the number of voters in
some one county in this state. And in case the inhabitants of the
said town shall so increase, as that the number of persons having
right of suffrage therein shall be equal to the number of voters in
any one county in this state, that then the said town shall send
four representaves to the house of delegates." It was moved and
agreed, that the proposition consisting of two parts should be se-
parated. The question was then put on the first part, which fol-
lows in these words; "but if the said inhabitants of the town shall
so decrease, as that the number of persons having right of suffrage
therein shall have been, for the space of seven years successively,
less than one half of the number of voters in some one county in
this state, such town thenceforward shall cease to send two dele-
gates or representatives to the house of delegates, until the said
town shall have one half of the number of voters in some one
county in this state," and resolved in the affirmative.
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