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Proceedings of the House of Delegates, 1800
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VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November Session, 1800.            51

    The report on the petition of James Bowdle, was read the second time, concurred with, and leave given to bring
in a bill pursuant thereto.  ORDERED, That the committee appointed on said petition prepare and bring in the same.
    A petition from Henry Lenhart, of the city of Baltimore, counter to the petition of Robert Ross, was preferred,
read, and referred to the committee appointed on the petition to which it is counter.
    The supplement tot he act for the promotion of literature in this state, was read the second time and passed.
    Mr. McPherson, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act for the relief of William
Burrell Magruder and Thomas Lund Washington; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
    Mr. McPherson, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act for the relief of Thomas
J. Beatty, of George-town, Montgomery county; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
    On the second reading of the bill to alter such parts of the constitution and form of government as relate to
voters and the qualification of voters, the question was put, That the word "white" be stricken out of the said
bill?  The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:

A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Harwood,
Mercer,
Hyland,
Dashiell,
Holbrook,
Miller,
Johnson,
Lowrey, 
Purnell,
Nelson,
Kemp,
Bond,
Clarke,
McCulloch,
Simkins,
16.
N    E    G    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Leigh,
Neale,
Hebb,
Angier,
Chambers,
Dorsey,
Parran,
Blake,
Carcaud,
Estep,
Stuart,
Chapman,
McPherson,
Jones,
Worthington,
Stansbury,
Love,
Lloyd,
Denny,
S. Frazier,
Steele,
Pattison,
Goldsborough,
Forman,
Somervell,
Addison,
Marbury,
Quynn,
C. Frazier,
Thompson,
Wilson,
Shriver,
Hawkins,
Street,
E. Davis,
Montgomery,
Mason,
Orrell,
Douglas,
Smith, of Balt.
Cellar,
Smith, of Wash.
Geoghegan,
Cromwell,
Magruder,
T. Davis,
Veatch,
Beall,
Cresap,
Cresap, of Mich.
Gebhart.
51.
So it was determined in the negative.
    On progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the word "suffrage" be struck out of the
said bill?  the yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:
A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Angier,
Chambers,
Mercer,
Dorsey,
Estep,
Worthington,
Lemmon,
Love,
Steele,
Miller,
Forman,
Quynn,
Johnson,
C. Frazier,
Thompson,
Lowrey,
Shriver,
Hawkins,
Nelson,
Kemp,
E. Davis,
Montgomery,
Mason,
Clarke,
McCulloch,
Cellar,
Smith, of Wash.
Geoghegan,
Cromwell,
T. Davis,
Beall,
33.
N    E    G    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Leigh,
Neale,
Hebb,
Harwood,
Parran,
Blake,
Carcaud,
Stuart,
Chapman,
McPherson,
Jones,
Lloyd,
Dashiell,
Holbrook,
Pattison,
Goldsborough,
Somervell,
Addison,
Marbury,
Wilson,
Purnell,
Street,
Bond,
Orrell,
Douglas,
Smith, of Balt.
Magruder,
Veatch,
Cresap,
Cresap, of Mich.
Gebhart.
34.
So it was determined in the negative.
    On further progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the following be received as an
amendment to the said bill?  " Provided, that each voter, when he offers to vote, shall be possessed of a real or
personal estate within this state of thirty pounds current money of Maryland?  The yeas and nays being required,
appeared as follow:
    A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Lowes,
Hyland,
Dashiell,
Holbrook,
Steele, Goldsborough, Marbury, Wilson, Purnell.
9.
N    E    G    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Leigh,
Neale,
Hebb,
Angier,
Chambers,
Mercer,
Dorsey,
Blake,
Carcaud,
Estep,
Stuart,
Chapman,
McPherson,
Jones,
Worthington,
Lemmon,
Stansbury,
Love,
Lloyd,
Denny,
Parran,
S. Frazier,
Pattison,
Forman,
Miller,
Somervell,
Addison,
Quynn,
Johnson,
C. Frazier,
Thompson,
Lowrey,
Shriver,
Hawkins,
Nelson,
Kemp,
Street,
E. Davis,
Bond,
Montgomery,
Mason,
Orrell,
Clarke,
Douglas,
Smith, of Balt.
McCulloch,
Cellar,
Smith, of Wash.
Geoghegan,
Cromwell,
Magruder,
T. Davis,
Veatch,
Beall,
Cresap,
Cresap, of Mich.
Simkins,
Gebhart.
59.
So it was determined in the negative.
    The bill being read throughout, the question was put, that the said bill do pass?  The yeas and nays being
required, appeared as follow:
A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
Messieurs.
Leigh,
Neale,
Hebb,
Angier,
Chambers,
Harwood,
Mercer,

Dorsey,
Parran,
Blake,
Carcaud,
Estep,
Stuart,
Chapman,
McPherson,
Jones,
Worthington,
 
Lemmon,
Stansbury,

Love,
Lloyd,
Denny,
S. Frazier,

Pattison,
Forman,
Somervell,
Addison,
Quynn,
Johnson,
C. Frazier,
Thompson,
Lowrey,
Shriver,
Hawkins,
Nelson,
Kemp,

Street,
E. Davis,
Bond,

Montgomery,
Mason,
Orrell,
Clarke,

Douglas,
McCulloch,

Cellar,
Smith, of Wash.
Geoghegan,

Cromwell,
Magruder,
T. Davis,
Veatch,

Beall,
Cresap,
Cresap, of Mich.
Simkins,

Gebhart.
57.


 
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