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VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November Session, 1800.
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A petition from sundry inhabitants of Frederick county,
praying an act may pass for opening a road from the
state line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, on a streight line, to
the city of Washington, was preferred,
read, and referred to Mr. Hyland, Mr. Shriver, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Smith,
of Baltimore, and Mr. Forman, to
consider and report thereon.
The bill for the relief of William Works of Cæcil
county, was read the second time by especial order and
passed.
The supplement to an act, entitled, An act to authorise
and empower the levy court of Montgomery county
to assess and levy a sum of money on the assessable property thereof
for the purpose of building a new gaol in said
county, was read the second time by especial order and passed.
A petition from sundry inhabitants of Frederick
county, praying an act may pass for opening a road from the
town of Westminster, on a streight line, to the city of Washington,
was preferred, read, and referred to Mr.
Nelson, Mr. Shriver, Mr. Magruder, Mr. T. Davis and Mr. Gilpin, to
consider and report thereon.
The bill to alter the times of the session of Baltimore
county court, of the court of oyer and terminer and
gaol delivery for Baltimore county, and of the court of appeals, was
read the second time and passed.
The further supplement to an act, entitled, An act
to streighten and amend the public roads in Harford county,
and for other purposes, was read the second time, and the question
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,
Hebb,
Harwood,
Mercer,
Parran, |
Stuart,
McPherson,
Jones,
Lowes,
Hyland, |
Dashiell,
Holbrook,
S. Frazier,
Steele,
Forman, |
Somervell,
Addison,
Marbury,
Johnson,
C. Frazier, |
Gunby,
Wilson,
Purnell,
Street,
E. Davis, |
Bond,
Montgomery,
Clarke,
Douglas,
Geoghegan, |
Cromwell,
Magruder,
T. Davis,
Veatch.
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N E G A
T I V E.
Messieurs.
Angier,
Chambers, |
Worthington,
Lemmon, |
Stansbury,
Love, |
Edmondson,
Goldsborough, |
Quynn,
Shriver, |
Hawkins,
Kemp, |
Smith, of Wash.
Simkins.
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And so it was resolved in the affirmative.
On motion, the question was put on the following, viz.
RESOLVED, That the happiness and welfare of the people
of the United States are intimately connected with
a free and fair election of the chief executive magistrate of the Union,
uninfluenced by arrangements made by
particular states.
RESOLVED, That the senators of this state in the congress
of the United States be and they are hereby requested,
to use their best endeavours that congress propose to the legislatures
if the several states the following
amendment to the federal constitution, to wit: The congress may,
from time to time, divide each state into as
many districts, for the purpose of choosing electors of president and vice-president
of the United States, as shall
be equal to the number of electors such state may be entitled to elect.
RESOLVED, That the president of the senate and the speaker
of this house be requested forthwith to transmit
the foregoing resolve to the senators of this state in congress; and that
the governor and council be and they are
hereby requested to communicate the same to the supreme executives of the
several states, with a request that
they may be submitted to the consideration of their respective legislatures.
The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:
A F F I
R M A T
I V E.
Messieurs.
Leigh,
Neale,
Hebb,
Stuart, |
Chapman,
McPherson,
Jones,
Lowes, |
Hyland,
Dashiell,
Holbrook,
S. Frazier, |
Steele,
Pattison,
Goldsborough,
Addison, |
Marbury,
Quynn,
Gunby,
Wilson, |
Purnell,
T. Davis,
Veatch, |
Cresap,
Simkins,
Gebhart.
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N E G A
T I V E.
Messieurs.
Angier,
Chambers,
Hanson,
Harwood,
Mercer,
Dorsey,
Parran, |
Blake,
Carcaud,
Estep,
Worthington,
Lemmon,
Stansbury,
Love, |
Lloyd,
Denny,
Edmondson,
Rose,
Gilpin,
Forman,
Somervell, |
Cramphin,
Johnson,
C. Frazier,
Thompson,
Lowrey,
Shriver,
Hawkins, |
Kemp,
Street,
E. Davis,
Bond,
Montgomery,
Mason, |
Orrell,
Clarke,
Douglas,
Smith, of Balt.
McCulloch,
Cellar, |
Smith, of Wash.
Geoghegan,
Cromwell,
Magruder,
Beall,
Cresap, of Mich.
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So it was determined in the negative.
The house adjourns till to-morrow morning 9 o'clock.
S A T U
R D A Y,
December 6, 1800.
THE house met. Present the same members as
on yesterday. The proceedings of yesterday were read.
The resolution in favour of James Hodges, the bill
to alter the times of the session of Baltimore county
court, of the court of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for Baltimore
county, and of the court of appeals,
the supplement to an act, entitled, An act to authorise and empower the
levy court of Montgomery county to
assess and levy a sum of money on the assessable property thereof for the
purpose of building a new gaol in said
county, the bill for the relief of William Works, of Cæcil county,
the bill for the direction of surveyors in executing
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