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Proceedings of the Senate, 1800
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VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November Session, 1800.            27

    On further progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the following be proposed as an
amendment thereto?  After the word "state" in the fourteenth line of the seventh page, insert " or has been
actually residing within his state two years, using the trade of merchandise, by buying and selling in gross, or
by retail."  Determined in the affirmative.
    On further progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the fifth section be struck out?  The
yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:

 A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Littleton Dennis, John Chesley and William Hemsley, junior, Esquires.        4.
N    E    G    A    T    I    V    E.
John Thomas, Esquire, president, John Campbell, John Grahame, Charles Ridgely, of Hampton, Uriah Forrest,
William Hammond Dorsey, James Hollyday, David McMechen, William Hindman,
Charles Goldsborough, junior, and Philip Thomas, Esquires.        11.
So it was determined in the negative.
    On further progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the following be proposed as an
amendment thereto?  After the word "debt" in the ninth line of the eleventh page insert, " provided that no
person applying for relief under this act shall have the benefit thereof, unless the chancellor shall be satisfied, by
competent testimony, that the petitioning debtor has been actually using the trade of merchandise, by buying
and selling in gross, or by retail."  The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:
A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
John Thomas, Esquire, president, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Littleton Dennis, David McMechen and
William Hemsley, junior, Esquires.        5.
N    E    G    A    T    I    V    E.
John Campbell, John Grahame, Charles Ridgely, of Hampton, Uriah Forrest, William Hammond Dorsey, James
Hollyday, John Chesley, William Hindman, Charles Goldsborough, junior,
and Philip Thomas, Esquires.        10.
So it was determined in the negative.
    On further progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the following be proposed as an
amendment thereto?  After the word "creditors" in the fifth line of the twenty-first page insert " being more
than one in number, in such cases where the party shall have more than eight creditors at the time of the passage
of this act."  Determined in the affirmative.
    On further progression in reading the said bill, the question was put, That the following be proposed as an
amendment thereto?  After the word "as" in the last line of the same page insert " having been."  Determined
in the affirmative.
    The bill being read throughout, and Charles Goldsborough, junior, Esquire, excused from voting thereon, the
question was put, That the said bill do pass, as amended?  The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:
A    F    F    I    R    M    A    T    I    V    E.
John Thomas, Esquire, president, John Campbell, John Grahame, Charles Ridgely, of Hampton, Uriah Forrest,
William Hammond Dorsey, James Hollyday, David McMechen, William Hindman
and Philip Thomas, Esquires.        10.
N    E    G    A    T    I    V    E.
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Littleton Dennis, John Chesley and William Hemsley, junior, Esquires.        4.
So it was determined in the affirmative.
    The clerk of the house of delegates delivers a bill, entitled, an act to levy on the assessable property of
Anne-Arundel county a sum of money for the purpose herein after mentioned, endorsed; " By the house of
" delegates, December 4, 1800:  Read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
                                                            " By order,                                                    W.  HARWOOD, clk.
" By the house of delegates, December 10, 1800:  Read the second time and will pass.
                                                            " By order,                                                    W.  HARWOOD, clk."
A bill, entitled, An act to enlarge the powers of the commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace, a bill, entitled,
An act to prevent the going at large of geese and swine in Creager's-town, in Frederick county, severally
endorsed; " By the house of delegates, December 9, 1800:  Read the first time and ordered to lie on the
" table.
                                                            " By order,                                                    W.  HARWOOD, clk.
" By the house of delegates, December 10, 1800:  Read the second time by especial order and will pass.
                                                            " By order,                                                    W.  HARWOOD, clk."
A bill, entitled, An act for the relief of Henry Disherd, of Frederick county, a bill, entitled, An act authorising
and empowering the register of wills of Anne-Arundel county to transmit to the office of register of wills of
Worcester county the will of Thomas Powell, of Worcester, deceased, severally endorsed; " By the house of
" delegates, December 9, 1800:  Read the first and second time by especial order and will pass.
                                                            " By order,                                                    W.  HARWOOD, clk."
The following resolution:

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