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such books shall be the property of the State of Maryland, and
be at all times subject to the inspection of the Treasurer of Mary
land and the General Assembly, and of any person authorised by
either to inspect the same; and upon the requisition of the Gener
al Assembly or the Treasurer of Maryland, the said books shall be de
posited in the office of the Treasurer of Maryland; and after the above
mentioned appointment, no bond, coupon or certificate of indebt
ness by the State thereafter issued, unless countersigned as afore
said, shall be of any force, validity or effect as against the State
of Maryland,
On motion of Mr. Dirickson, it was
Ordered, That the committee to consider and report respecting
the regulation of inspections, be requested and directed to inquire
into the expediency of abolishing the present system of appointing
inspectors, and to provide that all persons desiring to become in
spectors shall be required to take some prescribed oath, and to take
out such license as shall be hereafter regulated by law.
Mr. Hollyday submitted the following preamble and order:
Which was twice read and adopted.
Whereas, under the present system of compensating justices of
the peace in the counties of this State, those officers are depen
dent for their fees and emoluments, entirely upon the amonnt of
official business they may transact, and are thereby rendered in a
great degree dependent upon the constables for their fees, and are
exposed to the temptation of inciting litigation unnecessarily,—
Therefore,
Be it ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary, he instruc
ted to inquire into the expediency of so organizing the office of
justices of the peace, as that their compensation may be fixed, and
their independence in office thereby secured.
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the unfinish
ed business of yesterday, being the resolution submitted by Mr.
Presstman, on the 26th ultimo, and amended on the motion of
Mr. Grason, by striking all after the word "resolved" and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
"That the standing committees of this Convention shall present
such parts of a new constitution, as it may be their duty to propose,
without accompanying the same with a written report;"
The question before the Convention being upon the resolution
as amended:
On the question being put,
"Will the Convention adopt the said resolution as amended?"
it was
Determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Stewart of Baltimore city,
The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.—Messrs. Morgan, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud,
Dalrymple, Buchanan, Bell, Chandler, Ridgely, Lloyd, Dickinson,
Sherwood, of Talbot, Colston, Hicks, Hodson, Phelps, McLane,
Grason, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn, Shriver, Biser, Annan, Mc