policy require should be provided for the rights, liberty and pro
perty of the citizens of the several counties of this State and
the city of Baltimore; and whether a like regard for the upright
and faithful administration of public justice, and the laws of the
land do not render it expedient that the present mode of electing
the Governor of the Stare should be changed and in the event of
such expediency appearing to the committee, it is instructed to re
port to this Convention the necessary constitutional provisions to
effect such change, which shall provide, that the Governor of Mary
land shall henceforth be chosen by an electoral college consisting of
one member elected by each county of the State, and one by the city
of Baltimore, and that the election of Governor by said college,
shall be by ballot, and the person having a majority of all the
electoral votes cast, shall be declared duly elected, and the number
of ballots or votes which each elector is authorised to put into the
ballot box, shall be as follows, viz : The elector from the city of
Baltimore shall give votes, from the county of Frederick
votes, from Washington county votes, from the
county of Baltimore votes, and in like manner as to all the
other counties of the Slate.
Which was read.
After debate thereon, and at 25 minutes of 3 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. Kilgour, moved the previous question, which motion was
not sustained.
Mr. Brown, moved that the House adjourn,
Determined in the negative.
The question then recurred and was put on the adoption of
orde; and
Determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Smith, it was
Ordered, That the Legislative committee inquire into the expe
diency of dividing Allegany county, and forming another county
west of Cumberland, to be culled McHenry county."
On motion of Mr. Hicks, it was
Ordered, That committee, No. 14, be requested to inquire into
the propriety, and report to this Convention, the expediency of
providing by the Bill of Rights and Constitution, now in prepara
tion, to be submitted to the people of the State for their ratification,
a provision in said Bill of Rights and Constitution, whereby the
Eastern Shore and the people thereof—if they shall hereafter judge
it for their interest and happiness to separate it and themselves frorn
the Western Shore, that the right so to do shall thereby be acknow
ledged provided, such determination shall be manifested and
determined by a majority of the qualified voters of the Eastern
Shore, and provided the said Eastern Shore shall unite with the
State of Delaware, so as to prevent an additional State to the
Union by such separation of the Eastern Shore from the Western
Shore of Maryland.
On motion of Mr. Dent, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the Legislative Department