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Proceedings and Debates of the 1850 Constitutional Convention
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the person giving and the person receiving the same, shall on con
viction in a court of law, in addition to the penalties now or here
after to be imposed by law, be forever disqualified to hold any
office of profit or trust, or to vote at any election thereafter.
Sec. 3. That no person duly convicted of larceny or other infa
mous crime, shall ever thereafter be entitled to vote at any election
in this State, and no person under guarnians hip as a lunatic, or
person non compos mentis shall be entitled to vote.
Which was read, and laid on the table.
Mr. Brown, gave notice that he dissented from said report as a
member of said co mmittee.
On motion of Mr. Neill, it was
Ordered, That the committee on the Militia and Military affairs
inquire into the expediency of exempting from all Militia or Mili
tary services, such persons as are conscientiously scruplous of
bearing arms.
Mr. Davis, submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the use of the Hall of the Convention, be and
is hereby tendered to the Rev'd Thomas L. Hamner, Agent of
the American Sunday School Union, for 3 o'clock P. M. on Sun
day, the 15th inst.
Which was twice read.
On the question being put on the adoption of said order, it was
Determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Davis,
The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.—Messrs. Chapman, President. Morgan, Blakis
tone, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell,
Dorsey, Wells, Randall, Sell man, Weems, Dalrymple, Sollers,
Jenifer, Bell, Welsh, Chandler, Dashiell, Hicks, Hodson, Golds.
borough, Eccleston, Miller, Sprigg, McCubbin, Dirickson, Shriver,
Biser, Annan, Magraw, Nelson, Carter, Gwinn, Brent, of Balti
more city, Sherwood, of Baltimore city, Ware, Schley, Fiery,
Neill, Harbine, Kilgour, Davis, Waters, Brewer, Anderson, Fitz
patrick, Smith, Ege, Cockey and Parke—52.
NEGATIVE.—Messrs. Kent, B uchanan, Lloyd, Wright, Thaw
ley, Stewart of Caroline, Michael Newcomer, Weber, Hollyday
and Brown—10.
So the order was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Neill, it was
Ordered, That the committee on tIre Legislative Department,
inquire into the propriety of requiring all new counties hereafter
created to contain a population of not less than thousand.
Mr. Ege, presented a petit ion of P. Konig and others, "Reubenites
of the city of Baltimore," praying that a clause may be engrafted
in the new constitution, to make the election of Governor take
place at the first election after the adoption of said new constitution,
and in relation to frauds practiced at said elections, &c.
Which was read.
Mr. Brown, moved to lay said petition on the table.


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