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persons holding any bond, mortgage, judgment or any other evi
dence of indebtedness, which are liens on real estate, shall be
Liable to the person or pet sons to whom the same shall have been
taxed for Iris, her or their portion of said tax in proportion to the
interest, he, she or they may have held or own in said realestate.
On motion of Mr. Smith, it was
Ordered, That the committee upon Corporations, inquire
into the expediency of making such provision in the Constitution,
as will require all charters for rail toads hereafter granted by the
Legislature, to have a uniform sy stem of charges throughout.
Mr. Bell submitted the following resolution
Resolved by this Convention, that the per diem of each member
during the recess, the perdiem of each officer connected with this
Convention, (the President excepted,) the per diem of each absent
member until he returns to his duty, and the per diem of each
member at or during any time past that he has been absent, unless
detained by disease, be applied to the special purpose of obtaining
a Reporter.
Which was read,
Mr. Bowie moved to lay said resolution on the table,
Determined in the affirmative.
Mr. Bell ri-roved for the yeas and nays,
Which motion was not sustained.
Mr. Stewart, of Caroline, submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That no member or officer of this Convention, receive
pay for the time that he may be absent from the Convention, ex
cept his absence be occasioned by sickness, and in case any mem
ber or officer hath received pay for the time that he was absent,
unless occasioned by sickness, then the amount that said member
or officer hath received for the time that he was absent, shall be
deducted from the per diem that may be due him for the lime he
hath attended or niay attend the Con vention, and that no member
or officer receive pay for the recess.
Which was twice read,
On the question being put,
"Will the Convention adopt said resolution?"
Mr. Brown moved for the yeas and nays,
Which being ordered appeared as follows:
A FFIRMATIVE.—Messrs. Mitchell, D ickinson, Sherwood, of
Talbot, Gaither, Sappington, Stephenson, Nelson, Stewart, of
Caroline, Fiery, John Newcomer, Harbine, Michael Newcomer,
Brewer, WTeber, Slicer, Parke, Shower, Cockcy, Brown.—19.
NEGATIVE—Messers. Chapman, Pr es't., Morgan, Hopewell,
Donaldson, Wells, Randall, Bond, Sollers, Merrick, Jenifer, Bu
chanan, Bell, Welsh, Ridgely, Crisfield, Williams, Phelps, Cham.
bers, of Cecil, McCullough. Miller, McLane, Bowie, Tuck,
Sprigg, Mc Cubbin, Bowling, Wright, Thomas, Shriver, Biser,
McHenry, Gwinn, Brent, of BaIt. city, Presstman, Ware, Schley,
Neill, Kilgour, Anderson, Hollyday, Smith.----4 1
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