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tion, or who shall vote in any such election district or ward, in
which he does not reside, except in a case provided for in the first
article of this constitution, or shall at the same election vote in
more than one of such election districts or wards, or shall vote
or offer to vote in any name, not his own, or in place of any other
person of the same name, or shall vote in any county in which he
does not reside, or shall vote or offer to vote in virtue of a certifi
cate of naturalization granted to another person, and any person
convicted of any of the aforegoing offences in a court of law shall
not only be punished as aforesaid, but shall be incapable thereafter
of voting at any election in this State, or holding any office or
appointment of any nature or description under the constitution or
laws of this State, or under any ordinance or laws of the mayor
and city council in Baltimore.

Determined in the negative.

Mr. Crisfield, moved to amend said report by adding at the end
thoreof the amendment offered by him on yesterday, being in
these words,
"Laws should be made for ascertaining by proper proofs the
citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby es
tablished."

Mr. Parke, moved to amend said report by inserting after the
word "person," where it occurs the second time in the 3rd line of
the 3rd section, these words "legally declared."

Pending the question on these amendments,

Mr. Tuck moved that the committee rise, and report the articles
on the Elective Franchise with the amendments adopted and those
pending, to the Convention.

Determined in the affirmative.

The committee accordingly rose, the President resumed the chair,
and the chairman reported that said committee had in obedience to
order had said report again under consideration, and had instructed
him to report the same to the Convention, with such amendments
as had been adopted and those pending thereto.
On motion of Mr. Chambers, of Kent,
The report with the amendments adopted and pending, were
ordered to be printed, and their further consideration postponed
until Monday next the 27th inst.

Mr. Brent, of Baltimore city, moved the following order as a sub-
stitute for theone offered by him this morning:

Ordered, That the standing rules of this Convention, be so
amended as to apply the previous question without restriction and
without debate to the matter then pending, and to such amend
ments thereto as may be offered consistently with existing mules,
after the call for the previous question has been sustained, and in
voting on the matter pending when the previous question is sustain-