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In pursuance whereof, the President appointed Messrs. Brent,
of Baltimore city, Randall and Sappington to compose the com
mittee.
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the order
of the day, being the report submitted by Mr. Merrick, as chair
man of the committee on Representation, on the 11th ultimo;
The question pending before the Convention, being on the
motion of Mr. Spencer, to recomnnit the report to the committee
on Representation, with instructions to report a basis of representa
tion on some fair principle of compromise.
Mr. Chambers, of Kent, moved to amend said amendment by
adding at the end thereof, the following:
"In such manner that the city of Baltimore shall be entitled to
the same number of representatives in the House of Delegates,
as may be allowed to the largest county in the State."
After debate thereon,
The Convention adjourned until Monday morning 11 o'clock.

MONDAY, January 27th, 185!.

The Convention met,
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Graff.
The proceedings of Saturday were read.
On motion of Mr. Dirickson, it was
Ordered, That it be entered upon the journal that Messrs. John
Lee, of Kent, and L. L. Dirickson, of Worcester, vote in the
negative upon the proposition submitted as a substitute by Mr. Bla
kistone of St. Mary ‘s, on Friday last, which said motion is in the
following words—That the committee on Representation and Ap
portionment be requested to rerort a plan of apportionment and
representation—making numbers exclusively the basis of repre
sent.ation to the House of Delegates.
The Convention took up for consideration the unfinished busi
ness of Saturday, being the order submitted by Mr. Thawley,
rescinding the order heretofore adopted authorising the printing of
four extra journals for each member of the Convention.

The question pending before the Convention, being on the
motion of Mr. Spencer, to lay said order on the table;
Mr. Spencer, withdrew said motion to lay on the table.
The yeas and nays having been previously ordered, on the adop
tion of the order, were then taken and appeared as follows: