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The Convention reconsidered their vote on the 16th section of
said report.
Mr. Sprigg, then moved to amend said 16th section by adding
at the end thereof the following:
"And no law enacted by the Legislature, shall embrace more
than one subject and that shall be described in its title, and no
law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title only;"
Mr. Stewart, of Caroline, moved as a substitute for said amend
ment, the following
"All laws shall be passed by original bill and not by supple
ment, and every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace
but one subject, and that. shall be described in the title, and no law
shall be revived or amended by reference to its title only; but in
such case, all parts of the act to be revised or amended that are
embraced in the object of-the bill, shall be re-enacted and pub
lished at length."
Which was read.
Mr. Spencer, moved for a division of the question upon each
branch of said substitute, the first branch being in these words
"All laws shall be passed by original bill and not by supple
m ent,''
Mr. Dirickson, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Weems, Bell, Lloyd, Dickinson, Sher
wood of Talbot, Dennis, Hicks, Hodson, Constable, Cham
bers, of Cecil, McCullough, Miller, Bowling, Dirickson, Shriver,
Gaither, Biser, Annan, Stephenson, Magraw, Nelson, Carter,
Thawley, Stewart, of Caroline, Schley, Piety, Neill, Weber,
Fitzpatrick, Smith, Ege, Cockey and Shower—33.
NEGATIVE—MesSrs. C hapman, President, Morgan, Blakistone,
Chambers, of Kent, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells, Merrick, Ridgely,
Williams, PheIps, Sprigg, Spencer, George, Wright, Hearn,
Gwinn, Stewart of Balt. city, Presstman, Harbine, Davis, Brewer,
Parke and Brown—24.
So the first branch of said substitute was adopted.
The question then recurred upon the adoption of the second
branch of said amendment,
Mr. Spencer, moved for a division of the second branch of said
amendment, being in these words
"Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one
subject, and that shalt be described in the title;"
On the question being put on this branch of the amendment,
it was
Determined in the affirmative.
The question was then taken on the third branch of said
amendment, being in these words: