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revision and codification of the said laws, it shall be the duty of
the Legislature, in amending any article or section thereof, to enact
the same as the said article or section would read, when amended;
and, whenever the Legislature shall enact any public general law,
not amendatory of any section of article in the said code, it shall
be the duty of the Legislature to enact the same in articles and
section, in the same manner as the said code may be arranged; and
to provide for the publication of all additions and alterations which
may be made to the said code, and it shall also be the duty of the
Legislature to appoint one or more commisioners, learned in the

law, whose duty it shall be to revise, simplify and abridge the
rules of practice, pleadings, forms and proceedings of the courts of
record in this State;"

Which was read.
Mr. Dotsey, moved to amend said amendment by striking out
after the word "public," the word "general;"

Determined in the negative.
The question then recurred upon the adoption of the amend
ment as offered by Mr. Gwinn,

Mr. Dent, moved to amend said amendment by adding at the
end thereof the following:
"And also simplify and abridge the forms of conveyancing
now in use in this State;''

Which amendment Mr. Gwinn accepted.
The question then recurred and was put on the amendment as
amended, being a substitute for the 16th section.
Mr. Dorsey, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays, and
being ordered, appeared as follows

AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan, Blakistone,
Dent, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Dorsey, Wells, Sellman,
Weems, Merrick, James U. Dennis, Williams, Hodson, Golds-
borough, Phelps, Tuck, Sprigg, McCubbin, Hearn, Stephenson,
McHenry, Nelson, Gwinn, Brent, of Baltimore city, Ware, Fiery,
Harbine, Davis, Kilgo or, Waters, Anderson, Hollyday, Cockey
and Brown—36.

NEGATIVE—Messrs. Buchanan, Bell, Lloyd, Dickinson, Slier-
wood, of Talbot, John Dennis, Miller, Bowling, George, Wright,
Dirickson, Thomas, Shriver, Biser, Amman, Magraw, Carter,
Thawley, Stewart, of Caroline, Schley. Neill, Brewer, Weber,
Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Ege and Shower—28.

So the amendment as amended was adopted.
Mr. Chambers, of Kent, moved the Convention adjourn;
Determined in the negative.

Mr. Gwinn, moved to atnend said 16th section, as amended, by
inserting the following, to precede said section