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The question then recurred and was put upon the amendment
as offered by Mr. McMaster, to the amendment offered by Mr.
Merrick, as a substitute for the 34th section and accepted by Mr.
Thomas;
Determined in the negative.
Mr. McMaster, moved for the yeas and nays;
Which motion was not sustained.
Mr. Davis, moved to amend said amendment by adding at the
end thereof, the following proviso:
"Provided, This article shall be so construed as not to prevent
the Legislature from passing any law or laws to open public roads
when two or more counties are interested."
Determined in the negative.
The question then recurred upon the adoption of the amend
ment as offered by Mr. Merrick, and amended on the motion of
Mr. Ridgely
Mr. Weems, moved for a division of the question on said
amendment;
The question was then put on the first branch of said amend
ment, being in these words
"That the county authorities now known as levy courts, or
county commissioners, shall hereafter be styled commissioners ;"
Determined in the affimative.
The question was then put on the second branch of said amend
ment, being in these words:
"And shall be elected by general ticket, and not by districts by
the voters of the respective counties,"
Mr. Dorsey, moved the question he taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered appeared as follows
AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, President, Blakistone,
Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell,
Sellman, Weems, Bond, Merrick, Buchanan, Bell, Welch,
Ridgely, Lloyd, Colston, Crisfield, Dashiell, Phelps, Constable,
Chambers, of Cecil, Miller, McLane, Grason, George, Whight,
Hearn, Thomas, Shriver, Gaither, Biser, Sappington, Stephen
son, Thawley, Stewart of Caroline, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Sher
wood of Balt.. city, Ware, Fiery, Neill, John Newcomer, Harbine,
Michael Newcomer, Davis, Kilgour, Weber, Hollyday and
Show er—5 2.
v E—Messrs. Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells, Randall, Kent,
James U Dennis, Bowie, McMaster, Fooks, McHenry and
Slicer—11.
So the 2nd branch of said amendment was adopted.
The question was then put on the 3rd and last branch of said
amendment, being in these words: