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"And said commissioners shall exercise such powers and duties
only as the Legislature may prescribe, but such powers and duties
shall be uniform throughout the State, and the General Assembly
may provide for the election or appointment of such other county
officers as may be required, and are not provided for by this con
stitution, and prescribe their powers and duties, but their tenure
of office, their powers and duties and mode of appointment shall
be unifoun throughout the State ;"

Determined in the affirmative.

The said amendment was then adopted as a substitute for the
34th section of the report.

The 35th section was then read.

On motion of Mr. Grason,

Said section was amended by striking out all of said section to
the word "Houses," inclusive in the 5th line, and inserting in
lieu thereof the following:

"Every bill when passed by the General Assembly and sealed
with the great seal shall be presented to the Governor, who shall
sign the same in the presence of the presiding officers and chief
clerks of the Senate and House of Delegates."

The said 35th section was then adopted as amended.

The 36th section was then read and adopted.

The 37th section was then read;

Mr. Presstman, moved to strike out the 37th section;

Mr. Dorsey, moved to amend said section, by adding at the end
there of, the following proviso:

"Provided such amendment, alteration or repeal be not incon-
sistent with the fundamental principles of natural justice and
right, or the provisions of the constitution of the United States, or
of the State of Maryland ;"

Determined in the affirmative.

The question then recurred and was put on the motion of Mr.
Presstman, to strike out the 37th section; and

Determined in the affirmative.

Mr. Phelps, then moved to amend said report by inserting as
the 37th section the following

Section 37th. Any citizen of this State who shall after the
adoption of this Constitution fight a duel with deadly weapons,
or send or accept a challenge to tight a duel with deadly weapons,
either in or Out of the State, or who shall act as second, or know
ingly aid or assist in any manner those offending, shall be deprived
of holding any office of trust or profit under this State ;"

Mr. Phelps, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
 

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and being ordered appeared as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Dent, Lee, Cham