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Mr. Davis, gave notice of his intention to move to reconsider
the vote of the Convention on the section offered by Mr. Ridgely on
yesterday, to the report of the committee on the Legislative De
partment, and adopted by the Convention, in relation to the fees
and perquisites of office, now payable to the Clerks and Registers
of the several courts of law and equity, &c.

The Convention again resumed the consideration of the order
of the day, being the report submitted by Mr. Grason, chairman
of the committee on the Executive Department.

The 1st section of said report having been read as amended,
was adopted.

The second section was then read,
Mr. Gnason offered as a substitute for said section the following:

Section 2 TIre first election for Governor, under this constitu
tion, shall be held on the first Wednesday in November, in the
year eightteen hundred and and on the same day and month
in every fouith year thereafter, at the places of voting for delegates
to the General Assembly, and every person, qualified to vote for
delegates, shall be qualified and entitled to vote for Governor; the
election to be held in the same manner as the election of delegates
and the retruns thereof, under seal, to be addressed to the Speaker
of the House of Delegates, and enclosed and transmitted to the
Secretary of State, and delivered to the said Speaker at the com
mencement of the session of the Legislature next ensuing said
election.

On motion of Mr. Grason,
Said section and substitute was passed over informally.

The 3rd section was then read.

Mr. Dorsey, moved to amend said section by striking out the
words "Speaker of the House of Delegates," and substituting in
lieu thereof "President of the Senate;"

Determined in the negative.

Mr. Dorsey, then moved to amend said section by inserting in
the 3rd line the word before the word "votes;"

Determined in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Grason,
Said section was further antended by striking out in the 4th
line the words "first Monday," and inserting in lieu thereof "se-
cond Wednesday ;"

The said 3rd, section was then adopted as amended.

The 4th section was then reach

Mr. Dorsey, moved to amend said section by inserting after the
word ‘‘Governor,'' in the 5th line the words "his eligibility;"

Mr. Crisfield, moved as a substitute for said amendment to
insert after the word "election," in same section and 5th line,
 

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