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and inserting in lieu thereof "vote of the Senate and House of
Delegates, the said vote to be taken viva voce;"
Mr. Dent, moved further to amend said section by inserting be.
tween the words "the," and "House," in the 6th line of said sec
tion these words "joint vote of the Senate and;"
Determined in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Dent,
The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE —Messrs. Blakistone, Dent, Hopewell, Lee,
Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells, Kent,
Dalrymple, Bond, Merrick, Crisfield, Dashiell, Hicks, Hodson,
Goldsborough, Eccleston, Bowling, McMaster, Fooks, Fiery,
John Newcomer and Davis—25.
NEGATIVE—Messrs. Jenifer, Buchanan, Bell, Chandler, Ridge
ly, Lloyd, Colston, Chambers, of Cecil, Miller, Bowie, McCub
bin, Spencer, Grason, Thomas, Shriver, Gaither, Biser, Annan,
Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Mcgraw, Thawley, Hard
castle, Gwinn, Brent, of Baltimore city, Sherwood, of Baltimore
city, Presstman, Ware, Schley, Neill, Michael Newcomer,
Weber, Hollyday, Slicer, Parke, Ege, Cockey and Brown—39.
So the amendment was rejected.
The said 4th section as amended was then adopted.
The 5th section was then read.
On motion of Mr. Grason,
Said section was amended by inserting after the words "Anne
Arundel,'' in the 4th line, the word ‘‘Howard;"
Mr. Jenifer, moved to amend said section by inserting after the
words "Eastern Shore," the words ‘‘and Harford county ," and by
striking out from the word "first " in the 2nd line, to the word
"and," where it occurs in he 5th line, and inserting in lieu there
of the following: ‘‘Baltimore city, Baltimore and Carroll counties,
the second, and St. Mary's, Allegany, Washington, Frederick,
Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Calvert, Charles
and Howard counties, the bird," sit Ike out in 5th section, 2nd
line, "Baltimore, Harford,'' and insert ‘‘Saint Marys. Charles,
Calvert, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomey,"
and after the word ‘‘and'' in 3rd line, strike out ‘‘Saint, Mary's,
Calvert, Chatles, Prince George's, Anne Arundel and Montgome
ry," and insert ‘‘Baltimore and Harford;"
Mr. Thomas, moved to amend said section by striking out all
of said 5th section to the word ‘‘third,'' in the 5th line, and insert
ing in lieu thereof the following
"The State shall be divided into four districts, Allegany,
Washington, Frederick, Carroll and Baltimore counties to be the
first; Harford and the eight counties on the Eastern shore, the
second; St. Mary's, Charles, Prince George's, Anne Arundel,