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"Unless a different mode shall be prescribed by the law
creating the office;"
Determined in the affirmative.
The said 12th section was then adopted as amended.
The 13th section was then read.
On motion of Mr. Grason,
Said section was amended by inserting after the word
in the 4th line, the words "the same or," and by striking out the
wotd ‘‘the,'' in the 5th line, and inserting the word ‘‘every;''
On motion of Mr. Hollyday,
Said section was further amended, by striking out in the 6th
line, the word "some," and inserting the word "arty;"
The said 13th section was then adopted as amended.
Mr. Crisfield, moved to reconsider the vote of the Convention
just taken on the 13th section, to enable him to move the follow
ing as a substitute for said section:
"The Governor shall have power to fill any vacancy that may
occur during the recess of the Senate, in any office to which the
Governor has the power of appointment, by granting a commis
sion, which shall expire upon the appointment of the same per
son or any other person, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to the same office, or at the expiration of one calender
month, ensuing the commencement of the next regular session
of the Senate which ever shall first occur;"
On the question being put,
"Will the Convention reconsider their vote on said section"
it was
Determined in the affirmative.
Mr. Crisfield then withdrew his amendment.
On motion of Mr. Chambers, of Kent,
Said section was amended by inserting after the word "office,"
in the 5th line, these words "which ever shall first occur;"
Mr Crisfield then offered as a substitute for said 13th section
as amended, the amendment previously offered, and afterwards
withdrawn by him.
On the question being put,
"Will the Convention accept said amendment?" it was
Determined in the affirmative.
The question then recurred on the adoption of said substitute as
the 13th section of the report
Mr. Brent, of Baltimore city, moved to amend said substitute
by inserting after the word "appointment," in the 4th line, the
following, "or in case any office or appointment shall be created
by law, and shall not be filled during the session of the Senate."