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sideration of the amendment offered by him on yesterday, and re
jected by the convention, as an amendment to the 2nd section.
Mr. Smith, with the unanimous consent of the convention gave
notice of his intention to offer the following amendment, "in the
aggregate statement by him on the 17th inst. to add two delegates
to Baltimore city, making the aggregate 71, as will be found in
twelfth column of said tabular statement.
Mr. Brent, of Baltimore city, gave notice of his intention at the
proper time, to offer the following amendment as a substitute fur
the 2nd section:
Sec. 2. The House of Delegates shall (until the re-apportion-
ment hereafter provided) consist of eighty-seven members, to be
apportioned among the several counties and the city of Baltimore,
according to the ratio hereinprovided, and to their several numbers
(as shown by the last census of the United States,) which shall be
determined by adding to the whole number of free persons includ
ing those bound to service for a term of yeats; three fifths of the
slaves, and allowing to each county and Baltimore city, one ad
ditional delegate for every fraction of the ratio exceeding eight
hundred. The ratio shall be seven thousand of said population in
said city and counties, that is; to the said delegates shall be ap
portioned as follows
Allegany 4, Anne Arundel 3, Baltimore city 24, Baltimore
county 6, Carroll county 3, Caroline 2, Calvert 2, Cecil 3,
Charles 2, l)orchester 3, Freder ick 6, Harford 3, Kent 2, Mont
gomery 2, Prince George's 3, Queen Anne's 2, St. Mary's 2,
Somerset 3, Talbot 2, Washington 5, Worcester 3.—total 87.
And it shall be the duty of the General Assembly every ten
years computing from its next session to re-apportion the House
of Delegates upon the basis of population as aforesaid, by dividing
the several counties and the city of Baltimore into as many elec
tion districts as the number of delegates to be elected, the said dis
tricts to be equal in population as nearly as possible; provided the
said number of delegates shall at no time exceed ninety.
Mr. Mitchell, moved the Convention adjourn;
Mr. Thomas, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan, Dent,
Hopewell, Ricaud, Dorsey, Wells, flairymple, Bond, SoIlers,
Brent, of Charles, Howard, Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Chandler,
John Dennis, Constable, Bowling, Spencer, Dirickson, McMaster,
Hearn, Fooks Jacobs, Sappington, Stephenson, Thawley, Stewart,
of Balt. city, Brent of Baltimore city, Presstman, Ware, Waters,
Anderson, Fitzpatrick and Smith—36.
NEGATIVE ----Messrs Blakistone, Lee, Chambers, of Kent,
Mitchell, Donaldson, Randall, Kent, Sellman, Weems, Merrick,
Jenifer, Ridgely, Lloyd, James U. Dennis, Crisfield, Williams,