Baltimore; one of these commissioners shall be a resident and shall
have resided at least years next preceding his election in a
district to be composed of the counties of Montgomery, Howard,
Anne Arundel, Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles and Prince George's;
one of these commissioners shall reside at the time of his election,
and shall have been a resident at least years next preceding
his election, in a district composed of the city of Baltimore; and
the other commissioner shall reside at the time of his election, and
shall have been a resident at least years next preceding his
election, of a district to be composed of the counties of Harford,
Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Somer
set and Worcester.
Art. 3rd, The said coinmisssoners shall be elected by the quali
fied voters of their several districts respectively, the returns of their
election shall be returned and certified to the Governor, who shall,
by proclamation, declare the result of the election. Two of said
commissioners shall hold their office for years, and the other
two for years from the first Monday of December next, suc
ceeding their elections; and at their first meeting after their elec
tion, or as soon thereafter as practicable, they shall determine by
lot, who of their number shall hold their offices for years re
spectively, and thereafter then shall be elected as aforesaid at each
general election of Delegates two commissioners fbr the term of
years, to be taken from the district respectively wherein the
two commissioners resided at the time of their election, whose term
of service has expired, and in case of a vacancy in the office of
either of said commissioners by death, resignation or otherwise, the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall
fill the same until the next general election, and in case of an
equal division in the Board of said commissioners, on any subject
committed to their charge, the Treasurer of the State shall have
power, and shall be called upon to decide the same."
On motion of Mr. Smith,
The report of committee No. 14, creating a Board of Public
Works, was made the special order of the day for Thursday next.
Mr. Jacobs, chairman of the committee on the Free Negro
Population of this State, submitted the following

REPORT:

The select committee, raised by order of the Convention on
the 4th December last, to whom was referred the subject of the
free colored population of this State, were also required to repoit
specifically "their actual numbers in the State, at the several cen
sus' of the United States down to, and including that just return
ed; their annual increase; the numbers that have been colonized
in Africa; the amount of colonization taxes, and to what purposes
applied; together with such laws as had a particular reference to
that class of our population."

 
 
 
 
They were also required to submit to this Convention, some