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FRIDAY, April 11th, 1851.

The Convention met,
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Graff.
The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mr. Howard, submitted the following order:

Ordered, That the President of this Convention have power to
dismiss either or both of the Doorkeepers, and if he does so, he
shall report the fact to the Convention.

Which was read; and

On motion of Mr. Howard,
Laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Welch, it was
Ordered, That it be entered on the Journal, that the cause of
the absence of Mr. Chandler, is ill health.

The Convention then resumed the consideration of the unfin
ished order of the day, being theteport submitted by Mr. Sollers,
on the 3rd inst., as chairman of the committee on the further
Amendments and Revisions of the Constitution.

The question pending on yesterday, being on the amendment
offered by Mr. Brown, to the substitute offered by Mr. Fitzpatrick,
for the report submitted by Mr. Sollers, as chairman of said corn
mittee.

Mr. Fizpatrick, (with the consent of the Convention,) amended
the substitute offered by him, by striking out in the 6th line the
word "people," and inserting in lieu thereof "votes cast;"

The question was then put on the amendment to said substitute
as offered by Mr. Brown, and

Determined in the affirmative.

Mr. Hicks, moved further to amend said substitute by striking
out the word "every," in the 2nd line, and inserting "the," and
in same line by striking out the word "hereafter," and after the
word "taken" in same line, by inserting "in the year 1870 and
in every twentieth year thereafter;"

Mr. Eccleston, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered appeared as follows:

A FFIRMATLVE —Messrs. Blakistone, Ricaud, Mitchell, Donald.
son, Dorsey, Randall, Brent, of Charles, Merrick, Jenifer,
Dickinson, John Dennis, James U. Dennis, Dashiell, Williams,
Hicks, Goldsborough, Eccleston, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn,
Thawley, Davis, Kilgour, Brewer and Waters—25.

NEGATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan, Hopewell,
Chambers, of Kent, Wells, Sellman, Sollers, Howard, Buchanan,
Welch, Ridgely, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, Spencer, George, Thomas,
Shriver, Riser, Annan, Stephenson, McHenry, Magraw, Nelson,