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7th. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire and
report upon the proper apportionment of representation in the As
sembly of Maryland.
Which were read, and
On motion of Mr. Jenifer,
Referred to the select committee of twenty-one.
Mr. Ricaud submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the committee on the appointment of committees
take into consideration the propriety of subdividing the matter of
the judiciary into three committees, so as to embrace one on the
appointment of a separate Appellate Court, one on the system of
County Courts, and a third on the Courts of Equity and Orphans
Courts, with a view of consolidating those two systems;
Which was read, and
On motion of Mr. Ricaud,
Referred to the select committee of twenty-one.
Mr. Seilman submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the resolutions offered by Mr. Sellman on Mon
day, the 11th inst., in reference to the organization of the Con
vention, be referred to the general committee raised this morning;
Which was read, and
On his motion referred to the select committee of twenty-one.
Mr. Davis submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the committee of twenty-one be instructed to
enquire whether a committee ought not to be appointed upon the
subject of Agriculture;
Which was twice read and adopted.
Mr. Gwinn submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the clerks of the several counties in this State
and of Howard District, and of Baltimore city court, and the Regis
ters of Wills of the several counties and of Howard District, be
requested to inform this Convention the gross receipts of their
several offices, and that they be further requested to state
what are the expenses incurred in carrying on the duties of their
said offices; what clerks or other officers they employ, at what rates
they are paid, and whether they are paid out of the gross receipts
of the office or otherwise, and give an account of all the expenses
of the said offices; and that the said clerks of the several county
courts, and of the clerk of Baltimore city court, and the Register
in Chancery, state what number of cases, criminal and civil, and
on the equity side of the said county courts, distinguishing the
same, were tried in the said counties, Howard District, and city of
Baltimore, at the several terms of the courts held therein, in the
years 1846,-'47,-'48,-'49.'5O; what number of suits were brought
in the said several counties within the period referred to, specifying
the number brought to each term; in what number of cases
judgment was entered without a jury sworn; in how many a jury
was sworn for the purpose only of taking a verdict; and how
many cases were actually argued; and the number of insolvent
applications returned to said county courts during the said time,
and that the said reports be made by the 15th of December next.