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Mr. Howard, moved to suspend further proceedings under the

Determined in the affirmative.
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the order
of the day, being the report No. 13, submitted by Mr. Bowie,
chairman of the committee on the Judiciary.
The question pending before the Convention being on the
amendment offered by M r. Hicks on yesterday, to insert after the
word ‘‘and," in the 11th line, the words "shall not;"
On the question being put,
"Will the Convention adopt said amendment?"
Mr. Hicks, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered, appeared as follows
AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Ricaud, Prest. p. t., Lee, Chambers of
Kent, Mitchell, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells, Weems, Dalrymple,
Howard, Bell, Ridgely, John Dennis, Crisfield, Dashiell, Hicks,
Hodson, Goldsborough, Eccleston, Phelps, Sprigg, Fooks, Jacobs,
Nelson and Smith-----25.
NEGATIVE—Messrs. Morgan, Sellman, Sollers, Merrick, Buch
anan, Welch, Sherwood of Talbot, McCullough, Miller, Bowie,
Tuck, Bowling, Spencer, George, Wright, Dirickson, McMaster,
Thomas, Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan, Sappington,
Stephenson, Stewart of Caroline, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Stewart of
Balt. city, Brent of Balt, city, Sherwood of Balt. City, Ware,
Schley, Fiery, Neill, Harbine, Kilgour, Anderson, Weber, Holly
day, Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Parke, Shower and Brown—45.
So the amendment was rejected.
Mr. Chambers, of Kent, (in accordance with the notice given
by him on yesterday,) moved to reconsider the vote of the Conven-
tion on the amendment offered by Mr. Crisfield, on the 19th inst.
in relation to the election of four Judges for the Court of Appeals,
Determined in the affirmative.
Mr. Thomas, then moved to amend said 5th section of the report
of the committee by striking out these words "the State shall be
div ided into three judicial districts, one on the Eastern and two on
the Western shore, which said districts shall be laid off as the
gubernatorial districts are," and inserting in lien thereof the
following:
"The State shall be divided into four judicial districts, Allegany,
Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore and Harford counties
shall compose the first; Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arundel,
Calvert, St. Mary's Charles and Prince George's counties the
second; Baltimore city the third; and Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Talbot, Caroline, Dorchrester, Somerset and Worcester counties
shall compose the fourth dis trict;"
Which was read.