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Mary's and Charles the eighth; Kent, Queen Anne's and Caro-
line the ninth; Talbot and Dorchester the tenth; Somerset and
Worcester the eleventh; and Baltimore city the twelfth.

Which was read.

Mr. Crisfield rose to a point of order, that the Convention hav
ing refused to strike out the words in the 1st branch of the amend
ment which had been adopted, that the amendment offered by Mr.
Ridgely was not in order.

Mr. Tuck (being in the chair) ruled the amendment to be out
of order.

The 2nd branch of said amendment was then adopted.

Mr. Spencer moved to reconsider the vote of the Convention on
the 2nd branch of said amendment, for the purpose of inserting
the following

"And in each of the said county court districts, the chancery
and the Orphans' court shall be incorporated into one court, and
the person who shall be elected as the Judge of the county courts,
within the said districts respectively, shall be the Judge of the said
chancery and Orphans' court, and the said chancery and
orphans' courts shall have, hold and exercise in the several
counties of this State, all and every the powers, authorities
and jurisdictions which the said chancery and orphans' courts of
this State now have, use and exercise, and which shall hereafter be
prescribed by law, and the Judge thereof shall have and rise all
other powers and authorities, which the chancellor and justices of
the orphans' courts of this State now have, by virtue of law, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law,and the sessions of the said
chancery and orphans' courts shall be held iu the several counties
in this State, at the time and place where the regular terms of the
said orphans' courts are now held, and at such other times and
places as may be fixed and appointed by the Judge of the said dis
trict, or may be prescribed by law."

Which was read.

Mr. Gwinn moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table;
Mr. Spencer moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered, appeared as follows
AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Morgan, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee,
Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell, Kent, Weems, Dalrymple,
Merrick, Howard, Bell, Welch, Chandler, Lloyd, John Dennis,
Crisfield, Dash iell, Hodson, Eccleston, Phelps, McC ubbin,
Grason, Thomas, Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan,
Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Nelson, Thawley, Gwinn,
Brent, of Balt, city, Ware, Schley, Fiery, Neill, John Newcomer,
Harbine, Michael Newcomer, Davis, Waters, Weber, Hollyday,
Slicer, Smith and Brown—50.
NEGATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Wells, Randall, Sell.
man, B uchanan, Ridgely, S herwood, of Talbot, McCullough,