carter, Thawley, Stewart of Caroline, Davis, Kilgour, Waters,
Anderson and Hollyday —56.

So the convention refused to strike out.

Mr. Lee moved further to amend said 18th section, hy inserting
after the word "and'' in the 4th line, the words "shall not;''

Determined in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Morgan,
Said 18th section was amended by striking out in 8th line, the
words "who shall also be the," and insert in lieu thereof the words
"and a;"

On motion of Mr. Morgan,
Said section was further amended by striking out in the 9th
line, the words "and the register in chancery of the chancery court
of the city of Baltimore," also by striking out in 11th line, the
words "who shall be the clerk of the police court of Baltimore
cily," and insert after the word "elected" the words "as aforesaid,"
and striking out the words "a plurality vote;"

Mr. Stephenson moved further to amend said section by striking
out from the word "until" in 19th line, to end of said section, and
inserting in lieu thereof "the general election of delegates held
next thereafter, when a clerk shall be elected to fill such vacancy;"

Mr. McHenry, moved to amend said amendment by
striking out the word "general," also the words "of delegates"
and insert "annual State;"

Determined in the negative.

The question then recurred and was put on the adoption of the
amendment as offered by Mr. Stephenson; and

Determined in the affirmative.

Mr. Chambers of Kent, moved that said 18th section be passed
over informally, and the 30th section be taken up;

Determined in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Chambers of Kent,
Said 30th section was amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:

"And in all such elections the person having the greatest nurn
ber of votes, shall be declared to be elected."

The said 30th section was then adopted as amended.

The Convention then resumed the consideration of the 18th
section of the report;

On motion of Mr. Morgan,
Said 18th section was amended so as to conform to the 30th sec
tion just adopted as amended.

 

 
 
On motion of Mr. Randall,
Said 18th section was amended by striking out from the word