648

Neill, John Newcomer, Davis, Kilgour, Brewer, Waters, Ander.
son, Smith, Parke and Shower—58.
So the Convention refused to commit.

At ten minutes past 3 o'clock P. M.
Mr. Spencer, moved the Convention adjourn,

Determined in the negative.

Mr. Johnson with the consent of the Convention withdrew the
amendment as oflèred by him and then offered the following as a
substitute for the amendment offered by Mr. Chambers of Kent:
"And that each county in the State and the city of Baltimore,
be divided into as many convenient election districts of contiguous
territory, and as nearly equal in population as may be, as such
county may be entitled to members of the House of Delegates,
and each of said districts shall be entitled to elect one delegate,
provided that each county and city shall be divided into separate
election districts of compact contiguous territory, in the manner
hereafter to be provided in this constitution; the qualified voters in
each of which districts shall at the time and in the manner in
which delegates are chosen elect one delegate who has for one
year next before his election been a resident of the district from
which he shall be elected; and the residence in a district requisite
to give a right of suffrage shall be six months next preceding the
election; but in case any voter otherwise qualified shall have less
than six months residence in the district of his then residence, he
shall not thereby lose his right to vote in the district in which he
may have resided for the six months next preceding his removal;"

Which was read.
Mr. Jenifer moved to amend said substitute by adding at the end
thereof the following
"Provided where a county has but two delegates it shall not be
divided into districts."
Mr. Brent of Balt, city, moved the Convention adjourn;
Determined in the negative.
Mr. Spencer moved the previous question, and being seconded;
The question was first put on the amendment as offered by Mr.
Jenifer, as a proviso to the substitute offered by Mr. Johnson

Mr. Jenifer moved the question be taken by yeas and nays and
being ordered appeared as tbllows:

AFFIRMATIVE—MeSSrS. Chapman, Prest., Morgan, Blakistone,
Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell,
Dorsey, Wells, Randall, Kent, Weems, Bond, Brent of Charles,
Merrick, Jenifer, Dickinson, Colston, James U. Dennis, Crisfield,
Dashiell, Williams, Hodson, Goldsborough, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg,
McCubbin, Bowling, Wright, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks,
Jacobs, Davis, Kilgour and Waters—40.
NEGATIVE—Messrs. Donaldson, Sellman, Howard, Buchanan,