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Proceedings and Debates of the 1850 Constitutional Convention
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vacancy occurring in the office of such Superintendant shall be
filled by the Governor till the next ensuing first day of January.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall provide for such clerks
and other minester ial agents as they may deem requisite to enable
the different constitutional officers properly to discharge their re
spective functions, but shall have no power to establish any civil
offices of a general character, except by act, which shall not go
into operation until sanctioned by a majority of the electors at a
general State election, and re-enacted at the succeeding session of
the Legislat ure.

Sec. 7. All existing State officers, not expressly continued by
other provisions of this conststiution, shall hold their offices until
the expiration of their present commissions, or until the first day
of January eighteen hundred and fifty-three, which ever shall
first occur. And every civil office of a general character, which
is not specially provided for in this constitution, shall be abolished
from and after the last mentioned date.

Mr. Wells chairman of the committee on Accounts, submitted
the following report:
The committee of Accounts respectfully report for the considera
tion of the convention the annexed resolution for the payment
of $2226.99; the amount of various claims for Stationery, News
papers, &c., which were referred to the committee per order of
the board of the 21st ult., which claims with the vouchers are
herewith filed.

Respectfully submitted,
G. WELLS,
W. WILLIAMS,
EDWD. LLOYD,
ALEX. NEILL JR.,
ELIAS WARE, JR.
Committee of Accounts.
Resolved, That the accompanying accounts from No. 1 to No.
19 inclusive, be paid by the orders of the President of the con
vention, on the Treasurer of the State, in favor of the persons
entitled to receive the same.

Which was read and adopted.

Mr. Johnson moved to postpone the final adjournment of the
convention until Monday week the 12th inst.;

Determined in the affirmative.

The convention then resumed the consideration of the unfin
ished business of yesterday, being the propositions relative to
districting the city of Baltimore and the several counties of this
State;

The question pending before the convention on yesterday being
on the motion of Mr. Phelps for the previous question;

Mr. Phelps withdrew his motion.





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