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shall not thereby lose his right to vote in the district in which he
may have resided forthe six months next preceding his removal."
Mr. Tuck moved for a division of the question upon the 3rd
branch of the amendment down to the word "constitution" in the
8th line inclusive;
Mr. Tuck moved the question be taken by yeas and nays, and
being ordered appeared as follows
AFFIRMATIVE.—Messrs. Donaldson, Dorsey, Randall, Sell-
man, Brent of Charles, Merrick, Howard, Bell, Welch, Chand
ler, Ridgely, Lloyd, Dickinson, Sherwood of Talbot, Colston,
Chambers, of Cecil, McCullough, McLane, Spencer, Thomas,
Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan, McHenry, Magraw,
Schley, Fiery, Neill, John Newcomer, Harbine, Brewer, Anderson,
Weber, Smith, Cockey and Brown—38.
NEGATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan, Dent, Hope
well, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers of Kent, Mitchell, Wells, Kent,
Weems, Bond, Jenifer, Buchanan, John Dennis, James U.
Dennis, Dashiell, Williams, Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough,
Eccleston, Phelps, Miller, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, McCubbin,
Bowling, Grason, George, Wright, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn,
Fooks, Jacobs, Sappington, Stephenson, Nelson, Carter, Thawley,
Stewart, of Caroline, Gwinn, Stewart, of Balt. city, Brent, of
Baltimore city, Sherwood, of Balt, city, Ware, Davis, Kilgour,
Waters, Hollyday, Fitzpatrick, Parke and Shower—55.
So the 3rd branch of said amendment was rejected.
Mr. Johnson with the consent of the Convention, then with
drew the 4th and last branch of the amendment.
Mr. McHenry moved the convention reconsider their vote taken
on the 1st branch of the amendment
Determined in the affirmative.
The question then recurred on the adoption of the amendment;
On motion of Mr. Chambers of Kent,
Said amendment was amended by adding at the end thereof
the following:
"The Legislature at its first session shall pass such laws as may
be necessary to lay off the city of Baltimore into ten districts to be
composed of compact. contiguous wards, and as nearly as may be
of equal population;"
Mr. Thomas then offered as a substitute for said amendment as
amended, the following:
"In order that each and every portion of the State may be fair
rably represented and its various interests protected in the Legisla
ture for the purpose of electing delegates therein, each county in
the State and the city of Baltimore 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