report such provisions proper to be embodied in a Constitution for
the State, as are not embraced in the afoergoing resolutions.
15th. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to consider
and report a proper basis of representation in the two Houses of
the General Assembly, and a proper apportionment of representa
tion in the same.
The committee recommend that the first fourteen committees
consist of seven members each. And that the fifteenth committee
consist of twenty-one members—one from each of the counties,
and one from the city of Baltimore.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
DANIEL JENIFER, Chairman.
Which was read.
The lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
and 14th resolutions in said report, were severally read and adopted.
On motion of Mr. Jenifer, it was
Ordered, That said committees, except that authorised by the
4th resolution, should each consist of seven members.
On motion of Mr. Ricaud,
The Convention then adjourned until to-morrow morning, 12
o'clock.

THURSDAY, November 21st, 1850.

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Present the same members as on yesterday.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Graff.
The proceedings of yesterday were read.
The President laid before the Convention the following corn
m u nicat ion.
CENSUS OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

WASHINGTON, November 20, 1850.

To the Hon. JOHN G. CHAPMAN,
President of the Convention at Annapolis.
Sir :—The Secretary of the Interior has referred to me for reply
to your letter of the 1 9th Inst., accompanying a report of the action
of the Maryland Convention with reference to the census of 1850.
With reference to the first inquiry proposed, which relates to
the time when it is expected that the population returns of Mary
land will be printed, I have the honor to state that Congress has
not yet made provision for the printing of any portion of the
census returns, and that it is therefore impossible to say when the
printing of these returns will be executed.