698

Ordered, That it be entered on the Journal, that Mr. James U.
Dennis, has been called home by the illness of a member of his
family.

Mr Magraw, moved that further proceedings under the calf of
the Gorivention, on the order submitted by Mr. Howard, be dis
pensed with.

Determined in the affirmative.

The Convention then resumed the consideration of said order.

The quest ion being on the motion of Mr. Hearn, to lay said
order and amendment on the table.

The yeas and nays previously ordered were taken and appeared
as follows

AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, President, Morgan, Blak is-
tone, Dent, Hopewell, Lee, Chambers of Kent, Dorsey, Wells,
Randall, Sellman, Dalrymple, Bond, Sollers, John Dennis, Wil
liams, Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough, Eccleston, Bowie, Sprigg,
McCubbin, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs, Schley,
Davis, Kilgour and aters—32.

NEGATIVE—Messrs. Ricaud, Donaldson ,Weems,Brent of Charles,
Jenifer, Howard ,Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Ridgely, Lloyd, Sherwood,
of Tal., Colston, Dashiell, Phelps, Constable, McCullough, Miller,
McLane, Tuck, Bowling, Spencer, Grason, George, Wright,
Thomas, Shriver, Gaither, Biser, An nan, Sappington, Stephenson,
McHenry, Magraw, Nelson, Carter, Thawley, Stewart of Caroline,
Hardcastle, Gwinn, Stewart of Balt, city, Brent of Balt, city,
Sherwood of Balt, city, Ware, Fiery, Neill, John Newcomer,
Harbine, Michael Newcomer, Brewer, Anderson, Weber, Holly
day, Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Ege, Shower, Cockey and
Brown—60.
So the Convention refused to lay the order on the table.
Tire question then recurred on the adoption of the amendment
as offered by Mr. Biser, to said order.
Mr. Biser withdrew the amendment offered by him.
The question then recurred on the adoption of the order;
Mr. Chambers, of Kent, moved for a division of the question
upon each branch of said order.
The question was then put on the ist branch of said order, being
in these words: "Ordered, that after the 10th inst., no article orsec
tion of the proposed constitution, shall be adopted or considered,
and no article or section adopted on or before that day shall be
afterwards reconsidered without the unanimous consent of the
Convention;"
Mr. Howard, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE-----Messrs. Morgan, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee,
Chambers of Kent, Donaldson, Kent, Bond, Brent, of Charles,