purpose of protecting the public health or the interests of the State
in its property, revenues, tolls or punchases, or of supplying the
people with correct standards of weights and measurments, or shall
prevent the creation of any office for such purposes hereafter; and
it shall be the duty of the Legislature at its first session nuder this
constitution, and from time to time thereafter to pass such laws as
may be deemed necessary or expedient for licensing persons to
weigh, guage, measure, cull or inspect any merchandize, produce,
manufacture or commodity whatever, except tobacco, live stock,
hay and straw;"
Which was read.

Mr. Johnson moved to amend said substitute by insetting after
the word ‘‘stock," the word "flour;"
Which amendment Mr. Tuck accepted.
Mr. Spencer moved to amend said amendment by inserting after
‘‘flour," the wor ds ‘salted provisions,''
Determined in the negative.
Mr. Gwinn, moved for a division of the question upon striking
out;
Mr. Gwinn, moved ti-me question be taken by yeas and nays, and
being ordered, appeared as follows
AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't., Morgan, Blakistone,
Dent, Donaldson, Wells Randall, Kent, Sellman, Bell, Welch,
Lloyd, Sherwood of Coiston, John Dennis, Hicks. Hod-
son, Goldsborough, Eccleston. Phelps, Constable, Miller, Bowie,
Tuck, N McCubbin Spencer, Wright, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn,
Fooks,Jacobs, Thomas, Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan,
Sappington, Stephenson, Magraw, Nelson, Thawley, Hardcastle,
Gwinn, Stewart of Balt. city, Brent of Balt, city, Sherwood of
Balt. city, Prestman, Ware, Schley, Neill, John Newcomer, Har-
bine, Michael Newcomer, Kilgour, Bmewer, WTaters, Anderson,Web-
er, Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Shower, Cockey and Brown----68.
NEGATIVE—-Messrs. Lee, Buchanan, Williams, McLane,
George and McHenry—6.
So the Convention agreed to strike out.

The question was then put on the adoption of the amendment as
offered by Mr. Tuck;

Mr. Shriver, moved the question be taken by yeas and nays,
and being ordered appeared as follows

AFFIRMATI VE—Messrs. Morgan, Blakistone, Dent, Lee,
Mitchell, Donaldson, Wells, Randall, Buchanan, Welch, Lloyd,
John Dennis, Williams, Hicks, H odson, Goldsborough, Eccles-
ton, Phelps, McLane, Tu ck, George, D irickson, McMaster,
Hearn, Jacobs, Gaither, M cHenry, Schley, John Newcomer,
Kilgour, Waters, Fizpat rick, S mith and C ockey—34.
NEGATIVE—Messrs. Chapman Pres't Kent, Sellman, Bell,
Chandler, Sherwood of Talbot, Colston, Constable, Miller, Bowie,