Ordered, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed
to consider, in the organization of the Judicial Department, the
expediency of abolishing the flaltimore city court, as established
under an act of the General Assembly of Maryland; and to pro.
vide for the administration of the Criminal Law in that city, by
dividing the duties heretofore imposed upon that Court, by the
establishment of a Police court, for the trial of minor offences,
with a view to a speedy trial and conviction of the guilty, and ac-
quittal of the innocent, without unnecessary delay and expense,
and by the establishment of a court for the trial of offences of a
highei grade by a court competent, by their learning and integrity,
to decide upon the rights and responsibilities of the people in a
manner wor thy of the dignity and honor of the State.
Mr. flicks, submitted the following order:
Ordered, That when this Convention adjourn, it adjourn to ten
o'clock on Monday, and that ten o'clock be the hour of meeting
until otherwise ordered.
Which was read.
Mr. McMuster, offered as a substitute for said order the fol-
lowing:
Ordered, That from and after Tuesday the 26th inst, that this
Convention meet at 11 o'clock, A. M., until further ordered.
Which was read.
On the question being put, "will the Convention accept the
substitute?" it was
Determined in the affirmative.
The said order was then adopted.
Mr. Ege, submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the committee to be appointed on the Legisla-
tive Department of Government, be requested to consider and
report to this Convention the propriety of adopting restrictive and
defined powers on this branch of government, so that in no future
time, shall the Legislature by implication or contract, or in any
way create any public debt, without the consent of the people of
the State through the ballot box; and further, that said commit-
tee be requested also to consider and report to this Convention the
expediency of forever restricting the Legislature against chartering
any Rank or Corporation whose issues or indebtedness shall not be
collectable from and off all stockholders, agents, clerks and
officers, in any way connected with said Corporations after default
has been made on their obligations.
Which was twice read and adopted.
Mr. Stephenson, submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the committee on the Legislative Department
when appointed, enquire into the expediency of inserting in the
constitution about to be framed, a clause making it obligatory on
the Legislature at its first session after the adoption of the new
constitution, to appoint commissioners, whose duty it shall be to
reduce into a written and systematic fürm or code the whole body
of the statute laws in force in this State.
Which was twice read and adopted.