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The question before the Convention being upon the amend
ment offered by Mr. Tuck, on yesterday to the 3rd order.
On motion of Mr. Tuck,
Said amendment was amended by striking out the words "and
debates."
Mr. Ridgely, moved to amend said amendment by striking out
in the 1st line "1000" and inserting iu lieu thereof "700;"
Determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Ridgely,
Said amendment was further amended by strikinig out "one,"
before the word "copy," and inserting the following: "five dating
from the beginning of the sesssion."
Mr. Blakistone, mowed to postpone said report and amendments
until Tuesday next;
Determined in the negative.
The question then recurred upon the amendment as amended;
Mr. Gwinn, moved to amend said amendment by striking out
in the 5th line "120," and inserting in lieu thereof "500;"
Determined in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Tuck,
Said amendment was amended by adding at the end of the 1st
resolution the following:
"One for each member, two for the Executive chamber, and
the residue to be left in the State Library for preservation."
The question then recurred upon the amendment as amended,and
Determined in the affirmative.
The said report of the committee as amended was then adopted.
Mr. Tuck submitted the following order
Ordered, That the committee on reporting and printing ascertain
and report the cost per page for reporting the proceedings and
debates of this Convention in quarto form, of the size and quan
tity of matter of the Congressional Globe, and also the cost per
page for printing 300 copies of said proceedings and debates in that
form, and the cost, for every additional hundred copies, the per
son with whom the contract, if any niay be made, also undertaking to
publish the same in some established tri-weekly newspaper.
Determined in the negative.
On motion ion of Mr. Ridgely,
The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.— Messrs. C hapman, President, Morgan, Blakis
tone, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Mitchell,
Wells, Randall, Kent, Sellman, Weems, Buchanan, Chandler,
John Dennis, James U. Dennis, Dashiell, Phelps, Chambers, of
Cecil, Miller, Tuck, Annan, McHenry, Magraw, Gwinn, Sherwood,
of Balt, city, Kilgour, Anderson, Hollyday, Ege and Shower—33.
NEGATIVE.—Messrs. Dalrymple, Bond, Bell, Welsh, Ridgely,
Lloyd, Dickinson, Sherwood, of Talbot, Williams, Hicks, Eccles
ton, McLane, McCubbin, Grason, George, Wright, Dirickson,
McMaster, Jacobs, Shriver, Gaither, Biser, Sappington, Stephenson,
Nelson, Carter, Stewart, of Caroline, Fiery, John Newcomer,
Waters, Brewer, Weber, Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Parke and Brown—36.