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Which was read.
On the question being put,
"Will the Convention accept the substitute?" it was
Determined in the affirmative.
The question then recurred and was put,
"Will the Convention accept the substitute in place of the report
of the committee ?
Determined in the affirmative.
The said resolution was then adopted.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell,
The Convention adjourned until Friday morning 12 o'clock.

FRIDAY, November 29th, 1850.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Present the same members as on Wednesday.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Griffith.
The proceedings of Wednesday were read.
Mr. McLane, submitted the following orders:
Ordered, That the committee appointed "to consider and report
respecting the Judiciary Department," take into consideration the
expediency of organizing that department without the office of
Chancellor, and consisting of courts composed of Judges for the
counties and the city of Baltimore, possessing original common
law and equity jurisdiction, and comprehending all business rela
ting to orphans and insolvents; also, of a court possessing appellate
jurisdiction only, composed of five or three Judges, three from
the Western and two from the Eastern Shore if composed of five,
and two from the Western and one from the Eastern Shore if
composed of three; giving to all the Judges a fixed salary, ade
quate to the employment of the best ability and experience, and
prohibiting fees of office.
Also, that the said committee consider the expediency of provid
ing for the election, for a reasonable term of years, of the judges
of the courts of original jurisdiction by the people of the county
or counties, or the city of Baltimore, to which they would be
respectively assigned; and for the election, also for a term of
years, of the judges of the appellate court, by the people of the
State at large; declaring all the said judges ineligible for' re-elec
tion, and removable by the Executive and Legislature for misbe
haviour during their term of office.
2nd. Ordered, That the same committee consider the expedien
cy of electing, for a term of years, by the people in the counties
and in the city of Baltimore, respectively, all justices of the peace
and constables; and also the clerks and registers of the several
courts of original jurisdiction, allowing them a fixed salary for
their services, and requiring all the fees of their office to be paid
into the treasury of the State.
3d. Ordered, That the same committee consider the best mode