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MONDAY, January 13,1851.
The Convention met (a quorum being present.)
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. GRAUFF.
The Journal of Saturday was read and ap-
proved.
HENRY G. WHEELER, appointed under the
order of the Convention, official' Reporter of its
debates (under certain restrictions and limita-
tions) appeared and took his seat.
The Convention resumed the Consideration of
the unfinished business of Saturday, being the
motion of Mr. WEEMS, to reconsider the vote of
the Convention upon the order submitted by Mr
THOMAS, on the 8th Instant, in relation to the
preparation of the Map of the State, &c.
Mr. MORGAN moved to postpone the conside-
ration of the same Until to-morrow.
Mr. SHRIVER moved that the consideration of
the same be postponed until Thursday, 16th inst.
Determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. BROWN, it was
Ordered, That the Secretary of this Convention
direct such of the committee clerks as he may
think proper; to add up the census returns for the
use of the Convention.
On motion of Mr. GWINN, it was
Ordered, That it be entered upon the Journal,
that Mr. MARRIOTT, a committee clerk to this
Convention, is detained from this Convention by
indisposition.
On motion of Mr. HARBINE, it was
Ordered, That it be entered upon the Journal,
that Mr. MICHAEL NEWCOMER, a member of this
Convention, is detained from the Convention by
indisposition.
On motion of Mr. HEARN, it was
Ordered, That it be entered upon the Journal,
that Mr. JACOBS, a member of this Convention, is
detained from his Seat by indisposition.
Mr. NEILL, presented the petition of sundry
citizens, members of the Menonite Church,
praying that the Convention will take into consi-
deration, the necessity of making provisions in
the Constitution for such societies and such per-
sons who are conscientious in bearing arms,
swearing the oath and serving as Jurors, &c.
Which was read, and on motion of Mr. NEILL,
referred to committee No. 14, |
THE ELECTIVE BRANCH.
On motion of Mr. PHELPS, the Convention again
resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr.
BLAKISTONE in the chair, and resumed the consi-
deration of the report of the committee on the
Elective Franchise.
The question before the committee being upon
the amendment offered by Mr. CHAMBERS, of
Kent, to insert in the first section, second line,
the words " for six months," in lieu of the words
" for thirty days," (which had been previously
stricken out by the vote of the Convention.)
Mr. BISER called the yeas and nays, which
were ordered, and having been taken, were as
follows:
Affirmative.—Messrs. Dent, Lee, Chambers, of
Kent, Dorsey. Wells, Randall, Kent, Bond, John
Dennis, Jas. U. Dennis, Crisfield, Dashiel, Wil-
liams, Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough, Phelps,
Sprigg, McCubben, McMaster and Hearn—21.
Negative.—Messrs. Chapman, President, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Hopewell, Ricaud, Dalrymple
Sollers, Jenifer, Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Ridg-
ley, Lloyd, Dickinson, Sherwood, of Talbot, Col-
ston, Chambers, of Cecil, McCullough, Miller,
McLane, Bowie, Grason, George, Dirickson,
Shriver, Gaither, Biser, Annan, Sappington,
McHenry, Magraw, Nelson, Thawley, Stewart,
of Caroline, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Brent, of Balti-
more city, Fiery, Neill. John Newcomer, Har-
bine, Kilgour, Brewer, Waters. Weber, Hollyday,
Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Smith, Park, Shower, Cockey,
and Brown—53.
So the amendment was rejected.
Mr. CHAMBERS, of Kent, moved to amend the
said report, as herinafter stated.
Mr. DORSEY said that in addition to what had
fallen from him on a former occasion, he would
now add but a few remarks. Since the adjourn-
ment of this Convention on Saturday, he had been
in formed of a fact, of which he was before ignorant,
that increased his convictions ofthe expediency,
nay, necessity, of filling up the blank in the manner
proposed. He had learned from a gentleman in
whom he reposed confidence, that this corrupting
vice, of political partizans paying out of their own
or party funds raised for that purpose, the costs of
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