The PRESIDENT repeated his decision, expressing
the opinion that the rule was unwise, but
that, nevertheless, it was the rule, and it was the
duty of the chair to execute it.
The question was then stated to be, "Will the
Convention give its consent that the motion to
reconsider be again made."
Some conversation followed between Mr.
BUCHANAN and the CHAIR.
The question was then taken and the result
was as follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Donaldson, Kent, Sell-
man, Merrick, Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Chand-
ler, Ridgely, Lloyd, Dickinson, Sherwood of Talbot, Colston,
Constable, Chambers of Cecil, McLane
George, Wright, Thomas, Shriver, Gaither, Biser,
Annan, Magraw, Gwinn, Stewart, of Baltimore
city, Brent, of Baltimore city, Sherwood, of Bal-
timore city, Presstman, Fiery, Neill, John New-
comer, Harbine, Michael Newcomer, Brewer,
Weber, Slicer, Fitzpatrick:, Parke, Shower and
Brown—43,
Negative—Messrs. Chapman, President, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee,
Chambers, of Kent, Wells, Weems, Bond, Sol-
lers, Jenifer, John Dennis, James U. Dennis,
Crisfield, Dashiell, Williams, Hodson, Phelps,
Tuck, McCubbin, McMaster, Fooks, Jacobs, Sappington
Stephenson, Nelson, Thawley, Stewart
of Caroline, Kilgour and Waters—33.
So the Convention consented that the motion
to reconsider should be again made.
Whereupon the question recurred on the mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which the said first
branch of the resolution had been agreed to.
Mr. STEWART, of Caroline, demanded the pre-
vious question.
There was a second.
And the main question was ordered to be now
taken.
Mr. SHRIVER asked the yeas and nays on the
main question, (i. e. the motion to reconsider,)
which were ordered, and being taken, resulted
as follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Donaldson, Sellman, Merrick,
Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Chandler, Ridgely,
Lloyd, Dickinson, Sherwood, of Talbot, Colston,
Constable, Chambers, of Cecil, Miller, McLane,
Grason, George, Wright, Thomas, Shriver,
Gaither, Biser, Annan, McHenry, Magraw,
Stewart, of Caroline, Gwinn, Stewart, of Balti-
more city, Brent of Baltimore city, Sherwood, of
Baltimore city, Presstman, Ware, Fiery, Neill,
John Newcomer, Harbine, Michael Newcomer,
Brewer, Weber, Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Parke,
Shower and Brown—45.
Negative—Messrs. Chapman, President, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee,
Chambers, of Kent, Dorsey, Wells, Kent, Weems,
Sollers, Jenifer, John Dennis, James U. Dennis,
Dashiell, Williams, Hodson, Phelps, McCubbin,
McMaster, Fooks, Jacobs, Sappington, Stephen-
son, Nelson, Thawley, Kilgour and Waters—39.
So the vote wag reconsidered.
The question recurring on the adoption of the
resolution.
Mr. MCHENRY moved that the resolution be
laid upon the table.

The question was taken and decided in the af-
firmative, without a division.
So the resolution was laid upon the table.
MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER.
Mr. MORGAN. I rise to ask information of the
Chair. If should now make a motion that the
consent of the House be given to enable me to
make a motion to reconsider, would that motion
be in order.
The PRESIDENT. The Chair can give no other
construction to the rule, in the shape in which it
now stands.
Mr. MORGAN. Then it is high time it should
be changed; otherwise this Convention may move
for weeks and months, round the same circle,
without the power to extricate itself, or to take
one single step towards the final disposition of
any subject-matter, that may come up for its
consideration.
I give notice that I shall to-morrow move to
amend the twenty-second rule, by striking out
that portion of it which permits a motion to re-
consider. after having been once made and decid-
ed, to be again made by the consent of the Con-
vention; and I hope that the Convention, on all
sides, will give me its aid towards removing this
obstacle, at least, from our path.
The motion was entered on the journal.
The Convention thereupon passed to the orders
of the day.
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
The Convention resumed the consideration of
the special order of the day, being the report here-
tofore made from the committee on the legisla-
tive department of the government.
The question pending at the time of adjourn-
ment yesterday, was on the amendment of Mr.
JACOBS. [See yesterday's proceedings.]
Mr. JACOBS withdrew the amendment offered
by him on yesterday, and substituted in lieu
of it the following;
"The Legislature shall not repeal the taxes
now imposed for the payment of the public debt,
until the revenues and funds of the State, shall
be sufficient to ensure its ultimate extinguishment
within the period limited for its payment; and
when the public debt is paid, the surplus revenues
derived from the public works of the State, after
defraying the necessary expenses of the govern-
ment shall be distributed according to the mode
provided by the resolution, No, 47, of the Gene-
ral Assembly, of December session, passed
1833."
Mr. JACOBS said:
Mr. President.—On the day before yesterday,
we adopted two sections as a substitute for the
original twenty-first section reported by the com-
mittee on the legislative department, and I voted
with great pleasure for both of them; because,
in my opinion, they imposed such restrictions
upon the future Legislatures of this State, as
past experience has proved to be necessary, and
the whole public mind required, as a guarantee
against similar legislation in future. So far as