nal proposition, which was about to be read,
when—
Mr, TUCK called attention to the fact that Mr.
SOLLERS had not yielded the floor.
After some discussion as to the right of Mr.
BROWN to offer the amendment, at that time,
The PRESIDENT ruled that the amendment
could not be received, and that Mr. SOLLERS was
entitled to the floor.
Mr. SOLLERS argued in favor of protection to
the smaller counties.
Mr. CHANDLER moved that the Convention ad-
journ until twelve o'clock on Monday next.
Mr. CHAMBERS, of Kent, suggested that before
the adjournment, propositions should be present-
ed informally from such gentlemen as were pre-
pared to do so.
Mr. STEPHENSON gave notice of his intention
to move a reconsideration of the amendment of-
fered by him on yesterday, and rejected by the
Convention, as an amendment to the second sec-
tion.
Mr. SMITH gave notice of his intention to offer
the following amendment, "in the aggregate
statement by him on the seventeenth instant, to
add two delegates to Baltimore city, making the
aggregate seventy-one, as will be found in twelfth
column of the tabular statement,
Mr. BRENT, of Baltimore city, gave notice of
his intention at the proper time, to offer the fol-
lowing amendment as a substitute for the second
section,
SEC. 3. The House of Delegates shall, (until
the re-apportionment hereafter provided,) con-
sist of eighty-seven members, to be apportioned
among the several counties and the city of Balti-
more, according to the ratio herein provided, and
to their several numbers, (as shown by the last
census of the United States,) which shall be de-
termined by adding to the whole number of free
persons including those bound to service for a
term of years; three-fifths of the slaves, and al-
lowing to each county and Baltimore city, one
additional delegate for every fraction of the ratio
exceeding eight hundred. The ratio shall be
seven thousand of said population in said city and |
counties, that is—to the said delegates shall be
apportioned as follows:
Delegates,
Allegany county, shall have . . 4
Anne Arundel, . . . . 3
Baltimore city, . . . . 24
Baltimore, . . . . . 6
Carroll, . . . . . . 3
Caroline, . . . . . 2
Calvert, . . . . . . 2
Cecil, . . . . . . 3
Charles,. . . . . . 2
Dorchester, . . . . . 3
Frederick, . . . . . 6
Harford, . . . . . 3
Kent, . . . . . . 2
Montgomery,. . . . . 2
Prince George's, . . . . 3
Queen Anne's, . . . . 2
St. Mary's, . . . . . 2
Somerset, . . . . . 3
Talbot, . . . . . . 2
Washington, . . . . . 5
Worcester, . . . . . 3
Total, . . . . . 87
And it shall be the duty of the General As-
sembly every ten years computing from its next
session to re-apportion the House of Delegates
upon the basis of population as aforesaid, by divi-
ding the several counties and the city of Balti-
more into as many election districts as the num-
ber of delegates to be elected, the said districts
to be equal in population as nearly as possible;
provided the said number of delegates shall at no
time exceed ninety.
Mr. THOMAS demanded the yeas and nays, on
the motion to adjourn;
Which were ordered,
And being taken, resulted—
Yeas 36, nays 55.
So the motion to adjourn did not prevail.
The question recurred upon the amendment of
Mr. SOLLERS, to the amendment of Mr. JENI-
FER.
Mr. SOLLERS demanded the yeas and nays,
Which were ordered,
And being taken, resulted— |
