Mr. DIRICKSON demanded the yeas and nays,
Which were ordered;
And being taken,
Resulted—yeas 12; nays 68, as follows :
Affirmative—Messrs. Buchanan, Bell, Welch,
Colston, Spencer, Magraw, Carter, Thawley,
Stewart of Caroline, Hardcastle, Michael New-
comer and Parke—12,
Negative—Messrs. Chapman, President, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Cham-
bers, of Kent, Mitchell, Donaldson, Dorsey,
Wells, Randall, Kent, Sellman, Weems, Dal-
rymple, Bond, Jenifer, Howard, Lloyd, John
Dennis, James U. Dennis, Crisfield, Hicks, Hod-
son, Eccleston, Phelps, Constable, Chambers, of
Cecil, Miller, McLane. Bowie. Tuck, McCub-
bin, Bowling, Grason, George, Wright, .Dirick-
son, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs, Thomas,
Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Sappington,
Stephenson, McHenry, Nelson, Gwinn, Brent
of Baltimore city. Ware, Kilgour, Brewer, Wa-
ters, Anderson, Weber, Hollyday, Slicer, Fitz-
patrick, Smith, Shower, Cockey, and Brown—
68.
So the Convention refused to accept the sub-
stitute.
Mr. GARTER then offered as a substitute for
said substitute and amendment the following:
"Basis 10.000 gross, one delegate and one ad-
ditional delegate to each county and city of Bal-
timore, for territory, and no fraction less than
two thirds of said basis, to be entitled to an ad-
ditional delegate, until the number of sixty-five
be obtained, after which, one delegate for every
50,000.
Counties. Gross Pop'n. No. of Deleg's.
Allegany, . . . 22,779 3
Anne Arundel, . 20,000 3
Howard, . . . 12,388 3
Baltimore City, 169,054 7
Carroll, . . . 20,615 3
Baltimore county, 41,599 5
Caroline, . . . 9,692 2
Calvert, . . . 9,646 3
Cecil, . . . 18,937 3
Charles,. . . 16,962 3
Dorchester, . . 18,872 3
Frederick, . . 40,983 5
Harford, . . . 19,358 3
Kent, .... 11,288 3
Montgomery, . 15,860 2
Prince George's, 31,550 3
Queen Anne's, . 14,484 2
St. Mary's, . . 13,698 2
Somerset, . . 22,460 3
Talbot, . . . 13,811 2
Washington, . . 30,830 4
Worcester, . . 18,847 3
Total, 67
Mr. MCMASTER demanded the yeas and
nays,
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Which were ordered,
And being taken, resulted—
Yeas 36, nays 43, as follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan,
Blakistone, Hopewell. Ricaud, Lee, Chambers
of Kent, Mitchell, Dorsey, Wells, Randall,
Kent, Dalrymple. Bond, John Dennis, James
U. Dennis, Crisfield, Hicks, Hodson, Eccleston,
Phelps, Tuck, McCubbin, Bowling, Dirickson,
McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs. Carter, Thawley,
Stewart, of Caroline, Hardcastle, Fiery,
Kilgour, Brewer and Waters—36.
Negative—Messrs. Donaldson, Sellman, Weems,
Jenifer, Howard, Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Lloyd,
Colston, Constable, Chambers of Cecil, Miller,
McLane, Bowie, Spencer, Grason, George,
Wright, Thomas, Shriver, Johnson Gaither,
Biser, Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Ma-
graw, Nelson, Stewart of Baltimore city,
Gwinn, Brent of Baltimore city. Ware, Mich-
ael Newcomer, Anderson, Weber, Hollyday,
Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Shower,
Cockey and Brown—43.
So the Convention refused to accept the sub-
stitute.
Mr MITCHELL then offered as a substitute for
said substitute and amendment, the following:
On the basis of 9,500, one for territory, and
that the city of Baltimore shall have three more
than the largest county.
Members.
Allegany county, . . 5
Anne Arundel county, . . 4
Howard county, . . 2
Baltimore city, . . 8
Baltimore county, . . 5
Carroll county, , . 3
Caroline county, . . 2
Calvert county, . . 2
Cecil county, , . 3
Charles county, . . 3
Dorchester county, . . 3
Frederick county, . . 5
Harford county, . . 3
Kent county, . . . 2
Montgomery county, . . 3
Prince George's county, . 3
Queen Anne's county, . . 2
St. Mary's county, . . 2
Somerset county, . . 3
Talbot county, . . 2
Washington county, . . 3
Worcester county, . . 3
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The question being taken on the acceptance
of the substitute;
It was determined in the negatve.
Mr. MITCHELL demanded the yeas and nays,
Which were not ordered,
The question then recurred upon the adoption
of the substitute offered by Mr. JENIFER, for the
amendment offered by Mr. JOHNSON. |
