Mr. TUCK moved to amend said substitute by
striking out "four" to Allegany, and inserting
three."
Mr. BOWIE demanded the yeas and nays,
Which were ordered, and taken,
And resulted as follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, president, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers,
of Kent, Mitchell, Donaldson. Dorsey,
Wells, Randall, Kent, Weems, Bond, Jenifer,
John Dennis, James U. Dennis, Crisfield, Hicks,
Hudson, Eccleston, Phelps, Bowie, Tuck, McCubbin,
Bowling, Dirickson, McMaster. Hearn,
Fooks, Jacobs, Kilgour and Waters—34.
Negative—Messrs. Sellman, Howard, Buchan-
an, Bell, Welch, Lloyd, Colston, Constable,
Chambers, of Cecil, Miller, McLane, Spencer,
Grason, George, Wright, Thomas, Shriver,
Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Sappington, Stephenson;
McHenry, Magraw, Nelson, Carter, Thawley,
Stewart of Caroline, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Sherwood
of Baltimore city, Ware, Fiery, Michael New-
comer, Brewer, Anderson, Weber, Hollyday,
Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Shower,
Cockey and Brown—45.
So the amendment was rejected.
The question again recurred on the adoption
of the substitute as offered by Mr. JENIFER, for
the amendment offered by Mr. JOHNSON, as the
second section of the report,
Mr. SMITH offered as a substitute for the sub-
stitute and amendment the following :
The House of Delegates shall consist of seven-
ty-three delegates upon an arbitrary basis, as
follows:
Delegates.
Allegany ---4
Anne Arundel - - -3
Howard ---- 2
Baltimore city - - -8
Baltimore county - - 6
Carroll - - - - 3
Caroline - - --2
Calvert ----2
Cecil - - - - 3
Charles ----3
Dorchester - - --3
Frederick ---6
Harford - - - - 3
Kent - - - - 2
Montgomery - - - 3
Prince George's - - -3
Queen Anne's - - -2
St Mary's - - - 2
Somerset - - --3
Talbot - - - - 2
Washington - - -5
Worcester .--3
Total - - - 73
The question being on the acceptance of the
substitute.
Mr. SMITH demanded the yeas and nays, which
were ordered and taken, and resulted as follows : |
Affirmative.—Messrs. Dorsey, Randall, Kent,
James V. Dennis, Fiery, Michael Newcomer,
Weber, Hollyday, Slicer and Smith—10.
Negative.—Messrs. Chapman, President, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers,
of Kent, Mitchell, Donaldson, Wells, Sell-
man, Weems, Dalrymple, Jenifer, Howard Bu-
chanan, Bell Welch Lloyd, Colston, John Dennis,
Crisfield, Hicks, Hudson, Eccleston, Phelps,
Chambers, of Cecil, Miller. McLane, Bowie,
Tuck, McCubbin, Spencer, George, Wright, Dir-
ickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs, Tho-
mas, Shriver, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Sapping-
ton, Stephenson, McHenry, Magraw. Nelson,
Carter. Thawley, Stewart, of Caroline, Hard-
castle, Gwinn, Brent, of Baltimore city, Sher-
wood, of Baltimore city. Ware, Kilgour, Brew-
er, Waters, Anderson, Fitzpatrick, Parke, Show-
er, Cockey and Brown—67.
So the Convention refused to accept the sub-
stitute.
The question again recurred upon the substi-
tute as offered by Mr. JENIFER.
Mr. JENIFER demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered and taken ;
And resulted as follows :
Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, President, Morgan,
Blakistone, Ricaud, Chambers of Kent,
Mitchell, Donaldson, Dorsey, Randall, Kent, Sell-
man, Jenifer, Bowie, Tuck, McCubbin, Spencer,
Wright Carter, Thawley, Stewart of Caroline,
Kilgour Brewer, Waters and Anderson—24
Negative.—Messrs. Hopewell, Lee, Wells,
Weems, Dalrymple, Bond, Howard, Buchanan,
Bell. Welch, Lloyd, Colston, John Dennis, James
U. Dennis, Crisfield, Hicks, Hodson, Eccleston,
Phelps, Chambers of Cecil, Miller, McLane,
George) Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks,
Jacobs, Thomas, Shriver, Johnson, Gaither Bi-
ser, Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Magraw,
Nelson, Gwinn, Ware, Fiery, Michael Newcom-
er, Weber, Hollyday, Slicer, Fitzpatrick, Smith,
Parke, Shower, Cockey and Brown—51.
So the Convention refused to accept the sub-
stitute.
The question then recurred upon the amend-
ment as offered by Mr. JOHNSON for the second
section of the report.
Mr. JOHNSON moved to amend the amendment
by striking out in the first line thereof "seventy-
five," and in the fifteenth line by striking out af-
ter '' Baltimore city," the word " ten."
Mr. J. said, his object in moving to strike out
seventy-five, leaving a blank, was not that he
was unwilling to give Baltimore ten representatives,
for his vote heretofore showed that he was,
and then he went for popular numbers. His ob-
ject was to leave two blanks, so that the Con-
vention could fill them up in regard to Baltimore
city. He would say a single word. They had |
