Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Mor-
gan, Blakistone, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Lee,
Chambers, of Kent, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells,
Randall, Kent, Weems, Dalrymple, Bond, Sollers,
Brent, of Charles, J. Dennis, Dashiell, Williams,
Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough, Eccleston, Phelps,
Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, McCubbin, Bowling, Dir-
ickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs,
Schley, Fiery, Neill, John Newcomer, Davis,
Kilgour, Waters, Smith, Ege and Cockey—46.
Negative—Messrs. Sellman, Howard, Buch-
anan, Bell, Welch, Ridgely, Lloyd, Sherwood
of Talbot, Colston, Constable, McCullough,
Miller, McLane, Spencer, Grason, George,
Wright, Thomas, Shriver, Gaither, Biser, An-
nan, Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Ma-
graw, Nelson, Carter, Thawley, Stewart, of Car-
oline, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Stewart of Balti-
more city, Brent, of Baltimore city, Sherwood,
of Baltimore city, Presstman, Ware, Harbine,
Michael Newcomer, Brewer, Anderson, Weber,
Hollyday, Fitzpatrick, Parke, Shower, and
Brown—47.
So the Convention refused to reconsider the
vote on said amendment.
Mr. DENT gave notice that on to-morrow he
should move to reconsider the vote of the Con-
vention on the substitute offered by Mr. THOMAS
on Friday last.
Mr. CHAMBERS, of Kent, gave notice that on
to-morrow he should move to reconsider the vote
of the Convention just taken on the motion to
reconsider the amendment offered by him.
Mr. BLAKISTONE gave notice that he should
move to reconsider every other subject necessa-
ry to bring this whole question before the Con-
vention.
Mr. EGE moved the Convention suspend the
rule and take up for consideration the motion
submitted by Mr. DENT, to reconsider the vote
of the Convention on the substitute offered by
Mr. THOMAS.
Mr. TUCK moved that the question he taken by
yeas and nays,
Which being ordered,
Appeared as follows:
Affirmative— Messrs. Chapman, President, Blak-
istone, Dent, Ricaud, Sellman, Weems, Bond,
Sollers, Howard, Buchanan, Bell, Welch,
Ridgely, Lloyd, Constable, McCullough, Mil-
ler, McLane, Bowie, Spencer, Grason, George,
Wright, Thomas, Shriver, Gaither. Biser, An-
nan, Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Ma-
graw, Nelson, Carter, Thawley, Stewart, of Car-
oline, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Stewart of Baltimore
city, Brent of Baltimore city, Sherwood of Bal-
timore city, Presstman, Ware, Schley, Neill,
John Newcomer, Harbine, Michael Newcomer,
Brewer, Anderson, Weber, Hollyday, Slicer,
Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Ege, Shower, Cockey
and Brown—60.
Negative—Messrs. Morgan, Hopewell, Lee,
Chambers, of Kent, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells,
Randall, Kent, Dalrymple, Brent of Charles,
Sherwood, of Talbot, Colston, John Dennis,
Dashiell, Williams, Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough,
Eccleston, Phelps, Tack, Sprigg, McCub- |
bin, Bowling, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn,
Fooks, Jacobs, Fiery, Davis, Kilgour, and Waters
—34.
So the Convention refuted to suspend the
rule.
The Convention then resumed the consideration
of the unfinished order of the day, being the
report of the committee on the judiciary.
Mr. DAVIS moved to postpone the considera-
tion of the order of the day, and take up for con-
sideration the report of the committee on educa-
tion.
Determined in the negative.
Mr. DAVIS moved for the yeas and nays,
Which motion was not sustained.
Mr. MCHENRY, from committee No. 7, sub-
mitted the following
REPORT :
Section 1st. On the first Wednesday of Novem-
ber eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and the
same day every second year thereafter, the quali-
fied voters of each county shall, by general tick-
et, elect from amongst themselves, the same
number of persons, lo constitute the board of
commissioners for such county as it may then be
entitled to representatives in both houses of the
General Assembly. The term of service of these
commissioners shall commence on the first Tues-
day in January next succeeding their election,
and shall continue for two years thereafter or un-
til their successors shall have entered on the dis-
charge of their duties. Each such board of com-
missioners shall possess all the powers and per-
form all the duties heretofore possessed and per-
formed by the commissioners or levy court of the
county until otherwise provided by law, and it
shall be the duty of the General Assembly, at its
first session after the adoption of this Constitution
to pass an act, prescribing and defining the pow-
ers and duties of the boards of commissioners, so
as to render these uniform throughout the State.
The Legislature shall confer on these boards full
power to regulate the municipal affairs of the re-
spective counties, including the opening, altering
and closing of county roads, the building of coun-
ty bridges and edifices and the management and
control of all county property, together with such
additional local legislative and administrative
powers as may be deemed expedient.
Sec. 2d. Every commissioner of a county shall
receive out of the county treasury three dollars
per diem, besides three cents for each mile trav-
elled over in going to and returning from the
county seat, for each day of his attendance at the
sittings of his board.
Sec. 3d. The commissioners of each county
as soon as may be, after their first election, under
this Constitution shall proceed to divide such
county into election districts compact in form and
nearly equal in size, so that no such district shall
contain more than five hundred voters. A distinct
description of the metes and bounds of the dis-
tricts so established shall be recorded in the of-
fice of each board and published for the informa-
tion of the inhabitants of the county. And
whenever, after any election, it shall appear that |
