Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan,
Blakistone, Dent, Hopewell, Ricaud, Chambers
of Kent, Donaldson, Dorsey, Wells, Randall,
Weems, Dalrymple, Howard, Buchanan, Welch,
Chandler, Ridgely, John Dennis, Williams,
Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough, Eccleston, Con-
stable, McCullough, Bowie, Tuck, Sprigg, Spen-
cer, Grason, George, Wright, Brent of Balti-
more city, Kilgour, Waters and Anderson—37.
Negative—Messrs. Lee, Sellman, Bell, Lloyd,
Fooks, Jacobs, Thomas, Shriver, Biser, Annan,
Sappington, Stephenson, Thawley, Fiery, John
Newcomer, Harbine, Michael Newcomer, Brew-
er, Weber, Smith, Parke, Cockey and Brown—
23.
So the order was adopted.
Mr. BOWIE submitted the following order:
Ordered, That William Hall, the Post Master
of this House, Joseph Morritz, Committee
Clerk, and Washington B. Chichester, Assistant
Secretary, receive an extra compensation of one
dollar each pet day, from the day of their ap-
pointment, for extra services performed by
them.
Mr. THAWLEY offered as a substitute for said
order the following:
In order to relieve the Convention from fur-
ther trouble in voting extra compensation to its
officers. Ordered—
That the surplus revenue remaining in the trea-
sury, after paying the orders first past, be equal-
ly divided among the members, clerks, doorkeepers,
pages, folders, and sergeant-at-arms, share
and share alike, including those clerks heretofore
discharged.
The PRESIDENT ruled the substitute out of
order.
The question then recurred on the adoption of
the order.
Mr. JOHN NEWCOMER moved to amend the
order, by inserting the name of "S. T. Herbert,
the doorkeeper," upon which motion be asked
the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
The question was then taken on the adoption
of the amendment,
And it was determined in the affirmative,
Mr. CHANDLER offered as a substitute for said
order, the following:
Ordered, That Washington B. Chichester, re-
ceive one dollar per diem extra pay as reading
clerk of this Convention,
Mr. MCMASTER moved to amend the order
offered by Mr. BOWIE, by inserting the name of
"Samuel K. Lambdin."
Mr. BOWIE moved the previous question,
which was seconded, and the main question or-
dered, viz:—on the adoption of the amendment
of Mr. MCMASTER.
Mr. MCMASTER moved that the question be
taken by yeas and nays.
Mr. WEEMS moved to lay the whole subject
on the table, and on this motion demanded the
yeas and nays,
Which being ordered,
Appeared as follows:
Affirmative— Messrs. Lee, Mitchell, Dorsey, |
Sellman, Weems, Dalrymple, Howard, Bell,
Lloyd, Sherwood of Talbot, Colston, Hicks,
Goldsborough, Phelps, McCullough, Miller,
McLane, Spencer, Wright, Jacobs, Thomas,
Shriver, Biser, Annan, Sappington, Stephenson,
Thawley, Ware, John Newcomer, Harbine,
Michael Newcomer. Brewer, Weber, Fitzpat-
rick, Smith, Parke, Cockey and Brown—38.
Negative— Messrs. Morgan, Blakistone, Dent,
Hopewell, Jenifer, Buchanan, Welch, Chandler,
Ridgely, John Dennis, Hodson, Eccleston, Bow-
ie, Sprigg. McCubbin, Bowling, George, Dir-
ickson, McMaster, Hearn, Stewart of Baltimore
city, Kilgour, and Waters—-23.
So the whole subject was laid on the table.
The President laid before the Convention the
following communication from Henry G. Wheel-
er, official reporter:
ANNAPOLIS, May 12, 1851.
To the Convention—
The convention has, this day, passed an order
directing a per diem of $4, to be paid to me du-
ring such time as I may be detained here after
the final adjournment, but with a limitation, that
the said order shall not operate after the 1st of
June.
The work cannot be finished by that time.
Those who know my position and circumstances
understand that I have every Motive to return
home without an hour's unnecessary delay, and
no motive, pecuniary or otherwise, to protract
my sojourn in this city. From a desire not to
renew the controversy which had arisen upon
the subject of my compensation, I consented, in
reply to an enquiry from the. committee on prin-
ting, to abandon my weekly allowance during:
the period of my detention.
But, I know of no principle upon which I am
to be compelled to remain here in the service of
the State, without, at least, the payment of my
expenses. And I respectfully ask the Conven-
tion to reconsider its decision of this morning.
HENRY G. WHEELER, Official Reporter.
Mr. HOWARD moved to refer the communica-
tion on printing.
Mr. SPENCER suggested that instead of referring
this letter, the order of this morning would
be taken up. It was utterly impossible for the
committee to close its labors by the first of June.
The reporter could not complete his contract by
the first of June. By the contract he was entitled to
$100 per week until the printing was completed.
He had no control over the printers, and they
could not finish by that time. He was not only
held back by the printers, but by the convention
itself, for the printers had sometimes been de-
layed by the neglect of members to return the
reports in season. He would move to reconsider
the order of this morning in order to take off this
restriction of time, and leave the committee to
its own discretion.
Mr. BOWIE proceeded to explain the necessity
of this change. There were but eighteen days to
the first of June, while the printers, without any
fault of the reporter, were a month behindhand.
Twenty per cent. had been retained to in sure the |
