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FRIDAY, June 24th, 1864.
The Convention met at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Owen.
All the members present except the following:
Messrs. Barren, Belt, Bond, Brooks, Dellinger, Dent,
Henkle, Hodson, Hoffman, Jones, of Somerset, Mayhugh,
Morgan, Noble, Pugh, Smith, of Worcester, Swope, Todd,
Wilmer—18.
The proceedings of yesterday were read and approved.
Mr. Audoun submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be and
they are hereby requested to inquire into the expediency of
authorizing the several Orphans' Courts of this State to rati-
fy and confirm the sale of real estate, as fully as any Court
of Equity could do, in all cases of intestacy where the per-
sonal estate is not sufficient to pay the debts of the intestate;
and also, in all cases where the sale of real estate belonging
to wards under the care of the Orphans' Courts, may be
deemed to be to the advantage of any such ward or wards.
Which was adopted.
It was ordered to be entered on the Journal, that R. W.
Todd, of Caroline county, is absent from his seat in the
Convention on account of sickness.
The Order of the Day, being the Report of the majority
of the Committee on the Bill of Rights,
Was taken up.
The question being on the amendment submitted by Mr.
Brown to the 23d Article of the Report.
Mr. Berry, of Prince George's, (seconded by Messrs. Mar-
bury and Harwood, ) moved a re-consideration of the order
by which the Convention determined to take the vote on the
pending question to-day at 2 o'clock;
Decided in the negative.
The question again being on the adoption of the amend-
ment submitted by Mr. Brown, to wit:
Add to the 23d Article the following: "And the Legisla-
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