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Mr. Belt submitted the following resolution:
Whereas, By the 21st Article of the existing Declaration of
Rights of this State, it is, among other things, provided "that
no freeman ought to be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his
freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any
manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty or property,
but by the judgment of his peers or by the law of the land; "
and whereas, on the 19th instant, this Convention did adopt
the following order, to wit: "Ordered, that this Convention,
representing the people of Maryland, hereby respectfully re-
quest the President of the United States and the command-
ants of the military departments in which Maryland is in-
cluded, as an act of justice and propriety, to assess upon
known sympathisers with the rebellion, resident in this State,
the total amount of all losses and spoliations sustained by
loyal citizens of the United States resident in this State, by
reason of the recent rebel raid, to compensate loyal sufferers; "
and whereas, there is an obvious conflict and contradiction
between the said order and the before recited Article of the
Bill of Rights; and whereas, the subject-matter of the said
order is not properly within the purposes for which this Con-
vention was called, but is irrelevant and altogether foreign to
the same; Therefore
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention, the
aforesaid order was improvident!)- passed, and that the same
be and it is hereby rescinded;
Which the President ruled out of order.
Mr. Belt appealed from the decision of the Chair.
The question being,
"Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?"
Mr. Belt demanded the yeas and nays.
The demand being sustained,
The yeas and nays were called, and appeared as follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Harwood, Pugh,
Abbott, Hatch, Russell,
Annan, Hoffman, Sands,
Audoun, Hopkins, Schley,
Barron, Hopper, Smith, of Dor.,
Brooks, Keefer, Sneary,
Carter, King, Stirling,
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