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until all such interest of the State in every such corporation
shall be wholly sold and disposed of.
Mr. Miller gave notice that he would submit the following;
amendment:
Sec. 39. The Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer of the
State, or any two of them, may sell from time to time, ac-
cording to their best judgment, the State's interest in the
works of internal improvement, whether as stockholder or
creditor, and apply the proceeds towards the payment of the
public debt of the State; and after the public debt shall have
been fully paid off, or the sinking fund shall be equal to its
liquidation, the surplus of such sales shall be set apart as a
permanent fund for the support t>f public education; pro-
vided, however, that the power of sale hereby conferred,
shall only be exercised when the proceeds of such sales can
be converted into a like amount of the public debt; and pro-
vided further, that the State's interest in the Washington
Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company shall
be and is hereby reserved from the sale hereby authorized.
Mr. Jones, of Somerset, gave notice that he would submit
the following amendment:
Amend 39th section by inserting after the word "creditor, "
in the 3rd line, these words, "except the State's right to re-
ceive one-fifth of the money arising from passengers over the
Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. "
The question being on the adoption of the amendment sub-
mitted by Mr. Belt, to wit:
Amend section 47 by adding the following words at the
end thereof: "Provided, however, that the General Assem-
bly shall have no power to accept the cession of any such
territory until after the existing civil war shall have been
brought to a close; "
Mr. Barron called the previous question.
The question being,
"Shall the main question be now put?"
It was decided in the affirmative.
The question again being on the adoption of the amend-
ment submitted by Mr. Belt,
Mr. Belt demanded the yeas and nays.
The demand being sustained,
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