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EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met at 8 o'clock, P. M.
All the members present except the following:
Messrs. Audoun, Baker, Barron, Berry, of Baltimore
county, Berry, of Prince George's, Billingsley, Briscoe,
Brooks, Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Dail, Davis, of Charles,
Dellinger, Dennis, Gale, Green, Hatch, Henkle, Hodson,
Hoffman, Horsey, Johnson, Jones, of Cecil Keefer, Larsh,
Mace, Mayhugh, Morgan, Noble, Ridgely, Robinette, Schley,
Schlosser, Scott, Smith, of Dorchester, Smith, of Worcester,
Sykes, Thruston, Turner, Valliant, Wickard, Wilmer,
Wooden—44.
The Convention resumed the consideration of the section
submitted by Mr. Russell, as an amendment to the Report of
the Committee on the Legislative Department, viz:
"The General Assembly shall pass laws providing that the
rites of marriage between any persons legally competent to
contract marriage may be celebrated by any Minister of any
religious denomination, by any Mayor of a city, by any Jus-
tice of the Peace, or in such manner as is usually practised
by the society of people called Quakers; and providing for
the registration of all marriages, however solemnized in this
State. "
Mr. Belt submitted the following amendment to said sec-
tion:
"Provided however, That the General Assembly shall not
pass any law requiring the intervention of any Minister of
the Gospel, or of any civil officer, or any registration as being
necessary to the validity of any marriage which would other-
wise be valid at common law, or under the existing laws of
this State; "
Which was rejected.
Mr. Sands submitted the following amendment:
Strike out all after "Assembly, " in the first line and
insert:
"Shall pass laws providing that the rites of marriage be-
tween any persons inhabitants of this State, shall not be
celebrated by any person within this State, unless by some
Minister of religion, ordained according to the rites of his or
her church, except in the case of persons members of the
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