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the price obtained for the State's said interest; Provided, that
the interest of the State in the Washington Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road be reserved and excepted
from sale; and that at the election to be held for the adop-
tion or rejection of this Constitution, the sense of the people
shall be taken, for or against the selling of the State's inter-
est in all the works of Internal Improvement or other corpo-
rations.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
PETER NEGLEY,
DANIEL CLARKE,
Jos. H. AUDOUN,
ISAAC D. JONES,
C. S. PARRAN.
Mr. Stirling, from a minority of said Committee, submit-
ted the following
REPORT:
The undersigned a minority of the Special Committee to
which was referred the 39th section of the Report of the
Committee on the Legislative Department, are not able to
concur in the Report of the Majority for the reason, that
after full investigation of the subject and consideration of the
wide difference of opinion which exists in the Convention,
they think it inexpedient to make, any provision in the Con-
stitution for the sale of the Public Works.
It is not the duty of the Convention to act on the subject as it
is not necessarily or primarily a Constitutional subject, though
under some circumstances it might have been expedient so to
do.
The undersigned are satisfied that any action the Conven-
tion may take will dissatisfy a large part of the people, and
they deem it wise to avoid all matters that may tend to pro-
duce side issues on the adoption of the Constitution by the
people.
The undersigned doubt whether any plan from this Com-
mittee can command a majority of the Convention, and the
time of the Convention will be taken up by mere amend-
ments and more debate, they therefore recommend that the
39th Article be stricken out, and no Article be substituted in
its place.
A. STIRLING, JR.,
JOS. B. PUGH,
FREDERICK SCHLEY,
WM. T. PURNELL.
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