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Clarke, Lee, Smith, of Carroll,
Davis, of Wash., Mace, (Sneary,
Dellinger, Marbury, Turner,
Gale, Mayhugh, Valliant,
Galloway, McComas, Wilmer—47.
So the question upon its adoption was decided in the
negative.
Mr. Duvall submitted the following amendment:
Add to the amendment the words:
"And unless the said purchaser or purchasers of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal shall in proper form secure to the hold-
ers of scrip and other creditors of said company the payment
of such scrip and debts within twenty years from the date of
such sale, with annual interest at six per cent."
Decided in the negative.
The question recurring upon the amendment submitted
by Mr. Clarke,
It was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. Hebb submitted the following amendment:
Strikeout all after the word "the" in the first line and
insert:
"General Assembly shall so soon as the public debt shall
have been fully paid off, cause to be transferred to the several
counties and the city of Baltimore stock in the Internal Im-
provement Companies equal to the amount respectively paid
by each towards the erection and completion of said works, at
the then market value of said stock."
Mr. Miller submitted the following amendment to the
amendment:
Insert before the words "General Assembly" in the first
line, the words:
"The General Assembly shall pass no law providing in
any way for the sale of the State's interest in any of the works
of Internal Improvement but the"
Mr. Negley called the previous question ;
The question being,
"Shall the main question be now put?"
It was decided in the affirmative.
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