409

Carter, Chambers, Clarke, Crawford, Cushing, Dail, Davis,
of Charles, Dennis, Dent, Gale, Harwood, Hoffman, Hor-
sey, Johnson, Jones, of Cecil, Jones, of Somerset, Keefer,
Kennard, Larsh, Mace, Marbury, McComas, Mitchell, Morgan,
Mulliken, Negley, Noble, Peter, Schlosser, Smith, of Dor-
chester, Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Thruston, Turner—42.

The proceedings of yesterday were read and approved.
On motion of Mr. Wooden,

It was ordered to be entered on the Journal, that Dr. John
Swope is detained from his scat in this Convention by sick-
ness in his family.

The Convention proceeded to the consideration of the re-
port of the Committee on Appointment, Tenure of Office, &c.,
of Civil Offices;

The question being on the adoption of the amendment sub-
mitted by Mr. Ridgely, to wit:

Sec. 4, eighth line, strike out the words "but such powers
and duties shall be similar, and the tenure of office uniform
throughout the State. "

Mr. Ridgely, withdrew his amendment.

Mr. Purnell submitted the following amendment:

Amend section 4, in sixth line, by inserting after the word
"thereafter, " the following: "Provided, however, that imme-
diately after the commissioners shall have convened after their
election under this Constitution, they shall be divided by lot,
into two classes, as nearly equal in number as may be—the
commissioners of the first class go out of office at the expira-
tion of two years, and commissioners shall be elected on the
Tuesday after the first Monday of November eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-seven, for the term of four years, to supply their
places, so that, after the first election, one-half of the commis-
sioners may be chosen every second year; provided, that in no
case shall any commissioner be placed in a class which shall
entitle him to serve for a longer term than that for which he
was elected; in case the number of commissioners be hereafter
increased in any of the counties of this State, such classifica-
tion of the additional commissioners shall be made as to pre-
serve as nearly as may be an equal number in each class. "

Decided in the negative.

Mr. Todd submitted the following amendment:
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