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Sec. 4, line two, after the word "each" insert the word
"regular; "

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Scott moved to reconsider the vote by which the
amendment was adopted fixing the salary of the Comptrol-
ler at twenty-five hundred dollars:

Decided in the negative.

The report was then ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading.

On motion of Mr. Audoun,

The Convention proceeded to the consideration of the report
of the Committee on the Elective Franchise.

Mr. Brown submitted the following amendment:

Strike out the entire report submitted by the Majority of
said Committee, and insert in lieu thereof the report submit-
ted by the Minority of said Committee;

Pending which,

The Convention proceeded to the consideration of the second
section of the Majority Report.

Mr. Stirling submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 1, line eight, strike out the words "free white male, "
and insert the word "such; "

Decided in the affirmative.

Line 8, strike out all after the word ''person, " to the word
"being" in line 11;

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Davis, of Charles, submitted the following amend-
ment:

Sec. 1st., line seven, after the word "held, " insert "and
all persons shall be considered loyal who have not been con-
victed in some Court of Law of disloyalty; "

The question being on the adoption of the amendment,
Mr. Davis, of Charles, demanded the yeas and nays,
The demand being sustained,
The yeas and nays were called and appeared as follows: