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Add to end of section, the words "or affirmation; "
Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Stirling submitted the following amendment:
Add to the end of the section the following words:

"But the provisions of this section, in relation to acts
against the United State, shall not apply to any person not a
citizen of the United States who shall have committed such
acts while in the service of some foreign country, at war
against the United States, and who has since such acts, been
naturalized or may be naturalized under the Laws of the
United States, and the oath above set forth shall be taken in
the case of such persons in such sense; "

Decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Audoun submitted the following amendment:

Amend by adding "before the officers of registration"
above mentioned "shall proceed to act as such they shall take
and subscribe to the oath aforesaid; "

Decided in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Scott,

The Convention returned to the consideration of section one
of the report.

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

Insert before "every" in line one, "at all elections hereafter
to be held in this State the vote shall be by ballot, " and strike
out from "effect" in line seventeen to "ballot" in line
eighteen.

It was decided in the negative.

Mr. Scott submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 1, strike out all to the word "and" in the eighteenth
line, and insert:

"All elections shall be by ballot, and every white male citi-
zen of the United States of the age of twenty one years or
upwards, who shall have resided in the State one year next
preceding the election, and six months in the city of Balti-
more or in any county, shall be entitled to be registered as a
legal voter; and such registration made in accordance with
such provisions as the General Assembly may prescribe; to-
gether with the. muster rolls of all such soldiers as may be