531

Davis, of Wash., Lee, Smith, of Carroll,

Dennis, Marbury, Smith, of Dor..

Dent, Mayhugh, Thomas,

Duvall, McComas, Turner,

Ecker, Mitchell, Wickard,

Edelen, Morgan, Wooden—42.
Gale,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Hebb, Russell,

Goldsborough, Pt. Hopper, Stirling,

Brown, Jones, of Cecil, Stockbridge,

Chambers, Lansdale, Swope,

Clarke, Mullikin, Sykes,

Daniel, Parker, Thruston—19.

Earle, Peter,

So the question upon its adoption was decided in the
affirmative.

Mr. Dent submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 12, add at the end of section 12, "by the qualified
voters thereof; "

Mr. Thruston submitted the following amendment to the
amendment:

Strike out the word "thereof, " in last line, and insert the
words "whole State; "

Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment:

Strike out all after the word "the, " in the first line, and
insert the following:

"Court of Appeals shall consist of a Chief Justice and
four Associate Justices and for their selection the State shall
be divided into four Judicial Districts. Allegany, Washing-
ton, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore and Harford counties, shall
compose the first; Montgomery Howard, Anne Arundel, Cal-
vert, St. Mary's Charles and Prince George's, the second;
Baltimore city, the third; and Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester, shall
compose the fourth district; and the Chief Justice shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the counties and the city of
Baltimore on a general ticket.

And one person from among those learned in the law; hav-
ing been admitted to practice law in this State and who shall
have been a citizen of this State at least five years,
and above the age of thirty years at the time of his