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Prince George's, shall constitute the first Circuit; the coun-
ties of Anne Arundel, Calvert and Montgomery, the second;
the county of Frederick, the third; the county of Washing-
ton the fourth; the county of Allegany, the fifth; the coun-
ties of Carroll and Howard, the sixth; the county of Balti-
more, the seventh; the counties of Harford and Cecil, the
eighth; the counties of Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot,
the ninth; the counties of Caroline and Dorchester, the tenth;
the counties of Somerset and Worcester, the eleventh; and
the city of Baltimore, the twelfth. "

Mr. Miller submitted the following amendment:
Strike out section 19, and insert:

"Sec. 19. There shall be a Judge for each county in the
State, who shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters
of the several counties. He shall be a resident for one year
in the county for which he may be elected next before the
time of his election, and shall reside in the county for which
he is elected, while he continues to act as Judge.

Pending the consideration of which,

On motion of Mr. Purnell,
The Convention took a recess until 8 o'clock.

EVENING SESSION.

The Convention met at 8 o'clock, P. M.

All the members present except the following:

Messrs. Audoun, Baker, Barron, Berry, of Baltimore coun-
ty, Bond, Brooks, Carter, Clarke, Dail, Daniel, Davis, of
Charles, Davis of Washington, Dennis, Earle, Greene, Har-
wood, Hatch, Henkle, Jones, of Cecil, Jones, of Somerset,
Larsh, Mace, Marbury, Markey, Noble, Peter, Ridgely,
Schlosser, Scott, Smith, of Dorchester, Sneary, Stockbridge,
Todd, Valliant, Wickard, Wilmer—36.

The Convention resumed the consideration of the report of
the Committee on the Judiciary Department.