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<; An election for County Commissioners shall be held on
Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, 1865. As
nearly one half as may be of said Commissioners shall hold
their office for two years, and the other half for four years,
and at the first meeting after their election and qualification
or as soon thereafter as practicable, they shall determine by lot
which of their number shall hold his office for two and four
years respectively, and thereafter their shall be elected as
aforesaid, at each general election for county officers Commis-
sioners for four years to fill the places of those whose term
has expired; "

Decided in the affirmative.

The report, as amended, was then read the third time and
passed by yeas and nays as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Hoffman, Russell,

Goldsborough, P't Hopkins, Sands,

Abbott, Hopper, Schlosser,

Annan, Keefer, Scott,

Baker, Kennard, Smith, of Carroll,

Cunningham, Larsh, Smith, of Wor.,

Cushing, Markey, Sneary,

Daniel, Mayhugh, Stirling,

Davis, of Wash., McComas, Stockbridge,

Dellinger, Mullikin, Swope,

Ecker, Negley, Thomas,

Farrow, Parker, Todd,

Galloway, Purnell, Valliant,

Greene, Ridgely, Wooden—41.
Hebb,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Crawford, Lee,

Billingsley, Dent, Marbury,

Blackiston, Duvall, Miller,

Bond, Hodson, Parran,

Briscoe, Hollyday, Peter,

Brown, Horsey, Smith of Dor.,

Chambers, Johnson, Wilmer—22.

Clarke, Lansdale,

On motion of Mr. Stockbridge,

The report of the Committee on Education was taken up.
Mr. Stockbridge moved a call of the Convention;
The call being sustained,