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copy of the Constitution passed by this Convention; and the
Indexing and publication of said Constitution shall be ap-
proved by the President of this Convention;

And the State Librarian shall distribute said copies of the
Constitution, as follows:

One copy to each member of Convention, to the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney Gen-
eral, Adjutant General, Superintendent of Public Education,
and Commissioner of the Land Office, each one copy; to the
Judges and Clerks of the Circuit Courts, and the Courts of
Baltimore city, each one copy; to the Judges and the Clerk
of the Court of Appeals, each one copy; to the Orphans'
Courts of the State, each one copy; to the State's Attorneys,
each one copy; to the Register of Wills, each one copy; to
the Boards of County Commissioners, each one copy; to the
Mayor of Baltimore city, one copy.

And the remaining eleven copies shall be retained in the
State Library, subject to the disposition of the General As-
sembly.

And the President of this Convention is hereby authorized
and directed to pay James Wingate one hundred dollars, for
preparing said carefully elaborated index and side notes to
said Constitution, and also two dollars per copy for said Con-
stitution, when published by James Wingate.

Mr. Thomas moved to postpone informally the considera-
tion of the order;

Decided in the negative.

Mr. Thomas moved to refer said order to the Committee on
Printing and Reporting;

Decided in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Wooden,

It was ordered to be entered on the Journal that Mr. Smith,
of Carroll, is detained from his seat in consequence of urgent
business engagements.

Mr. Stirling moved to reconsider the vote by which an
order was adopted on Wednesday last, in reference to making
four manuscript copies of the Constitution, &c.

Decided in the affirmative.

The question being on the adoption of the order,

Mr. Stirling moved to amend said order by substituting the
following: