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referred the order offered September 3rd, 1864, by Mr.
Greene, of Allegany, very respectfully beg leave to report,
that after mature deliberation they have concluded that said
order ought not to be adopted, and herewith offer the follow-
ing instead thereof:

Ordered, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be author-
ized, and is hereby disected to contract with Mr. Richard. P.
Bayly, of Annapolis, Printer to the Convention, for the
printing and binding of 500 copies of the Constitution when
adopted by the people of Maryland; said copies to be printed
in the same style, on such quality of paper, and bound in
like manner to the edition of the present Constitution, pub-
lished by Murphy and Co., of Baltimore, in 1855.

JAMBS VALLIANT, Chairman,

. Com. on Reporting and Printing.

Mr. Greene moved to amend said report of the Committee
by substituting the order submitted by him on Friday last,
to wit:

That the State Librarian be and he is hereby direct-
ed to purchase of James Wingate 300 copies of the Constitution
passed by this Convention, when adopted by the voters of this
State; said Constitution shall contain an elaborate Index, pre-
pared with references to articles and sections, and also to the
page; said Constitution shall be printed in the best style,
(with side notes, ) on fair white paper with large fair type
and well bound, and shall contain the names of the members
of this Convention; said Constitution shall contain the certi-
ficate of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, that it is a true
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 Li-
brarian shall distribute said copies of the Constitution, as fol-
lows: 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 fifty copies to the
Governor for distribution to the Governors of the several
States; and the remaining eleven copies shall be retained in
the State Library, subject to the disposition of the General As-