838

YEAS AND NAYS—

Appointments, Tenure of Office, &c.

On the third reading and final passage of the
amended report, 656.

Apprenticeship of Negroes.

On the adoption of an order by Mr. Todd, to
provide by law for the apprenticeship of negroes
who are emancipated and are minors, 171.

On an amendment submitted by Mr. Jones, of
Somerset, to an amendment by Mr. Miller, to
provide by law for all negroes manumitted by the
new Constitution, to be placed in the condition of
apprentices to their owners, males until they are
twenty-one years old, and females until they are
eighteen, 311, 312.

On putting the main question on an amend-
ment by Mr. Todd, to provide for binding out
minors of emancipated negroes by the Orphans'
Courts, 593, 594.

On a motion to reconsider the last vote taken,
595.

On an amendment of Mr. Stockbridge, to the
amendment of Mr. Todd, on the question of bind-
ing out minor negroes, 596.

On the first and second clauses of Mr. Todd's
amendment, 597, 598.

On a motion of Mr. Ridgely, to informally post-
pone the consideration of an amendment by Mr.
Audoun, on the question of negro apprentice-
ship. Lost, 605.

On the amendment of Mr. Audoun, prescribing
the manner in which negroes shall be apprenticed
by the Orphans' Courts, 604, 606.

Basis of Representation.

On an amendment submitted by Mr. Berry, of
Prince George's, to adopt the minority report of
the Committee on the Basis of Representation,
351.

On au amendment submitted by Mr. Schley, to
the Report on the Basis of Representation, 353.

On a motion of Mr. Cushing, to dispense with
the reading of the report on Basis of Representa-
tion, 635.