Is a motion to adjourn in order until that vote
is taken? The house has decided that the
main question shall be put, and that it will
do no other business until that is done. Un-
til the main question is put, I suggest that a
motion to adjourn is not in order.
The PRESIDENT. The main question being
ordered, brings the convention to a vole upon
the main proposition and the amendments
pending thereto. But it does not preclude a
motion to adjourn. •
The question was then taken upon the mo-
tion to adjourn, and it was rejected.
The question recurred upon the following,
offered by Mr. ABBOTT as a substitute for the
proposed section:
Sec. —. The legislature at its first session
after the adoption of this constitution shall
provide a mode by which those colored per-
sons who have been liberated from slavery by
its adoption shall be registered for the pur-
pose of receiving pro rata any money or other
appropriation made by the general govern-
ment or otherwise for their benefit."."
The question being taken, the substitute
•was rejected.
The question recurred upon adopting the
section, as follows:
"Sec. —. The legislature at its first session
after the adoption of this constitution, shall
provide a mode by which those persons who
were owners of slaves under the laws of this
State on the first day of January, 1861, or at
the time of the adoption of this constitu.tion,
or during the intervening period, may per-
petuate the evidence of the number, names,
ages and sex of the slaves so owned by them
respectively."
Upon this question, Mr. JONES,, of Somer-set,
called for the yeas and nays, which were
ordered.
Mr. CLARKE moved a call of the convention.
Mr. HEBB. I rise to a point of order.—
Rule 54 provides—
" * * * On a motion for the previous
question, and prior to the seconding of the
same, a call of the convention shall be in or-
der , but after a majority shall have seconded
such motion, no call shall be in order prior to
a vote on the main question," &c.
The PRESIDENT. The gentleman is correct.
A call of the convention is not now in order.
The question was then taken upon the pro-
posed section, by yeas and nays, and resulted
—yeas 23, nays 31—as follows:
feas—Messrs. Blackiston, Brown, Dail,
Davis, of Charles, Duvall, Edelen, Harwood,
Hollyday, Horsey, Jones, of Somerset, King,
Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Marbury, Mitchell, Par-
ker, Parran, Ridgely, Smith, of Carroll,
Stockbridge, Thomas, Todd—23.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun,Barron,Belt, Clarke,
Cunningham, Gushing, Dellinger, Earle, Eck-
er, Farrow, Galloway, Hatch, Hebb, Hopkins,
Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Kennard, Markey, |
McComas, Miller, Mullikin, Murray, Negley,
Nyman, Pugh, Purnell, Russell, Sands, Snea-
ry, Stirling, Swope, Sykes, Valliant, Wood-
en—ST.
The section was accordingly rejected.
Mr. THOMAS, when his name was called,
said:
1 desire to say that in order to be consist-
ent with the vote which I gave yesterday in
favor of the proposition of my colleague (Mr.
Stirling, ) I shall vote as I voted this morning
upon this proposition I vote "aye."
On motion of Mr. SWOPE—
The convention then took a recess until 8
o'clock, P. M.
BTBNINQ BKSBIOir.
The Convention reassembled at 8 o'clock,
P.M.
The roll was call«d, and the following mem-
bers answered to their names :
Messrs. Goldaborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Baker, Belt, Berry, of
Prince George's, Blackiston, Brown, Clarke,
Cunningham, Gushing, Dellinger, Duvall,
Earle, Ecker, Edelen, Farrow, Galloway,
Greene, Harwood, Hebb, Hollyday, Hop-
kins, Hopper, Horsey, Kennard, King,
Lansdale, Lee, Marbury, Markey, McComas,
Mitchell, Miller, Mullikin, Murray, Negley,
Hyman, Parker, Parrun, Peter, Pugh, Pur-
nell, Robinette, Sands, Schley, Smith, of
Carroll, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Tpdd, Wooden—54.
The PBBSIOEMT laid before the convention
the following communication from the trea-
surer of the State, which was read and or-
dered to be printedin the Journal.
TKEASCRIR'S OFFICE,
Annapolis, July 2Tth, 1804.
To the Sonorable the President of the Conven-
tion :
In obedience to an order passed by your
honorable body, I have the honor of submit-
ting the enclosed answers.
It will be observed that the 2nd and 6th
inquiry being 80 nearly the same are answered
in one. The 7th is omitted for the present, as
it requires a great deal of labor and time to
answer it correctly. I would alost respectfully
suggest to the convention, that if it be desira-
ble to have the information asked for in the
7th inquiry very soon, that it might be ad-
visable to direct one of the clerks to the con-
vention to furnish it, and thereby relieve my
clerk from the duty.
The 10th inquiry I can give no better an-
swer than to call the attention of your honor-
able body to pagel3,statement 1, of the
comptroller's report, 1863, of the State's capi-
tal and credits, all of which is most respect-
fully aubmitted.
I have the honor to be,
Very truly yours,
R. FOWLER,
Treasurer of Maryland, |
