Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Baker, Bond, Brooks,
Brown, Clarke, Cunningham, Gushing, Dan-
iel, Davis, of Charles, Davis, of Washington,
Dellinger, Dennis, Earle, Ecker, Edelen, Far-
row, Galloway, Greene, Hatch, Hebb, Hoff-
man, Hollyday, Hopkins, Hopper, Keefer,
Kennard, King, Larsh, Lee, Markey, May-
hugh, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Mullikin,
Murray, Nyman, Parker, Parran, Pugh, Pur-
nell, Ridgely, Robinette, Russell, Sands,
Schley, Scott, Smith, of Dorchester, Smith,
of Worcester, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Sykes, Todd, Valliant, Wickard,
Wooden—62.
The proceedings of yesterday were read and
approved,
Mr. KINO gave notice that on tomorrow he
would move to rescind the order passed July
21, by which the Convention determined to
hold evening sessions.
INELIGIBLE MEMBERS.
The following resolution submitted by Mr.
Belt, on Saturday, was taken up for its second
reading.
Whereas, On the 6th day of April, 1864,
the same having been the day appointed by
law for the election, in the city of Baltimore
and the several counties, of delegates to this
Convention, Richard H. Edelen, Esq., a dele-
gate from Charles county, was the State's
attorney for the said county, and Henry H.
Goldsborough, Esq., a delegate from Talbot
county, was on the same day the comptroller
of the treasury of the State, and George
Earle, Esq., a delegate from Cecil county,
was on the same day the clerk of the court of
appeals of the State, and Edward W. Belt,
Esq., a delegate from Prince George's county,
was on the same day the State's attorney for
said county, and William H. W. Farrow,
Esq., a delegate from Worcester county, was
on the same day the State's attorney for said
county, and Frederick Schley, Esq., a delegate
from Frederick county, was on the same day a
collector' of the internal revenue taxes of the
United States, and Joseph H. Audoun, Esq.,
a delegate from Baltimore city, was on the
same day a justice of the orphans' court of
said city, and John L, Thomas, Jr., Esq., a
delegate from Baltimore city, was on the
same day the State's attorney for said city,
and George A. Thruston, Esq, a delegate
from Allegany county, was on the same day,
the State's attorney for said county, and
George W. Sands, Esq., a delegate from How-
ard county, was on the same day the State's
attorney for said county, and the Rev. Robert
W. Todd, a delegate from Caroline county,
Was on the same day a minister or preacher of
the gospel.
And whereas, none of the said delegates,
either before or after said day, did resign said
respective offices or employments, and they
were thereby, under the Constitution and laws
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of this State, ineligible as delegates to this
Convention; therefore,
Resolved, That the seats of the aforesaid
delegates be, and the same are hereby declared
vacant, and the president be and he is hereby
requested, as soon as may be, to take order
for the election of delegates to fill said vacan-
cies in the said city and counties respectively,
according to law.
Mr. MILLER. The member who offered
that resolution is not in his seat, having ob-
tained leave of absence for a few days, and I
move that the second reading of the resolu-
tion be postponed until the consideration of
the report of the committee on elections, that
he may have an opportunity to be heard
upon it.
Mr. AUDOUN. I am one of the members
referred to in this resolution) and I would
like to hear the gentlemen who offered it make
some explanation with regard to it. I hope,
therefore, that it will be postponed until his
return, as I have some inquiries to make of
him.
The motion to postpone was agreed to.
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Mr. SANDS, from the committee on the elec-
tive franchise, submitted the following report:
The committee on the elective franchise and
qualification of voters, beg leave respectfully
to report the following sections, to be inserted
in article one of the Constitution, entitled
" Elective Franchise:"
ARTICLE I.
Elective Franchise.
Section 1. Every while male person of
twenty-one years of age, or upwards, who
shall have been one year next preceding the
election a resident of the State, and for six
months a resident of the city of Baltimore,
or of any county in which he may offer to
vote, and being at the time of the election a
loyal citizen of the United States, shall be
entitled to vote in the ward or election dis-
trict in which be resides, in all elections here-
after to be held, and every free white male
person of twenty-one years of age, and up-
wards, who shall have been one year next
preceding the election a resident of the State,
and for six months a resident of the city of
Baltimore, or of any county in the State, and
being at the time of the election in the naval
or military service of the United States, shall,
when the United States are actually engaged
in war, be entitled to vote wherever they may
be, for any and all officers to be elected under
the Constitution of this State or of the United
States, and the legislature is hereby required
to provide the means necessary to carry this
provision into full and complete operation
and effect; and at all such elections the vote
shall be by ballot. And in case any county
or city shall be so divided as to form portions
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