sum of three thousand dollars; the gentleman
from Baltimore county (Mr. Ridgely,) two
thousand five hundred dollars; the gentle-
man from Washington (Mr. Davis,) two thou-
sand dollars. The largest sum is therefore
that reported by the committee.
The PRESIDENT. The question is to be first
taken upon tie amendments, and the amend-
ment of the gentleman from Baltimore
county (Mr. Ridgely) involves the largest
sum.
Mr. TODD. I ask a division of the motion,
and that the question may be first taken upon
striking out the words " three thousand."
Mr. DANIEL. Can that be done under our
rules?
The PRESIDENT. It cannot. Rule forty-
one says: " a motion to strike out and insert
shall be deemed indivisible," &c.
Mr. RIDGELY. It seems to be the desire of
the house to get a vote upon tie report of
the committee, and the amendment which I
have offered seems to throw some obstacle in
the way of their doing so. in order to grat-
ify the desire of the house to have a vote
upon the sum reported by the committee, I
will withdraw my amendment.
Mr. DAVIS, of Washington. Then I will
move to amend by striking out the words
"three thousand," and inserting' the words
"two thousand."
The PRESIDENT, The gentleman from Bal-
timore county (Mr, Ridgely) will perceive
that by withdrawing his amendment he will
deprive the house of the opportunity of
voting upon the sum he named, viz, two
thousand five hundred dollars.
Mr. TODD. In order to bring the house to
a vote directly upon the sum reported by the
committee, I will move to simply strike out
"three thousand." If that is done, the blank
can be tilled up with such sum as the conven-
tion may determine to be proper.
The PRESIDENT. The first question will be
upon the motion of the gentleman from Car-
oline (Mr. Todd,) to strike out the words
" three thousand,"
Upon this question Mr. MAYHUGH called for
the yeas and nays, and they were ordered.
The question was then taken, by yeas and
nays, and resulted—yeas 35, nays 26—as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President
Annan, Bond, Brown, Daniel, Davis, of
Charles, Davis, of Washington, Ecker, Ede-
len, Galloway, Hoffman, Hollyday, Hopkins,
Hopper, Keefer, King, Larsh, Lee, Markey-
Malyhugh, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Mulli-
kin, Murray, Nyman, Parran, Purnell, Rob-
inette, Sands, Smith, of Worcester, Swope
Sykes, Todd, Wickard—35.
Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Audoun, Baker
Brooks, Cunningham, Cushing, Dellinger
Dennis, Earle, Farrow, Greene, Harwood
Hatch, Hebb, Kennard, Parker, Pugh
Ridgely, Russell, Schley, Scott, Smith, of |
Dorchester, Stirling, Stockbridge, Valliant,
Wooden—26.
The motion to strike out the words "three
thousand" was accordingly agreed to,
Mr. VALLIANT, when his name was called,
said: I think that for the first three or four
years after the inauguration of this new sys-
tem, the superintendent of public instruction,
if he faithfully discharges his duties will be en-
titled to receive at least three thousand dol-
lars per annum. I would rather increase
the sum than make it less. But after the
new system has been fully inaugurated, say
after three or four years, I think that perhaps
less than three thousand dollars will be suffi-
cient. I shall therefore vote "no" upon this
motion.
The PRESIDENT. The question is now upon
filling the blank which has been created by
striking out the words "three thousand."
Mr, DAVIS, of Washington, moved to fill
the blank with the words " two thousand."
Mr. HEBB moved to insert the words " two
thousand five hundred."
The PRESIDENT, The question will be first
taken upon the largest sum—twenty-five
hundred.
Mr MILLER. My vote on this amount
would be influenced somewhat by knowing
whether these words "exclusive of office and
travelling expenses" are to remain in this
section, I bad proposed to amend by stri-
king out those words, and inserting "and
such additional sum for travelling and inci-
dental expenses as the general assembly may
by law allow."
The PRESIDENT. That amendment is not
now in order. The question is first upon fill-
ing the blank.
Mr. SCHLEY. I shall oppose both of these
amendments, with the view of offering
another to this effect: fill the blank with the
words "four thousand," and striking out
the words " exclusive of office and travelling
expenses."
Mr. DAVIS, of Charles, I give notice that
at the proper time I shall move to amend by
inserting after the word "expenses," the
words "which office or travelling expenses
shall not exceed five hundred dollars."
The question was upon the motion of Mr.
HEBB, to fill the blank with the words
"twenty-five hundred."
Mr. DENNIS, of Charles, called the yeas and
nays upon this question, and they were
ordered.
The question being then taken, by yeas
and nays, it resulted—yeas 41, nays 20—as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Abbott, Audoun, Baker, Brooks, Cunning-
ham, Cushing, Daniel, Dellinger, Dennis,
Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Greene,
Harwood, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hollyday,
Hopkins, Hopper, Kennard, King, Larsh, Mc-
Comas, Mullikin, Murray, Parker, Pugh, |
