may not absent themselves without notifying
the convention.
Mr. SYKES was excused.
Mr. KEEFER asked to be excused for to-
morrow.
The request was granted.
Mr. MCCOMAS asked to be excused until
Monday noon.
The request was granted.
Mr. DAVIS, of Charles, asked to beexcused
until Tuesday morning on account of indis-
position from recent illness.
The request was granted.
Mr. ABBOTT. I move that those who have
been excused, be also excused from voting
upon the question of adjournment.
Mr. KENNARD asked lo be excused until
Monday morning
The request was granted.
Mr. RIDGELY. I ask leave to be excused
from attendance on Monday next, as I cannot
make a connection to get here on that day.
I mean to be here to-day and to-morrow.
The request was granted,
The question was then taken on the order
to adjourn until Monday, and the result was—
yeas 44, nays 29—as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Audoun, Belt, Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond,
Briscoe, Brooks, Chambers, Clarke, Crawford,
Davis, of Charles, Duvall, Edelen, Gale,
Harwood, Hatch, Henkle, Hodson, Hopkins,
Hopper, Horsey,, Jones, of Somerset, Keefer,
Kennard, Landsdale, Larsh, Lee, Marbury,
Mite-hell, Morgan, Mullikin, Parran, Ridgely,
Schley, Schlosser, Smith, of Dorchester,
Smith, of Worcester, Sneary, Stirling, Sykes,
Todd, Turner, Wickard— 44.
Nays Abbott, Annan, Brown, Carter,
Cunningham, Cushing, Daniel, Earle, Ecker,
Galloway, Hebb, King, Markey, Mayhugh,
McComas, Miller, Murray, Negley, Nyman,
Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Robinitte, Russell,
Sands, Smith, of Carroll, Stockbridge, Swope,
Wooden—29.
When their names were called,
Mr. CLARKE said: Having been excused
from attendance, I think it is proper that I
should be excused from voting; but as that
is not to be expected, I will vote "aye."
Mr. MCCOMAS said: I ask to be excused
from voting, having been excused from at-
tendance.
Not being excuse, he voted "no,"
Mr. MULLIKIN said; I see very clearly that
we shall not have a quorum to-morrow; and
I vote ' ' aye."
Mr. STIRLING said: I am satisfied we shall
not have a quorum, I am not willing to run
the risk of being left here; and vote "aye."
Mr. TODD. I should prefer to be excused
from voting; but as there appears to be an
indisposition to excuse members from voting
who were excused from attendance, and in
view of the fact that it is rather doubtful
whether there will be a quorum here to-mor- |
row, and being unwilling to afflict unnecessa-
rily those who remain, I vote " aye."
Mr. WICKARD. I am quite confident that
there will be no quorum here to-night or to-
morrow. The result will be as it was last
Friday night and Saturday. I therefore vote
"aye,"
The order was accordingly adopted.
On motion of Mr. RIDGELY,
It was ordered to be entered upon the
journal that Mr. Hoffman, of Baltimore county,
is detained from his seat in this convention
by reason of the dangerous illness of a mem-
ber of his family.
On motion of Mr. DUVALL,
It was (ordered to be entered on the journal
that Mr. Peter is detained from his seat in this
convention on account of indisposition.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Mr. STIRLING. I move to postpone all prior
business in order that we may proceed to
standing orders upon their third reading.—
We have several reports standing upon their
third reading; and unless we take them up
soon we shall have all the argument at the
tail end of the session.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. I hope that motion will
net prevail. There are several of tiles' reports
which have been printed as ordered to be engrossed,
upon their second reading, and laid
upon our tables. So fair as I am concerned,
not supposing the regular order of business
would be interrupted, I have not examined
these reports, going over them carefully as
designed to do upon their third reading; and
1 presume that is the case with other mem-
bers of the convention. As this is to be the
final form of them, I think it is proper that
every member should go over them carefully
and examine every weird before they are put
upon their third reading. They cannot be
amended after that. That finally disposes of
them. It would suit me much better to have
this made the special order of the day for a
time certain, when we shall have completed
the present report, or at some hour on Mon-
day, to allow some little interval to enable
every member to make this critical examina-
tion of them which it is important should be
made by every member. Until that is done
I hope the reports will not be taken up. 1
think we should lose time by it.
Mr. HEBB. I would suggest that the con-
vention take up the report of the committee
on State's attorneys.
Mr. STIRLING. I am not in favor of taking
up any other report on its second reading.—
1 do not desire to press my motion.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. There are at least three.
reports unacted upon.
The PRESIDENT, The report on State's
Attorneys, on the Militia and on Usury, are
on their second reading. |
