Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Annan, Cunning-
ham, Cushing, Farrow, Galloway, Hatch,
Hebb, Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Ken-
nard, McComas, Mullikin, Murray, Nyman,
Pugh, Purnell, Robinette, Russell, Schley,
Smith, of Worcester, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Thruston, Wickard, Wooden—27.
The amendment of Mr. DENT was accord-
ingly adopted.
Mr. DANIEL, when his name was called,
said: I did not wish, if I could help it, to
vote for either of the propositions submitted,
because I would like to amend by inserting
"ten minutes," which I think is long enough.
But that amendment being cut off, I prefer
twenty minutes to five, and therefore I vote
"aye."
The question then recurred upon the amend-
ment of Mr. DANIEL, to extend the time of
any member by a two-thirds instead of a
unanimous vote.
Upon this question Mr. WOODEN called for
the yeas and nays, which were ordered,
The question was then taken, by yeas and
nays, and resulted—yeas 35, nays 32—as fol-
lows :
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Belt, Billingsley,
Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Brown, Chambers,
Cunningham, Daniel, Dellinger, Dent, Du-
vall, Edelen, Gale, Hodson, Hoffman, Holly-
day, Horsey, Johnson, Larsh, Lee, Mayhugh,'
Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Negley, Parran,
Ridgely, Sneary, Thomas, Turner—35.
Nays—Messrs. Carter, Cushing, Ecker,
Farrow, Galloway, Hatch, Hebb, Hopkins,
Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard,
McComas, Mullikin, Murray, Nyman, Parker,
Pugh, Purnell, Robinette, Russell, Schley,
Smith, of Carroll, Smith, of Worcester, Stir.
ling, Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes, Thruston,
Valliant, Wickard, Wooden—32.
The amendment was accordingly adopted.
The order as amended was then adopted,
as follows:
''Ordered, That the time allowed each
member for debate on any question before the
convention be limited to twenty minutes;
and that no extension of time be granted
except by a vote of two-thirds of the members
present."
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. HOPKINS gave notice that at the proper
time be would submit the following amend-
ment to the report of the committee on the
legislative department:
" The legislature shall foster and encourage
moral, intellectual, scientific and agricultural
improvement; they shall, when it maybe
practicable, make suitable provision for the
blind, mute and insane, and for the organi-
zation of such institutions of learning as the
beet interests of the State may demand."
Mr. AUDOUN submitted the following order
" Ordered, That the president appoint an |
assistant secretary to serve during the absence
of Mr. Shaw, and that the secretary be al-
lowed extra per diem for such time as he baa
been acting as assistant secretary."
Mr. DANIEL. Does this order mean to ex-
clude Mr. Shaw from his per diem?
Mr. AUDOUN. Certainly not. The secre-
tary is now acting as secretary and assistant
secretary both, and he should receive addi-
tional compensation.
Mr. SCHLEY. I would move to amend the
order by proposing to call ore of the com-
mittee clerks to act as assistant secretary.
The PRESIDENT. The president has power
to do that already. He has already called
one of them on a former occasion to act as
assistant secretary. If the convention desire
it he will call another now.
Mr. SCHLEY. I will not offer any amend-
ment.
The question was then taken upon the
order submitted by Mr. AUDOUN, and it wag
adopted.
The PRESIDENT, in pursuance of that order,
appointed Mr. John McGarigle to act as as-
sistant secretary, pro. km.
Mr. WICKARD submitted the following or-
der:
" Ordered, That the assistant secretary be
allowed extra pay for the time that he acted
as secretary, in the absence of the secretary."
The PRESIDENT. Under a previous order
the president had power to appoint an assistant
secretary.
Mr. HEBB. The proposition is that Mr.
Shaw, the assistant secretary, be allowed
extra pay for the time be acted when Mr.
Cole, the secretary, was absent. We have
just passed an order allowing Mr. Cole extra
pay for the time he acted in a double capa-
city, in the absence of Mr. Shaw.
The question was then taken upon the
order, and it was adopted.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. I ask permission to be
absent from the convention until Friday
morning. Nothing but imperious necessity
would induce me to ask that permission at
this time. The circumstances, I believe, are
already known to the convention.
The leave of absence was accordingly
granted.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
The convention then resumed the consid-
eration of the report of the committee on the
judiciary department, which was on its
second reading.
Mr. RIDGELY. With the consent of the
house will take a moment to make a per-
sonal explanation. On page 513 of the jour-
nal of proceedings, will be found an order
which I submitted last evening, and which,
if unexplained, might subject me to the im-
putation of showing very great discourtesy |
