The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. PUGH. If the section is opened to
amendment does it open it to all amend-
ments ?
The PRESIDENT. it does not; only to the
amendment proposed.
The question being taken, the result was—
yeas 17, nays 51—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond,
Briscoe) Brown, Chambers, Clarke, Dennis
Dent, Hollyday, Horsey, Lee, Miller, Morgan,
Parran, Smith, of Dorchester, Turner—17.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Baker, Barron, Brooks,
Carter, Cunningham; Cushing, Daniel, Davis,
of Washington, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Fair-
row, Galloway, Greene, Hebb, Hoffman,
Hopkins, Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer,
Kennard, Larsh, Markey, Mayhugh, Mc-
Comas, Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Nyman,
Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Russell,
Sands, Schley, Scott, Smith of Carroll,
Smith, of Worcester, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Valliant,
Wickard, Wooden—51.
When his name was called,
Mr. SANDS said; If the gentleman from
Calvert or the convention would accept, an
amendment to the amendment I would cer-
tainly vote for it. It is to add "And I do
especially denounce and disclaim that viola-
tion of the constitution of the United States
which resulted in armed rebellion against the
Union of the United States. I vote " no."
The motion was accordingly rejected.
The bill having been read through,
The question being then taken upon the
final adoption of the report, by yeas and
nays, under rule forty-third, the result was—
yeas 50, nays 17—as follows :
Yeas— Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Baker, Barron, Brooks, Car-
ter, Cunningham, Cushing, Daniel, Davis, of
Washington, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Far-
row, Galloway, Greene, Hebb, Hoffman,
Hopkins, Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer,
Kennard, Larsh, Markey, Mayhugh, Mc-
Comas, Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Nyman,
Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Russell,
Sands, Schley, Scott, Smith, of Carroll,
Smith, of Worcester, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Sykes, Todd, Valliant, Wickard,
Wooden—50.
Nays— Messrs. Billingsley, Blackiston,
Bond, Briscoe, 'Brown, Chambers, Clarke,
Dennis, Dent, Hollyday, Horsey, Lee, Miller,
Morgan, Parran, Smith, of Dorchester, Turner
—17,
The article on the elective franchise was
accordingly passed.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
On motion of Mr. STOCKBRIDGE,
The report of the committee on the execu-
tive department was taken up and read the
third time. |
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE called attention to the ac-
cidental omission of a word in section four-
teen, line one; which was corrected by in-
serting the word "of," so as to read "in
case of any vacancy," &c.
Mr. HEBB called attention to the fact that
the word "legislature" occurred in several
places,
The PRESIDENT stated that there was an
amendment adopted to strike out "legisla-
ture" wherever it should occur and insert
" general assembly," and that the correction
would accordingly be made.
Mr, STOCKBRIDGE called attention to the
twenty-fourth section, "be shall carefully
keep," &"., which should read "the secretary
of State shall carefully keep," &c,
Mr. EARLE. Both these amendments have
been made. They are upon the journal, page
460.
The question being then taken upon the
final adoption of the report, by yeas and
nays, the result was—yeas 54, nays 16—as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs, Goldsborough, President;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Baker, Barron,
Brooks, Carter, Cunningham, Cushing, Dan-
iel, Davis, of Washington, Dellinger, Earle,
Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Greene, Hatch,
Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins. Hopper. Jones, of
Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, King, Larsh, Markey,
Mayhugh, McComas, Mullikin, Murray, Neg-
ley, Nyman, Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely,
Russell, Sands, Schley, Scott, Smith, of Car-
roll, Smith, of Worcester, Stirling, Stock-
bridge, Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Val-
liant, Wickard, Wooden—54.
Nays—Messrs, Belt, Billingsley, Blackiston,
Briscoe, Brown, Chambers, Clarke, Dennis,
Dent, Duvall, Hollyday, Horsey, Lee, Mor-
gan, Parran, Smith, of Dorchester—16.
When his name was called,
Mr, CHAMBERS said: I was not here when
the provision for a lieutenant governor was
acted upon. It is an office perfectly useless
and quite expensive; and I vote '' no."
The article on the executive department
was accordingly passed.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
On motion of Mr. STOCKBRIDGE,
The report of the committee on the legis-
lative department was taken up and read the
third time.
The question being taken upon the final
adoption of the report, the result was—yeas
51, nays 16—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Baker, Barron,
Brooks, Carter, Cunningham, Cushing, Dan-
iel, Daniel, Davis, of Washington, Dellinger,
Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Greene,
Hotch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins, Hopper,
Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, King,
Larsh, Markey, Mayhugh, McComas, Mulli-
kin, Murray, Negley, Parker, Pugh, Purnell, |
