TWENTY-SECOND DAY.
MONDAY, May 30th, 1864.
The Convention met at 11 A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. McNamar.
Present at the call of the roll the following
members:
Messrs. Goldshorough, President; Abbott
Annan, Barron, Billingsley, Bond, Brown
Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Cushing, Dail,
Davis of Charles, Davis of Washington, Del-
linger. Earle, Ecker, Edelin, Farrow, Gallo-
way, Harwood, Hatch, Hebb, Hollyday, Hop-
kins, Johnson, Jones of Somerset, King, Lee
Mace, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Mullikin,
Murray, Noble, Nyman, Parker, Purnell
Robinette, Sands, Scott, Smith of Dorches-
ter, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge, Todd,
Turner, Valliant, Wickard—50.
The proceedings of Friday were read anc
approved,
MISCELLANEOUS.
On motion of Mr. PURNELL, it was
Ordered. To be entered on the journal that
Thomas B. Smith, of Worcester, is absent
from his seat in the Convention in conse-
quence of the serious illness of a member of
his family.
On motion of Mr. MULLIKIN, it was
Ordered, That the Committee on the Elec-
tive Franchise be requested to inquire into
the expediency of inserting the following ar-
ticle in substance, into the Constitution :
That any person who has voluntarily left
this State, and has pone into any one of
the States new in rebellion against the Gov-
ernment of the United States, shall not he
permitted to vote at any election or hold any
office, or place of emolument or trust within
the gift of the people of Maryland, for the
space of three score years and ten.
And any one who now resides in this State,
and is or has been aiding in the present re-
bellion against the Government of the United
States, by word or act, shall not be permitted
to vote at any election or hold any office of
emolument or trust, within the gift of the
people of Maryland, for the space of five
years, after this rebellion shall have been
crushed out.
Mr. KING submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Comptroller of the
Treasury be requested to report to this Con-
vention astatement of all the expenses of the
State Library other than books and station-
ery, from first January 1863, to 81st May
1864, inclusive.
Mr. JONES, of Somerset. I would like to
know the object and necessity of this order,
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. I hope the gentleman
from Baltimore county, (Mr King.) will ex-
plain the object of his order. If it is in con-
nection with our work here, I am willing to
vote for it, or any other information which
may be necessary.
Mr. KING. I thought this information |
would be of some use to the members, inas-
much as it is proposed to make some differ-
ence in the salaries of officers, the librarian
among the rest.
The question being taken upon the order,
it was not agreed to.
Mr GALLOWAY, from the Committee on
Accounts, submitted the following, which
was agreed to:
REPORT.
To the Honorable the President of the Con-
vention :
The Committee on Accounts in obedience
to the orders of this Convention, respectfully
report, that they have examined the claims of
Thomas J. Corkraan. William B. Hammond
and Henry Tlitch, and after a careful examina-
tion of said accounts, the Committee feel
obliged to report, that in the judg'ment of
this Committee the above nampd parties are
not entitled to compensation. The commit-
tee therefore have rejected said claims.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. GALLOWAY, Chairman.
11. BAKER,
THOMAS RUSSELL,
E, S. PARKEB,
- W. S. WOODEN.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
The Convention renewed the consideration
of the report of the Committee on the Decia-
raition of Rights.
The PRESIDENT. W^hen the Convention ad-
journed on Friday laast, the 14th article as
amended was under consideration, if no
further amendments are offered, the Secretary
will proceed to read article 15.
The 15th article was then read, as follows :
" Tinat saangilinary laws ought to be avoid-
ed as far as it is i onsistent with the safety of
the State; and no law to inflict cruel and
unusual pains and penalties ought to he made
in any case, or at any time hereafter."
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. 1 propose to offer an
amendment, which is one raather of form than
of substance, if gentlemen will recur to the
report, they will find that article 15 and ar-
ticle 24 relate to precisely the same subject,
and are to some extent in the same words.
Article 15 has just been read. Article 24
reads:
" That exi-essive bail ought not to bs re-
quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel
or unusual parnishments inflicted by the
Courts ofLaiw."
i 1 submit the following amendment, which
\ consolidates the two articles into one, without
1 at all changing the sense of either; amend
j article 15 by striking' out all after the word
" that" in the second line, and inserting in
lieu thereof the following :
—"and excessive bail ought nottobere-
qaired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel,
unusual or excessive pains, penalties and pun-
ishments in any case inflicted,"
If that amendment is adopted, when we |
