portunity of saying for myself, that I am for
the utter unmixing of too long mixed races.
Mr. HOFFMAN. I understand there are three
denominations of Christians here; and I hope
we shall take one of each; taking Mr. Owen
as a Methodist,
The question was stated upon the amend-
ment offered by Mr. Earle to the substitute
offered by Mr. Stirling.
Mr. HEBB. I am not exactly prepared to
vote upon either of these propositions. I
therefore move that the further consideration
of this subject be postponed until Wednesday
next, and that the President request some
clergyman in the meantime to officiate at each
morning session.
The motion was agreed to.
COMMITTEES.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE offered the following order :
Ordered, That Standing Committees to con-
sist of five members each to be appointed by
the Chair, as follows, viz :
1st. A Committee on Accounts.
2d. A Committee on Reporting and Print-
ing.
3d. A Committee on Engrossment and Re-
vision.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE said: I offer this as a dis-
tinct order from the former one, for the reason
that that order included only those Commit-
tees which it was designed should report
matters to form essential parts of the Consti-
tution, These are merely the means or the
machinery of the Convention in supervising
and expediting its work.
The order was adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Secretary elect and other officers, hav-
ing taken the prescribed oath, entered upon
the duties of their offices.
On motion of Mr. KENNARD,
Ordered, That five. additional copies of the
daily journal be printed for the use of the
Convention, and that an equal number be
distributed to the members.
On motion of Mr. CUSHING,
Ordered, That when this Convention ad-
journs, it shall be to meet on Tuesday next at
noon.
On motion of Mr. DANIEL,
Ordered, That the President of this Con-
vention be authorized to have re-arranged the
seats on this floor, so as the better to suit the
convenience of members and promote the de-
spatch of business.
On motion of Mr. ECKER,
Ordered, That the hour of daily meeting of
this Convention be 12 o'clock M. until further
ordered.
Mr. SCOTT offered the following order:
Ordered, That the Librarian be required to
, furnish the inembers and clerks of this Con-
vention with gold pens.
The order was rejected. |
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS.
Mr. JONES of Somerset. I beg to inquire
whether there is a Committee on the Election
and Qualification of the members of this body
provided for. if not, I apprehend that it is
an omission that ought to be provided for.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. That was not embraced
in the order which I offered, as I was under
the impression that the Governor's return to
us of the persons duly elected and who had
taken the oath was sufficient. If any gentle-
man thinks otherwise, it is perfectly compe-
tent to offer another order to cover the omis-
sion, I, of course, have no further control
over that order, since it has been adopted by
the Convention.
Mr. BELT. I do not suppose any parlia.
mentary body ever assembled without pro-
viding for a Committee on Elections. Sup-
pose acontest should arise with regard to any
person claiming to be a member, we should
need a committee to refer the papers to.
Mr JONES of Somerset submitted the fol-
lowing order:
Ordered, That the President of the Conven-
tion appoint a Committee on Elections to con-
sist of — members, to report upon the
election and qualification of members of this
Convention.
On motion of Mr. SANDS,
The blank was filled with " seven."
The order was then adopted.
DOCUMENTS FOR MEMBERS.
Mr. BAKER submitted the following order :
Ordered, That three copies of the Conven-
tion law be furnished to each member on
Tuesday morning next.
Mr. BERRY of Baltimore county. I should
like an explanation of the meaning of that
order. I do not comprehend it.
Mr. BAKER. My reason for offering that
order was that we may often be at a loss con-
cerning it, and it would aid us if we had it
on our desks to refer to, and would prevent
unnecessary debate.
Mr. BERRY of Baltimore county, I under-
stand the order to be for three copies for each
member.
Mr. BAKER. Only in case they should be
taken away or lost. I am satisfied with one.
On motion of Mr. JONES of Somerset,
The order was amended by striking out
"three copies," and inserting "one copy."
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. To be furnished by
whom ?
On motion of Mr. BERRY of Baltimore
county,
The order was amended by adding words,
" by the Librarian."
Mr. ABBOTT moved that the order be further
amended by adding, "and also one copy of
the Constitution and Bill of Rights."
Mr. BAKER accepted the amendment.
The order as amended was adopted.
On motion of Mr. STOCKBRIDGE,
The Convention adjourned. |
