her who offered this order is not in his seat,
and I move that it be postponed until to-
morrow.
The motion was agreed to.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On motion of Mr. PETER,
It was ordered to be entered on the Journal
that Dr. Edmund P. Duvall, member elect tor
Montgomery county, is absent from his seat in
consequence of sickness,
Mr. ECKER submitted the following order .
Ordered, That the committee heretofore ap-
pointed to arrange the seats be required to
furnish the doorkeepers with seats ;
Which was rejected.
On motion of Mr. GALLOWAY,
Ordered, That the person having charge of
the State House be requested by the President
to hoist from its dome, each day during the
sitting of this Convention, the United States
flag.
On motion of Mr. AUDOUN,
Ordered, That the Chaplain or Chaplains
appointed by this Convention shall, before
entering upon the discharge of their duties,
take and subscribe to the same oath as that
administered to the members of this Conven-
tion.
Mr. BRISCOE submitted the following order :
Ordered, That the Comptroller of the
Treasury be requested to report to this Con-
vention a statement of the aggregate amount
paid by the State to special counsel employed
by the Executive, since the adoption of the
present Constitution.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. Would it not be better
that the gentleman make his order a little
broader than it now is? I am under the im-
pression that this will not cover all the ex-
penses of special counsel. Under special re-
gulations, the Comptroller and other officers
have employed counsel, the expense of which
was paid by the State. I suppose it was the
purpose to learn all the expense incurred for
special counsel.
Mr. BRISCOE modified his order, by incor-
porating the words "or other officers of the
State."
Mr. STIRLING. I am in favor of the order,
but I should like to see it further amended, so
as to embrace the amount paid to special
judges.
Mr. BRISCOE adopted the suggestion, and
modified his order so that it should read as
follows:
Ordered, That the Comptroller of the
Treasury be requested to report to this Con-
vention a statement of the aggregate amount
paid by the State to special counsel employed
by the Executive, or other officers of the
State, since the adoption of the present Consti-
tution, and also the amount paid to special
Judges,
The order was adopted.
On motion of Mr. STOCKBRIDGE, |
The following order, submitted by Mr.
Purnell on Thursday last, was taken up for
consideration.
Ordered, That a committee of three be ap-
pointed to wait on the reverend clergy,
resident of this city, and request them to
make an arrangement among themselves by
which one of their number, alternately, every
day will attend this Convention and open its
sessions by prayer.
To which Mr. STIRLING had submitted the
following amendment:
Ordered, That the Rev. Mr. Davenport, and
the Rev. Mr. Patterson and the Rev. Mr.
Owen be appointed Chaplains to the Coon-
mention.
On motion of Mr. VALLIANT,
The consideration of the subject was postponed
until Wednesday next, and the Presi-
dent requested to invite some clergyman to
officiate each day at the opening of the Con-
vention
Mr. ABBOTT submitted the following resolu-
tion :
Resolved, That this Convention take up
the Bill of Rights and Constitution, com-
mencing a careful reading of the same by the
Clerk, that as the sections are read each mem-
ber of the Convention be required to propose
in writing such alterations or amendments as
he may desire, which shall be submitted with-
out argument or debate during the reading,
all said propositions to be be printed and re-
ferred to appropriate committees upon whose
report ample opportunity shall be given for
discussion; when the reading shall have been
finished, and each member has banded in his
proposition to alter or amend. All further
proposition to alter or amend shall be deemed
out of order.
Which was read and lies over under the
rule.
The President announced the following
Committee on Rules and Orders for the Gov-
ernment of the Convention.
Messrs. Kennard, Clarke, Valliant, Schley
and Berry of Prince George's.
REMOVAL TO BALTIMORE.
Mr. TODD submitted the following order
Whereas, The Baltimore City Council have
appointed a deputation of their body to ex-
tend an invitation to this Convention to
transfer its session to that city; therefore,
Ordered, That said deputation be, and
they are hereby invited to seats in the Hall of
this Convention, and to present any commu-
nication they may bear from the said City
Council to this body, to-day at one o'clock.
Which was adopted.
The committee from the City Council of
Baltimore, accordingly took seats upon the
floor of the Convention.
The PRESIDENT addressed the committee as
follows: Gentlemen, you have been invited
here by the order of the Convention, to pre-
sent any communication you may hear from |
