THE COMMITTEE CLERKS
Shall copy for the members all manuscripts
banded them, in proper form; writing the
same in a plain round hand; each line of each
section to be numbered, and each line to con-
tain; say thirteen words.
THE PAGES
Shall each morning lay upon the desk of the
several members, a copy of the printed Jour-
nal and all other printed matter ordered by
the Convention.
Shall wait upon the members in any matter
directly connected with the Convention.
THE DOORKEEPERS
Shall close the doors leading into the hall so
soon as the Chaplain commences prayer, and
shall prevent conversation, walking, or any
interruption whatever outside the bar of the
Convention during religious services.
Shall close and keep closed both doors of
the bar of the Convention, and take and keep
position directly thereat, allowing no person
to pass unless in strict conformity to the fifth
Rule, viz:
No person shall be admitted within the bar
of the Convention but members of the Execu-
tive and Judiciary departments, members of
the General Assembly, and such other persons
as may be invited by the President.
Shall prevent any abuse of property in the
Lobbies.
Shall keep the aisles outside the bar of the
Convention clear, so that the ingress and
egress of members shall not be interrupted.
Shall give full attention to the comfort and
seating in the Lobbies of all visitors.
THE POSTMASTER
Shall, on the arrival of the mails, promptly
deliver to the members all mail matter ad-
dressed to them, and shall collect from their
desks all matter prepared for mailing.
THE HALL KEEPER
Shall enforce proper decorum and order in
the Rotunda, and shall exercise such super-
vision over the Hall as to render it comforta-
ble and cleanly.
Respectfully submitted,
BALTIS H. KENNARD,
JAMBS VALLIANT,
FREDERICK SCHLEY.
I concur in the above report, with the fol-
lowing amendments;
Amend Rule 15th by striking out the
words "majority of the members elected,"
and inserting " three-fourths of the members
elected."
Amend by adopting in lieu of Rule forty-
nine the following Rule, to be inserted as
Rule forty-nine: "The Standing Rules of
the Convention shall not be suspended except
by a vote of at least two-thirds of the mem-
bers present." DANIEL CLARKE.
Mr. HEBB moved that the report be printed.
Mr. CLARKE. I would suggest that there
are only two amendments proposed to be sub-
mitted in reference to them, and the Conven- |
tion may vote upon those amendments and
then place it in the hands of the printer, it"
it is desired that it be printed before any
action, I do not object to it.
Mr. STIRLING. I think it would be better
that we should see what the rules are, and
whether they require amendment, before hav-
ing them printed for permanent use,
Mr. JONES of Somerset. I wish some mem-
bers would state what the rules are, If they
are the rules of the House of Delegates with
some slight amendments, it would seem to be
an unnecessary expense to print them now,
and then after the adoption of an amendment
or two to print them again. I make this sug-
gestion as economy seems to be the order of
the day.
Mr. CUSHING. How are the committee to
know what amendments will be proposed?
There may be any number proposed by mem-
bers besides those suggested by the member
from Prince George's. We cannot print the
rules as the rules of the Convention until we
know what they are, and make up our minds
whether we want any other alterations or not.
The PRESIDENT. The rules will be printed
in the Journal.
Mr. KENNARD. At the last Convention the
rules were not printed in the Journal at the
time they were reported; but I would suggest
that they go upon the Journal, and after they
have been acted upon they can be printed in
form for the use of members. The amend-
ments referred to by the member from Prince
George's are the amendments suggested by
him. He concurs in the report with two ex-
ceptions which are appended to the report.
If those were the only alterations to be made
we could act upon them ait once; beat the rules
may undergo considerable amendment by the
House, It has been necessary to make con-
siderable alterations from the rules of the
House of Delegates in consequence of the
character of the business being altogether
different from that of ordinary legislative
bodies.
Mr. STIRLING. If it is to be entered upon
the Journal, it is unnecessary to order it to be
printed.
Mr. HEBB. With that understanding I
withdraw the motion to print.
The report was read and ordered to be
printed on the Journal.
Mr. KENNARD moved that the report of the
Committee on Rules be made the order of the
day for one o'clock to-morrow.
The motion was agreed to—yeas 35;
nays 32.
Mr. STIRLING stated that the Committee on
the Declaration of Rights would be ready to
report in a few moments.
ADJOURNMENT OVER.
Mr. KING submitted the following order :
Ordered, That when the Convention adjourn
to-morrow, it stand adjourned till 12 o'clock.
Wednesday next. |
