The roll was called, and the following mem-
bers responded:
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Clarke, Cunningham, Cush-
ing, Daniel, Davis, of Washington, Dent,
Duvall, Earle, Ecker, Edelen, Farrow, Gal-
loway, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hollyday,
Hopkins, Jones, of Somerset, Kennard, King,
Lee, Markey, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Mul-
likin, Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parker, Par-
ran, Peter, Pugh, Purnell, Russell, Sands,
Schley, Stirling, Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes,
Thomas, Todd, Valliant, Wooden—49.
Mr. JONES, of Somerset. Those gentlemen
who have retired from the hall, have done so,
I presume, in consequence of exhaustion and
indisposition. I know that was the case with
two or three of them whom I heard speak
upon the subject. I therefore move that fur-
ther proceedings under the call be dispensed
with,
The motion was agreed to,
Mr. JONES, of Somerset. I move that the
convention do now adjourn.
Mr. CUSHING asked for the yeas and nays
upon this question, and they were ordered.
The question being taken by yeas and nays,
upon the motion to adjourn, it resulted—
yeas 28, nays 21—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Annan., Clarke, Daniel, Dent, Duvall, Ede-
len, Hoffman, Hollyday, Hopkins, Jones, of
Somerset, Kennard, King, Lee, Mitchell, Mil-
ler, Mullikin, Nyman, Parker, Parran, Peter,
Russell, Sands, Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes,
Thomas, Todd—28.
Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Audoun, Canning-
ham, Cushing, Dails, of Washington, Earle,
Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Hatch, Hebb,
Markey, McComas, Murray, Negley, Pugh,
Purnell, Schley, Stirling, Valliant, Wooden
—21.
The convention accordingly adjourned.
FIFTY-EIGHTH DAY.
TUESDAY, July 26,1864.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. McNemar.
The roll was called, and the following mem-
bers answered to their names :
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Barron, Belt, Berry, of
Prince George's, Blackiston, Bond, Brown
Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Cunningham
Cushing, Dail, Daniel, Davis, of Charles
Davis, of Washington, Dent, Duvall, Earle
Ecker, Edelen, Farrow, Galloway, Hatch
Hebb, Hoffman, Hollyday; Hopkins, Hopper
Horsey, Jones, of Cecil, Kennard, King, Lee
Markey, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan
Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parker
Parran, Peter, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Rus
sell. Sands, Schley, Smith, of Carroll, Smith
of Dorchester, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge |
Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Valliant, Wil-
mer, Wooden—67.
The journal of yesterday was read and ap-
proved.
ABSENT MEMBERS.
On motion of Mr. PURNELL,
It wag ordered to beentered on the journal,
that Mr. Smith, of Worcester county, is de-
tained from his seat in the convention by-
sickness in his family.
On motion of. Mr. CUNNINGHAM,
It was ordered to be entered on the journal,
that the continued absence of Mr. Baker, of
Frederick county, is caused by sickness.
BINDING OF DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS.
Mr. VALLIANT submitted the following :
Ordered, That the State librarian shall
have bound one thousand copies of the jour-
nal of proceedings, and one thousand copies
of the debates of this convention, at a cost
not to exceed the rates per volume of binding
the laws and journals of the last general as-
sembly, and shall distribute the same as the
laws and journals are now distributed, and
the same amount allowed by law, to pay the
expenses of distributing the laws and jour-
nals, is hereby directed to be paid for distri-
buting the journal and debates of this con-
vention. The remaining copies to remain in
the library.
Mr. MILLER. I think there is a law now in
regard to the printing, binding and distribut-
ing of these volumes of reports; it confers
upon the comptroller and the treasurer the
authority to make the contract.
Mr. VALLIANT. My recollection is that the
comptroller is not empowered by the bill
calling this convention together to make a
contract for book-binding. His power ex-
tends only to contract with the printer for
printing the journal of proceedings, and the
debates, and such other printed matter as
may be necessary. The State librarian
deems it his duty, as the librarian of the
State, to contract with the binder for the
binding of the journal, and. from the best in-
formation I can receive it is necessary that
he should make the contract now, in order
to enable the book-binder to go to work at
once making preparations for binding these
volumes. Indeed, Mr. Jordan (librarian)
has already entered into some preliminary
arrangements looking to the binding of these
journals. I do not know anything about
the business of book-binding; but the binder
is doing something by way of making pre-
parations to bind these volumes. The sheets
are being sent to the binder as rapidly as
they are worked off. Mr. Jordan feels that
he is acting without sufficient authority, and
he would like the authority of this conven-
tion for continuance of these arrangements,
I think it necessary that this order should
pass. |
