"The general assembly shall pass laws
providing that the rites of marriage between
any persons legally competent to contract
marriage may be celebrated by any minister
of any religious denomination, by any mayor
of a city, by any justice of the peace, or in
such manner as is usually practiced by the
society of people called Quakers; and pro-
viding for the registration of all marriages,
however solemnized in this State."
Mr. STIRLING demanded the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was—
yeas 16, nays 36—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs, Abbott, Annan, Cunning-
ham, Cushing, Ecker, Galloway, Hopper,
McComas, Nyman, Parker, Peter, Pugh,
Purnell, Russell, Stockbridge, Thomas—16.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Belt, Blackiston, Bond, Brown, Clarke, Dan-
iel, Davis, of Washington, Dent, Duvall,
Earle, Edelen, Farrow, Harwood, Hebb, Hol-
lyday, Hopkins, Jones, of Somerset, Ken-
nard, King, Lansdale, Lee, Marbury, Markey,
Mitchell, Miller, Mullikin, Murray, Negley,
Parran, Sands, Smith, of Carroll, Sneary,
Stirling, Swope, Todd— 36.
The amendment wag accordingly rejected.
Mr. DUVALL submitted the following amend-
ment.
Section —. The general assembly shall pass
laws providing for the rites of marriage be-
tween any persons legally competent to con-
tract marriage, and provide for the registra-
tion of all marriages, in whatever manner the
same may be solemnized.
On motion of Mr. BOND,
The Convention adjourned.
FIFTY-NINTH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, July 27,1864.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Davenport.
The roll was called, and the following mem-
bers answered to their names:
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Barron, Berry, of Prince
George's, Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Brown,
Carter, Chambers, Clarke, Cunningham,
Cushing, Dail, Daniel, Davis, of Charles, Del-
linger, Dent, Duvall, Earle, Ecker, Edelen,
Farrow, Galloway, Harwood, Hatch, Hebb,
Hollyday, Hopkins, Hopper, Horsey, Jones,
of Cecil, Jones) of Somerset, Kennard, King,
Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Marbury, Markey,
McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Mullikin,
Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parker, Parran,
Peter, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Russell, Sands,
Smith, of Carroll, Smith, of Dorchester,
Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes,
Thomas, Todd, Valliant, Wilmer, Wooden—
70. |
The proceedings of yesterday were read
and approved.
Mr. BLACKISTON presented a petition from
Cornelius J. Scott and others, citizens of Kent
county, asking a change in the place of hold-
ing the sessions of the Court of Appeals ;
Which was read and referred to the com-
mittee on the judiciary.
Mr. WILMER submitted a similar petition
from citizens of Queen Anne's county ;
Which was read and referred to the same
committee.
THE REBEL RAID.
On motion of Mr. BLACKISTON,
It was ordered to beentered on the journal,
that had D. C. Blackiston been present on
Saturday, July 9th, be would have voted cay
on the resolution offered by Mr. Cushing,
and also on the order offered on Tuesday,
July 19th, by Mr. Schley, and the resolution
offered on July 20th, and in favor of the
resolution offered by Mr. Belt, on July 21st.
On motion of Mr. CLARKE,
it was ordered that it be entered on the
journal, that if Mr. Clarke, of Prince George's
county, had been present when the votes
were taken upon the order offered by Mr.
Schley, on Tuesday, July 19th, 1864, upon the
order submitted by Mr. Sands, on Wednes-
day, July 20th, 1864, and upon the resolu-
tions offered by Mr. Stirling, on Wednesday.
July 20th, 1864, he would have voted in the
negative.
Mr. RIDGELY. I have an order to offer some-
what novel in its character, which will re-
quire to be prefaced by some few remarks in
order to make it intelligible. My colleague,
Dr. Mace, now absent at home from sickness,
voted in the negative upon the proposition of
Mr. Schley, of Frederick county, to assess the
losses sustained by Union men, growing out
of the recent rebel raid in Maryland, upon
known rebels. He has written me a letter,
which I will read for the information of the
house:
" BALTIMORE, July 26, 1864.
Hon JAMES L. RIDGELY :
Dear Sir:—I am detained from attending
the convention by causes beyond my control,
and have ben for several days. This is a
source of great regret, as I have been anxious
to change my vote against the proposition of
Mr. Schley, requesting the President and
military authorities to assess the losses of the
loyal men of the State, through the recent
rebel raid, on the rebels of the State. This
I presume cannot now be done, but I desire,
in so far as I can to publicly express my re-
gret for that vote, it having been given in
entire misconception of the facts. Upon
better information and more mature reflec-
tion, I believe the proposition was right,
proper and just, and ought to have been
adopted. Will yon do me the favor to make
this statement for me, as from present appear- |
