HO MARYLAND MANUAL.

Date. Place. Adjourned.

1828 December 2gth....... Annapolis....................... Mar. i4th, 182^

1829 December asth....... Annapolis.......................Mar. ist, 1830.

1830 December 27th........ Annapolis.......................Feb. 24th, 1831.

1831 December 26th........Annapolis.......................Mar. i4th, 1832

1832 December 3ist........Annapolis.......................Mar. 23d, 1833.

1833 December 3oth........ Annapolis.......................Mar. isth, 1834.

1834 December 29th........Annapolis.......................Mar. sist, 1835.

1835 December 28th....... Annapolis.......................April 4th, 1836.

1836* May 23d..................Annapolis.......................June4th.

December26th........Annapolis.......................Mar. 22d, 1837.

1837* December 25th........Annapolis.......................Mar. ₃oth, 1838.

1838 December 3oth........ Annapolis...................... April 6th, 1839,

1839 December 3oth........Annapolis.......................Mar. 2Tst, 1840.

1840 December 28th........ Annapolis....................... Mar. ioth, 1841

1841 December 27th........Annapolis.......................Mar. ioth, 1842.

1842 December26th........Annapolis.......................Mar. ioth, 1843.

1843 December25th........Annapolis.......................Mar. 9th, 1844.

1844 December soth........Annapolis.......................Mar. ioth, 1845.

1845 Decembr 29th.........Annapolis.......................Mar. loth, 1846

1846 December 28th........ Annapolis.......................Mar. ioth, 1847

i847³ December 27th........Annapolis......................Mar. ioth, 1848

1849* December 3ist.........Annapolis.......................Mar. gth, 1850

1852 January 7th ............Annapolis ......................May 3ist.

¹853 January 5th.............Annapolis.......................May 3ist.

1854* January 4th ...........Annapolis.......................March ioth.

1856 January 2d............. Annapolis.......................March ioth.

1858 January 6th............Annapolis.......................March ioth.

1860 January 4th ...........Annapolis.......................March ioth.

i86i⁸ April 26th ...............Frederick....................... August 7th.

i86i⁷ December 3d...........Annapolis.......................December 24.

1862 January ist.............Annapolis.......................March ioth.

i864⁸ January 6th............Annapolis.......................March ioth.

1865 January 4th........... Annapolis...................... March 24th.

i866⁹ January ioth........... Annapolis.......................February 8th.

i867¹⁰ January 2d.............. Annapolis....................... March 23d.

¹ Adjourn ed session.

^slmportant amendments to the Constitution, proposed at December session,
1836, ratified by this Assembly.

"By Ch. 269 of the Acts of 1845, confirmed by Ch. 806, Acts of 1846, the Consti-
tution was amended so as to substitute biennial for annual sessions of the Legisla-
ture, beginning with 1S47.

*Ch. 346 of the Acts of 1819 provided for the calling of a Constitutional Conven-
tion, after submitting the question to the vote of the people in May, 1850. The
Convention met November 5th, 1850, and adjourned May 13th 1851, the new Consti-
tution becoming operative July 4th, 1851.

^&Sec. 7 of Art. 3 of the Constitution of 1831 provided for the meeting of the As-
sembly on the first \veduesday of January, 1852,1853, 1854, and on the same day every
second year thereafter. From 1854 the sessions were limited to March 10th.

°Extra session, by proclamation of Governor Hicks; sat from April 26th to May
14th; adjourned to [une4th; sat until Tune 25th; adjourned to July 30th; sat until
August 7th; adjourned to September 17th, but on this date no quorum was present,
as a majority of the Assembly had been put under arrest by the Federal Govern-
ment.

'Special session called by Governor Hicks.

BCh. 5. Acts of 1864, provided for a Constitutional Convention, which met April
27th and adjourned September 6th. The new Constitution went into effect Novem-
ber 1st. The Assembly to meet on first Wednesday of January, 1866, and every two
years thereafter. Compensation of members limited to four hundred dollars.

^eExtra session called by Governor Swann to consider the finances of the State,

¹⁰Ch. 327 of the Acts of 1867 provided for the Constitutional Convention which

met May 8th and adjourned August 17th. The Assembly was directed to meet on

the first "Wednesday of January, 1868, and every second year thereafter. Session

limited to 90 days.