200 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 30,
Morgan,
Beck,
Hall,
Williams,
Cameron,
Hutcchins,
Ford,
Shipley,
Davis, of Charles,
Thomas,
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Whitaker,
Lindsey,
Magruder,
Calvert,
Hutton,
Burche,
Coleman,
Neilson,
Hooper,
Knott,
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Feig,
Nelson,
Spicer,
Carmichael,
Neale,
Dawson,
Horsey,
King,
Hammond — 34
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The question then recurred upon the bill;
Mr. Carmichael proposed the following amendment:
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
1st Section, 5th and 6th line: strike out the words "on o:
before the first Monday of February in the year eighteer
hundred and sixty-seven," and insert in lieu thereof, "With-
in ten days after the passage of this Act;"
Which was adopted.
Also the following amendment:
Section 1, line 24: Strike out all after the word "Commis-
sioners,"
Which was adopted.
Mr. Gorsuch proposed the following amendment:
In section 2, line 2d, between the words "courts-and for,"
insert " Judges of the Orphans' Courts;"
Which was adopted.
Also, after the word "select," in line 13, insert the words,
"alternately one name;"
Which was adpoted.
Mr. Carmichael proposed the following:
"Section 9. And be it enacted, That no 'erms of any of the
courts aforesaid, shall be held until juries therefor can be
selected and summoned in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, and in case the times now fixed by law, for holding
the regular terms of any |of said courts, shall arrive before
juries may be summoned in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, it shall be the duty of the judges of said courts to
discharge the juries which may have been summoned by the
sheriffs of said counties or any of them, without reference to
this Act, and to adjourn said term or terms for such time as
may be requisite to enable Juries to be selected and summoned
according to the provisions of this Act, and to direct a venire
facias to issue for summoning the Jurors who may be selected
for such adjourned term or terms, according to this Act, and
to fix the day on which said venire facias shall be returnable,
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