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106 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 18, sentalives from Maryland to use their influence to have a survey made of the harbor at the mouth of Patuxent River. Which was read a first time, and Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. JOINT ASSEMBLY. The hour of 12 o'clock, noon, having arrived, the Senators of Maryland appeared in the Hall of the House of Delegates, and the two Houses, in Joint Convention, in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Congress, 1866, chapter 245, entitled " An Act to regulate the times and manner of hold- ing elections for Senators in Congress," proceeded to hold an election for Senator to succeed the Hon. Geo. Vickers, as Senator from Maryland, in the Congress of the United States. The loll of Senators was then called by the Secretary of the Senate, and the roll of the House of Delegates by the Clerk of the House, When it appeared, by a viva voce vote of each Senator and Member present, (a majority of all the members elected to both Houses being present and voting), that on JOINT VOTE Hon. James T. Earle received 9 votes (( Geo. Vickers ' 22 ' " George R. Dennis ' 15 " " James B. Groome ' 12 " Daniel M. Henry ' 15 " " P. F. Thomas ' 8 ' (< Jno. R. Franklin ' 4 (( " Alexander Randall ' 1 " " R. B. Carmichael ' 2 ( " J. A. J. Creswell " 11 ' 99 Whereupon, it appearing that no person had received a majority of all the votes cast, the Chairman, declared that no person had been elected by the Joint Convention, as Senator from Maryland to the Congress of the United States On motion of Mr. Griswold. At twelve o'clock and twenty minutes, P. M., the Joint Convention adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock, noon. The House then resumed the consideration of the business of the Session. Mr. Kirk moved that when this House adjourn to-day, it stand adjourned until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock |
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