374 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 25,

And the Senate proceeded, as the Constitution provides, to
reconsider the said bill returned by the Governor to the Sen-
ate with his objections, which bill is in the following words,
to wit:

An Act to repeal section 1 of Article LXXIII. of the Code
of Public General Laws, entitled 'Penitentiary,' regulating
the appointment of Directors of the Maryland Penitentiary,
and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SEC. 1. Be it, enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That section 1 of Article LXXIII. of the Code of Public
General Laws, entitled "Penitentiary," be and the same is
hereby repealed, and the following is enacted as section 1 of
said Article:

1. The Governor of this State, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall bi-annually appoint Directors of
the Maryland Penitentiary, to be selected from suitable per-
sons who are residents of the city of Baltimore; he shall ap-
point at the present Session of the General Assembly six-
Directors, two of whom shall be appointed for two years, two
shall be appointed for four years, and two shall be appointed
for six years, who shall hold office until their successors are
appointed and qualified. They may be removed as provided
for in this Article. The Governor shall designate the res-
pective terms of said appointees; as the terms designated
above shall expire, the Governor shall fill them for six years
each.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

On motion by Mr. Earle,
The bill was reconsidered.
The question then being,

"Shall this bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the
Governor?"

It was determined in the negative by yeas and nays as fol-
lows :

AFFIRMATIVE

Messrs. Blake, Suit—2.
NEGATIVE.

Messrs. President, Getty,

Aydelott, Knight,

Brewer, Longwell,

Billingsley, Lloyd,

Brattan, Mudd,

Crawford, McCulloh,

Claggett, Stevens,