1861.]

OF THE SENATE.

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The yeas and nays being demanded, appeared as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Brooke, President; McKaig,

Duvall, Townsend,
Franklin, Watkins,
Gardiner, Whitaker,
Heckart, Yellott—11.
Lynch,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Goldsborough, of Talbot; Stone—3.
Kimmel,

So the third resolution was adopted.

FOURTH RESOLUTION.

Resolved, That the present military occupation of Maryland,
being for purposes, in the opinion of this Legislature, in flagrant
violation of the Constitution, the General Assembly of the State,
in the name of her people, does hereby protest against the same,
and against the oppressive restrictions and illegalities with which
it is attended; calling upon all good citizens, at the same time,
in the most earnest and authoritative manner, to abstain from all
violent and unlawful interference, of every sort, with the troops
in transit through our territory, or quartered among us, and
patiently and peacefully to leave to time and reason the ultimate
and certain re-establishment and vindication of the right.

The yeas and nays being demanded, appeared as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Brooke, President; McKaig,

Duvall, Townsend,
Franklin, Watkins,
Gardiner, Whitaker,
Heckart, Yellott—11.
Lynch,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Goldsborough, of Talbot; Stone—3.
Kimmel,

So the fourth resolution was adopted.

FIFTH RESOLUTION.

Resolved, That under existing circumstances, it is inexpedient
to call a Sovereign Convention of the State at this time, or to