49 JO URNAL OF PROCEEDINGS May 3,

FRIDAY, May 3, 1861—3 O'CLOCK, P. M,

The Senate resumed the further consideration of the bill,
entitled,

An act to provide for the Safety and Peace of the people of
Maryland,

Mr. Kimmel offered the following

AMENDMENT.

Strike out in section one, line six, the words "a Board of
Public Safety," and insert "a Military Despotism."

The yeas and nays being demanded, appeared as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Kimmel, Smith,

Nuttle, Stone—4.

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Brooke, President; Goldsborough, of Talbot;

Blackistone, Heckart,

Bradley, Lynch,

Duvall, Miles,

Dashiell, Townsend,

Franklin, Watkins,

Gardiner, Whitaker,

Grahame, Yellott—16.

So the Senate rejected the amendment,
Mr. Smith offered the following

AMENDMENT I

In sixth line, section one, strike out "a Board of Public
Safety," and insert, "a Committee to plunge the State of Mary-
land into secession by indirection by force of arms."

The yeas and nays being demanded, appeared as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Kimmel, Smith,

Nuttle, Stone—4.

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Brooke, President; Goldsborough, of Talbot;

Bradley, Heckart,

Blackistone, Lynch,

Duvall, Miles,

Dashiell, Townsend,

Franklin, Watkins,

Grahame, Whitaker,

Gardiner, Yellott—16.