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Time & place
of the meeting
of the Conven-
tion.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case a ma-
jority of the ballots cast shall be in favor of the
call of a Convention as aforesaid, then the said
Convention shall meet at the city of Annapolis on
the last Wednesday of April, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, and shall continue in
session from day to day until the business for
which said Convention shall have been assem-
bled, shall be fully completed and finished; and
said Convention shall have full power and au-
thority to determine on the validity of the
election and qualification of its members, and
the compensation of the delegates to said Con-
vention shall be five dollars per day and the
mileage allowed to members of the General As-
sembly of this State; and the said Convention
shall have power to appoint such clerks and other
officers as may be deemed necessary to facilitate
the transaction of the business of the Convention,
and to fix their compensation; and the Treasurer
of the State of Maryland shall, upon the order of
the President of said Convention, pay to each mem-
ber thereof their per diem and mileage as herein-
before provided, and shall also pay to the officers
of said Convention, upon the order of the Presi-
dent, such compensation as the Convention shall
allow; provided it shall be the duty of the Speaker
of the House of Delegates and of the President of
the Senate to provide a reporter of the debates and
proceedings of said Convention, who shall act un-
til the said Convention shall provide its own
officers.
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Oath to be
taken.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That before any mem-
ber or officer of said Convention shall enter upon
the discharge of his duties, he shall take and sub-
scribe before the Governor of this State, who is
hereby authorized to administer the same, the fol-
lowing oath: I do swear or affirm that I will, to
the best pf my skill and judgment, diligently and
faithfully, without partiality or prejudice, dis-
charge the duties of member of the Convention to
frame a new Constitution and form of Government ;
that I will support the Constitution of the United
States and will be faithful and bear true allegiance
to the State of Maryland and the Government of
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