TUESDAY, November 5, 1805.

MONDAY, the fourth instant, being the day appointed by the constitution and form of government for the
meeting of the general assembly of this state, several of the members of this house accordingly met on that day,
but a sufficient number of members to proceed to business not appearing, the house adjourned until to-day, when
the following members appeared, viz.

For SAINT-MARY'S county. Mr, John Leigh. KENT county. Mr. Cornelius Hurtt, Mr. William Gale. ANNE-ARUNDEL county. Mr. Richard Merriken,	Mr. James C. Hyland. DORCHESTER county. Mr. Solomon Frazier, Mr. Joseph Ennalls, Mr. George Ward, Mr. John Smoot.	HARFORD county. Mr. John Montgomery. CAROLINE county. Mr. Peregrine F. Bayard, Mr. White Turpin, Mr. Alemby Jump.
Mr. John F. Mercer,	CAECIL county.	CITY of BALTIMORE.
Mr. Joshua C. Higgins. CHARLES county.	Mr. John L. Porter. PRINCE-GEORGE'S county.	Mr. Andrew Ellicott, junior, Mr. John Stephen.
Mr. Philip Stuart,	Mr. Archibald Van-Horn,	WASHINGTON county.
Mr. George D. Parnham,	Mr. Francis M. Hall,	Mr. John Bowles,
Mr. William H. McPherson,	Mr. Alexander Contee,	Mr. Robert Smith,
Mr. Henry H. Chapman.	Mr. Henry A. Callis.	Mr. William Yates.
BALTIMORE county. Mr. Amos Ogden, Mr. Alexis Lemmon, Mr. George Harryman. TALBOT county. Mr. Thomas S. Denny,	CITY of ANNAPOLIS. Mr. John Muir, Mr. Arthur Shaaff. QUEEN-ANNE'S county. Mr. Joseph H. Nicholson, junior.	MONTGOMERY county. Mr. William Carroll, Mr. Brice Selby, Mr. Richard Key Watts,
Mr. Edward Lloyd,	FREDERICK county.	ALLEGANY county.
Mr. Solomon Dickinson.	Mr. Thomas Hawkins,	Mr. Benjamin Tomlinson,
SOMERSET county.	Mr. Joab Waters,	Mr. George Rizer,
Mr. George W. Jackson,	Mr. Henry Kuhn.	Mr. Thomas Cresap.

A sufficient number of delegates being convened, they severally qualified in the presence of each other, by

taking the several oaths required by the constitution and form of government, by subscribing a declaration of

their belief in the christian religion, and by taking, repeating and subscribing, the oath to support the consti-
tution of the United States.

WEDNESDAY, November 6, 1805.

THE same members met as on yesterday, who proceeded to ballot for a speaker, and the ballots being depo-
sited in the ballot box. on examination thereof it appeared, that Archibald Van-Horn, Esquire, was elected.

Mr. Benjamin Hanson, a delegate returned for Kent county, Mr. Lloyd Dorsey, a delegate returned for
Anne-Arundel county, Mr. William Gleaves, a delegate returned for Queen-Anne's county, Mr. Tench Ring-
gold, a delegate returned for Washington county, appeared, and after qualifying in the mode prescribed by the
constitution and form of government, and taking an oath to support the constitution of the United States, took
their seats in the house.

The house proceeded to ballot for a clerk; the ballots being deposited in the ballot box, the gentlemen named

to strike retired, and after sometime returned and reported, that Mr. John Brewer was elected. ORDERED,

That he be qualified as such, by taking the several oaths required, by subscribing a declaration of his belief in