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Staff Officers, shall be that of the army of the United States ac-
cording to their respectives arms and grades.

7.  That there be appointed an Inspector General, who shall
annually inspect the Militia, and report to the Governor; and, when,
required shall act as Assistant Adjutant General.

8.  That persons who have served for seven years as volunteers,
or as officers of district regiments, organized into companies, or
as General or Staff Officers, shall be exempt from militia duty,
except in case of war, invasion or insurrection.

9.  That no change be made in the law of 1854, relative to
the Light Division of Baltimore city, except such, if any, as may
be necessary to conform with this system.

10. This Convention further most earnestly recommend as a mat-
ter of indispensible necessity, the establisment by the State of a
Military Academy, similar to that of the State of Virginia, at
Lexington; and while this Convention would prefer, if the ground
were entirely unoccupied, a more central and less exposed po-
sition, yet, as a Military Academy has been established at Ox-
ford, under favorable auspices, they recommend that that Acade-
my be made a State Institution, with not less than twelve cadets,
supported by the State, with a propotional number from the Dis-
trict of Columbia, if provision be made for their support by Con-
gress.                                      

By order of the Convention of Officers,

HENRY MANKIN,
                           Brig. Gen'l 14th Brigade, M. M.

                        Baltimore, Feb. 14, 1856.

Which was referred to Committee on Militia.
On motion of Mr. Kennedy,

The House took up for consideration the bill entitled, an act
to raise additional revenue to pay the debts of this State, by in-
creasing the rates of licenses to ordinary keeper and traders ;

Mr. Goldsborough moved to strike out the word "forty" and
insert "twenty-five," in the 18th line of the 4th section;

Mr. Wickes moved as an amendment to insert after the word
"done" in the 14th line of section 4th, "And if it shall appear
from such statement that such rate of rent, or annual value of such
house, or place, does or shall not exceed seventy-five dollars, then
it shall be the duty of said Clerk before granting such license, to
demand and receive therefore the sum of thirty-five dollars;

Which was determined in the negative.
Mr. Harris offered the following as an amendment:

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