1858.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 657

	Negative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Thomas,	Kennard,
Wickes,	Harding,	Lynch, of B. city,
Meginnis,	Bowlus,	Crowley
Griffiss,	Root,	Forrest,
Magruder, Waller,	Koons,	Alexander,
Hobbs,	Rohrer,
Moore,	Hanway,	Gray,
Sudler, of Som.	Bacon,	McKinstry,
Tilghman, Dail,	Stirling,	Reindollar,
McPherson,	Welling,
Grieves,	Smith, of B. city,	Dorsey--34.
Ford, of Cecil,

The said bill was then read the second time, and ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading.

Mr. Belt moved a suspension of the rules, to enable said
bill to have its third reading;

Which was determined in the negative.

The House took up for consideration, the bill entitled, an
act to provide for taking the sense of the people upon the ex-
pediency of calling a Convention to frame a new Constitution
and form of Government for this State, and to provide for
the election of Delegates to said Convention.

Mr. Belt proposed the following amendment:

"Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be deemed
and taken that the said convention is duly approved of by
the people, or authorised to be called together, or to meet for
the purpose contemplated by this act, unless on the said
fourth Wednesday in May next, a majority of the actual legal
voters of the State shall vote 'for' the said convention; and
the said majority shall be computed with reference to the
total vote polled for Governor in the year 1857, as a
standard.''

The yeas and nays were demanded and appeared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Lynch, of Balt. co.	Schnebly,
Neale,	Smith, of Balt. co.	Riddlemoser,
Mackubin,	Kidd,	Duvall,
Kilbourn,	Belt,	Thruston,
Burgess,	Sudler, of Q. A.,	Kilgour,
Walker,	Landing,	Barnard,
Allender,	Spence,	Mountz—22.
Ford, of Balt. co.