674          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 2,

alteration, emendation or change, in any of those parts,
articles, sections or provisions of the existing Constitution
and Bill of Rights which give to the people the power of
electing the principal officers of the several departments of
the government under the same, and which recognize the
extension of popular rights in that regard, which was inau-
gurated by the movements that resulted in the adoption of the
present Constitution.

Section 15. And be it enacted, That the said convention,
if it shall assemble in pursuance of this act, shall have no
power or authority, directly or indirectly, in any manner
whatever, to alter, amend or change, or to recommend any
alteration, emendation or change in any of those parts,
articles, sections or provisions of the existing constitution and
Bill of Rights, which establish the city of Annapolis as the
Seat of Government.

Section 16. And be it enacted, As the express and un-
doubted meaning of this act, that, in reference to the taking
the sense of the people on the first Wednesday of May next,
as hereinbefore provided, this act shall be construed as fol-
lows, and in no other way, namely: That it is the express
meaning of this act only to authorise a vote by the people on
the first Wednesday of May next, as to the expediency of
calling the convention aforesaid as a body that is to be ne-
cessarily limited in its powers to the extent of the exceptions,
limitations and denial of powers herein recited. And the
ballots to be cast on the said day "for" "or" against the con-
vention, as hereinbefore provided, shall be held, taken and
deemed to signify only the wishes, opinions and will of the
people, favorable or unfavorable, as the case may be, as to
the calling a convention limited and restricted in the respects
aforesaid, it being the express and deliberate intention of this
act that the only question before the people on the said first
Wednesday in May, shall be the expediency of calling a
convention limited as aforesaid.

The question being upon the first section of said amend-
ment,

It was not assented to.

The question then being on the second section of said
amendment,

The yeas and nays were demanded an appeared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Grieves,	Smith, of B. city,
Neale,	Davis,	Kennard,
Mackubin,	Ford, of Cecil,	Crowley,