678            JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 2,

Meginnis,	Bowlus,	Lynch, of B. city,
Griffiss,	Root,	Crowley,
Magruder,	Koons,	Forrest,
Goldsborough,	Hobbs,	Alexander,
Waller,	Hanway,	Rohrer,
Sudler, of Som.	Bacon,	Gray,
Tilghman,	Baker,	McKinstry,
Dail,	Todd,	Reindollar,
Richardson,	McGonigal,	Day,
Grieves,	Stirling,	Welling,
Davis,	Rogers,	Dorsey—42.
Ford, of Cecil,	McPherson,

So the sixth section of said amendment was not assented to.

Mr. Thruston proposed the following amendment:

Section —. 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, change, abridge, abbreviate, limit, annul, or
do away with the guarantees of religious liberty, in the pre-
sent Constitution and Bill of Rights, contained and expressed,
nor shall it establish any religious test as a qualification for
office, or a condition or qualification to the elective franchise
in this State.

The yeas and nays being demanded, appeared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Sudler, of Som.	Duvall,
Neale,	Belt,	Worthington,
Mackubin,	Wyville,	Thruston,
Kilbourn,	Sudler, of Q. A.,	Kilgour,
Stonestreet,	Landing,	Barnard,
Lynch, of Balt. co.	Rogers,	Mountz—20.
Smith, of B. co,	Riddlemoser,
	Negative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Kidd,	Smith, of B. city,
Wickes,	Thomas,	Kennard,
Meginnis,	Harding,	Lynch, of B. city,
Griffiss,	Bowlus,	Crowley,
Magruder,	Root,	Forrest,
Goldsborough,	Koons,	Alexander,
Waller,	Hobbs,	Rohrer,
Tilghman,	Hanway,	Gray,
Dail,	Bacon,	McKinstry,
Richardson,	Baker,	Reindollar,
Grieves,	McGonigal,	Day,
Davis,	Stirling,	Welling,
Ford, of Cecil,	McPherson,	Dorsey—39.