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630 the people, and until the end of the session of the Legislature next thereafter; after which period the said offices of chancellor and register shall be abolished. And the Legislature shall in the meantime provide by law for the recording, safe-keeping or other disposition of the records, decrees and other proceedings of the court of chancery, and for the copying and alteration thereof, and for the custody and use of the great seal of the State, when requir ed after the expiration of said five yeats, and for the transmission to the said counties and the city of Baltimore, all the causes and proceedings in said coutt as may be then undisposed of and unfin ished, in such manner and under such regulations as may be deemed necessary and proper." Which was read. Mr. Spencer moved to amend said substitute by adding at the end thereof, the following proviso "Provided, that no new business shall originate in the said court, nor shall any cause be removed to the samefrom any other court in this State, from and after the ratification of this constitution." Mr. John Newcomer, moved to amend the 25th section in print ed report, by striking out from the word "office" in the 8th line, to end of said section, and substitute in lieu of it the following: "For two years, at the expiration of which time, any causes re maining unheard and undetermined, shall be taken to the county or city where the defendant, or if mote than one, a plurality of the defendants may reside, where the judge of the county or city court shall have jurisdiction, hear and determine the same, and after the expiration of two years from the adoption of this constitution, the office of register in chancery, shall be and are hereby abolished;" Which was read. Mr. Morgan, moved the Convention postpone the further consid eration of said 25th section and amendrnents; Determined in the affirmative. Mr. Morgan then moved that the Convention resume the consid eration of the 13th section of the report The question was then put on the motion of Mr. Morgan, to amend said 13th section, by striking out all of said section down to the word "equity," inclusive in the 5th line thereof. Mr. Brent of Balt, city, moved the question be taken by yea and nays, and being ordered appeared as follows: AFFIRMATIVE—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan, Blakistones Dent, Ricaud, Lee, Chambers of Kent, Dorsey, Wells, Randall Kent, Seilman, Dalrymple, Brent of Charles, Lloyd, Dickinson, Colston, John Dennis, Dashiell, Williams, Hicks, Hodson, G oldsborough, Eccleston, Miller, Bowling, Dirickson, McMaster, Hearn, Fooks, Jacobs, Johnson, Gaither, Biser, Annan, Sapping- ton, Nelson, Schley, Fiery, John New corner, Harbine, Michael |
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