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Determined in the negative.
Mr. BOWIE then moved to amend said order by
striking out after the word "be," in 1st line, to
the end of said order, and inserting in lieu there-
of, "directed to report forthwith on the Constitu-
tion as adopted by this Convention."
Mr. CHAMBERS, of Kent, at one o'clock at
night, moved the Convention adjourn.
Mr. CHAMBERS demanded the yeas and nays,
Which appeared as follows:
Affirmative— Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Morgan,
Lee, Chambers, of Kent, Donaldson, Wells, Ran-
dall. Weems, John Dennis, Dashiell, Williams,
Hicks, Hodson, Goldsborough, Eccleston, Tuck,
Sprigg, Spencer, Fooks, Shriver, Biser, Stephen-
son, Magraw, Thawley, Stewart, of Caroline, and
Waters—26.
Negative—Messrs. Sellman, Howard, Buch-
anan, Bell, Welch, Chandler, Ridgely, Lloyd,
Sherwood, of Talbot, Colston, Constable, Mc-
Cullough, Miller, McLane, Bowie, Grason,
George, Wright, Dirickson, McMaster, Jacobs,
Gaither, Annan, Sappington, McHenry, Carter,
Gwinn, Stewart, of Baltimore city, Sherwood,
of Baltimore city. Ware, Harbine, Michael New-
comer, Brewer, Anderson, Hollyday and Shower
—36. So the Convention refused to adjourn.
The question then recurred on the adoption Of
the amendment as offered by Mr. BOWIE.
Mr. GRASON accepted the amendment.
The order was then adopted as amended.
Mr. TUCK, chairman of the committee on re-
vision, reported the Constitution as having been
engrossed, and stated, that after a careful exami-
nation, it had been found to correspond, in all re-
spects, with the articles adopted by the Convention.
Mr. HOWARD moved that it be now signed by
the President of the Convention, and attested by
the Secretary thereof.
Mr. RANDALL rose and inquired if this order
pissed, what were the President and Secretary
required to attest as the Constitution ? The pa-
pers before the Convention were not capable of
receiving such an attestation. There was no one
complete document, but many independent pieces
of paper, some printed, some written; many in-
terlineations and amendments made by the committee,
some of which had not been acted on by
the Convention. Were all these several scraps
of paper to be identified by this attestation, or
was the attestation to be to a part only, and the
Secretary to decide what other parts belonged to
the Constitution?
He did hope that the Convention would not pass
this order, but would adjourn until to-morrow,
when the whole Constitution would be put into
proper form, and carefully examined and duly
attested. Thus the Convention would complete
this important duty in a manner worthy the dig-
nity of the subject, and the just expectations of
the people.
Mr. GOLDSBOROUGH demanded the yeas and nays
Which appeared as follows:
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