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Convention refused to entertain the amendment, it re-
quiring 60 votes.
Mr. Nicolai moved to strike out the section prohibiting
members of the Legislature from holding office. He
thought the members of the Legislature had as much
right to hold office as the members of this Convention.
The Convention refused to entertain the amendment.
Mr. Walsh asked to open the 32d section, so as to offer
an amendment allowing the Legislature to give effect to
informal or invalid deeds.
The Convention refused to entertain the amendment.
Mr. Pole asked to amend section 45, so as to provide
that the salaries of the clerks and registers of wills of the
counties shall not exceed $2, 500 per annum, which was
not agreed to.
The bill was then passed, yeas 66, nays 35—Messrs.
Austin, Bradley, Brent, Brewer of Baltimore city, Brewer
of Montgomery, Brooke, Cosgrove, Duvall, Emach, Hall,
Hammond, Hoblitzell, Hodson, Hollyday, Horsey of Som-
erset, Hubbard, Ireland, Jamison, Lee, Marbury, Massey,
Mitchell, Morris, Nelson, C. S. Parran, John Parran,
Peters, Rennolds, Rider, Riggs, Ritchie, Roman, Spates,
Stoddert, and Watkins of Montgomery.
The report of the committee on the judiciary was
taken up.
Mr. Barnes moved to reconsider the 22d section, fixing
the salaries of the chief judges and of the associate
judges.
Mr. Carter raised the point of order that it was not now
competent to vote on the salary of the chief judges. The
Convention had fixed the salary at $3, 750, and the gentle-
man from Baltimore county, (Mr. Nicolai, ) had moved to
reconsider the vote placing it at the above sum. The Con-
vention had refused by yeas and nays to reconsider, and
he (Mr. Carter) submitted that it was not now in order
for the Convention to vote upon the salary of the chief
judges.
The Chair (Mr. Brooke) decided the point was well
taken; that it was not competent to touch the subject of
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