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The question being on the adoption of the motion of Mr.
Barren,
It was decided in the negative.
The question recurring upon the motion of Mr. Daniel,
It was decided in the affirmative.
The Convention then adjourned.
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MONDAY, May 30th, 1864.
The Convention met.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. McNemar.
Present at the call of the roll the following members:
Messrs. Goldsborough, President, Abbott, Annan, Barron,
Billingsley, Bond, Brown, Carter, Chambers, Crawford,
Cushing, Dail, Davis, of Charles, Davis, of Washington,
Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Edelen, Farrow, Galloway, Har-
wood, Hatch, Hebb, Holly day, Hopkins, Johnson, Jones, of
Somerset, King, Lee, Mace, McComas, Mitchell, Miller,
Mullikin, Murray, Noble, Nyman, Parker, Purnell, Robi-
nette, Sands, Scott, Smith, of Dorchester, Sneary, Stirling,
Stockbridge, Todd, Turner, Valliant, Wickard—50.
The proceedings of Friday were read.
On motion of Mr. Purnell,
It was ordered to be entered on the Journal that Thomas
B. Smith, of Worcester, is absent from his seat in the Con-
vention in consequence of the serious illness of a member of
his family.
Mr. Mullikin. submitted the following order:
Ordered, That the Committee on the Elective Franchise,
be requested to inquire into the expediency of inserting the
following Article in substance, into the Constitution:
That any person who has voluntarily left this State, and
have gone into any one of the States now in rebellion against
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