Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-19

The Con vention at Annapolis, at Friday
evenings session, finally settled the 5Chesa-
! peake and Ohio canal question, over which
the struggle has been protraeted and bitter
The trustees appointed by the mortgage Of
1S4s, and their successors, succeeded IN OBJ.
tanning from the committee on pubhc works
2 report giving them the control of the canal
! until 1883. OF until the debt shall have been
paid. The Convention struck the article out,
and refused to adopt the compromises offered
oy the trustee interest. giving the latter a par
), TAI control. On Friday morning the matter
was settled by the en- tire success Of the oppo-
sing interest. The canal is to remain, as at
o ent. under the control Of the board of pub
nc works OF the State. BY the constitution Of
1864 the Legislature 10 allowed to coatrol this
board. but the Convention have refused to al
low that body any authority in the matter, and
the power OF the board is thus made absolute,
with the single exception that a. present they
have the power to regulate the canal tolls,
which power 10, after the constitution goes
into effect, to be transferred to the president
Legislature, adopted at it's last session,
requiring the hoard OF public works to
vote for q president and four directors OF
majority OF the preferred bondholders, was de-
claTed null and void. This act has never been
enforced-the Boa-d refusing to recognise the
authority Of the legislature. The section in
preferred bonds owned by the State was taken
up and amended SO that .sthe Board OF Pub
lie Works. is authorized to exchange the States
ihicAcet &c StOcAuOloeT duU CT6QltOE IN the BAL
timore and Ohio Railroad Company for an
equal amount Of the bonds or registered debt
owing bv the State, provided such exchange
snall not be made at less than par, nor less
tnan the market value Of said stock to the ex.
fent only OF all the preferred stock OF the State
on which the State Is entitled to only six per
cent Interest," The section further positively
prohibits any sale of the States interest in
the Washington Branch road At Satur-
day mornings session, as amended, it was
adopted by the Conventional being the las,
portion Of the Constitution to be acted
upon. The Constitution was then put upon
Its final passage by the Convention. aud
was adopted-yeas 90. nays 4-Messrs. Peters
and Rennolds. OF Baltimore city, Horsey of
Somerset. and Stoddert of Charles, voting in
the negative. Sixteen members were absent or
not voting. 1t was then signed by the Presi.
dent, tested by the Secretary, and deposited
In the office Of the Clerk OF the Court of Appeals
a proposition was made that the Con yention
stand adjourned until the 7th of October next,
when, If not called together by the President,
1t stand adjourned sine die. This was to pro-
vide for the contingency Of any thing occurring
TO prevent the election ordered by the Constitu-
tfon from taxing place. At first the idea met
with considerable favor but dou BITS were raised
as to the power Of the Convention to take sueh
action, and as it was also feared it htinyal-
idate the Constitution, it was Withdrawn
After farewell address by the President this
body adjourned sine die. An annual reunion
in Baltimore on the 18th Of August was pro-
vided for. On Friday evening q caucus of the
mem bers was held for the purpose of pre.
parIng an address to the people to accompany
the Constitution, but it was concluded that
thai Ill strument should speak for itself