850 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 13,

WEDNESDAY, March 13th, 1867.

The House met, and was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Cassidy.

Present at the call of the roll the following members:

Messrs. Miller, Speaker, Morgan, Welch, Hall, Williams,
Clarke, Cameron, Hutchins, Ford, Shipley, Nicolai, Davis
of Charles, Thomas, Jump, Dennis, Parsons, Kerr, Evans,
Golibart, Whitaker, Lindsey, Magruder, Calvert, Rouzer,
Buhrman, Baker, Linthicum, Gorsuch, Steiner, Bamford,
Appleman, Tobey, Hoffhine, Bishop, Button, Burche, Tur-
ner, Neilson, Flaherty, Hooper, Knott, Lankford, Stevens,
Kraft, Boswell, Thomson, Davis, of Baltimore city, Walte-
meyer, Feig, Bixler, Pitts, Aydelott, Gordy, Nelson, White-
ford, McCulley, Bruce, McCulloh, Brydon, Carmichael, Neale,
Benton, Poole, Criswell, Gore, Horsey, King, Ham-
mond—65.

On motion of Mr. Neilson,

The bill entitled, an Act to amend the Act of 1866, enti-
tled, an Act to facilitate and encourage emigration to the
State of Maryland ;

Was re-committed to the Committee on Emigration.

Mr. Knott presented the following memorials :

Memorial of J. Howard McHenry and other citizens of
Baltimore county, against any change in the charter of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company;

Memorial of H. E. Tidings and other citizens of Baltimore

- county, against any change in the charter of the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad Company ;

Memorial of Stephen B. Heath, Jr., Richard Contee, and
others, (ladies and gentlemen,) of Prince George's county,
against any change in the charter of the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad Company ;

Memorial of James E. Poulton and others, citizens of
Baltimore, against any change in the charter of the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad Company ;

Memorial of Walter S. Travers and eighty-eight citizens of
Baltimore, against any change in the charter of the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad Company ;

Memorial of Col. P. B. Tilson, and seventy other citizens
of Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Howard, and Montgom-
ery counties, against any change in the charter of the Balti-

more and Potomac Railroad Company;

Memorial of Dr. Scott and forty other citizens of Prince
George's county, against any change in the charter of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company ;