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Accepting the trust conferred, and thanking you for the
very agreeable manner in which you have communicated the
intelligence of my election,

I have the honor to be,

Respectfully and truly yours,

BARNES COMPTON.
On motion by Mr. Bannon, it was

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Buildings be in-
structed to examine into the general management of each
State institution and building, and the manner of keeping
the accounts of each, with a view of suggesting such im-
provements and additions therein as may be deemed advi-
sable.

On motion by Mr. Ford, it was

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourns to-day it stand
adjourned until Tuesday next, at 11 o'clock, A, M.

On motion by Mr. Steiner,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Education to intro-
duce a bill entitled an Act to repeal Section 2, of Chapter 2,
and Section 8, of Chapter 4, of an Act passed January Ses-
sion, 1872, Chapter 377, entitled an Act to repeal an Act
passed at the January Session, 1870, entitled an Act to repeal
an Act passed at the January Session, 1868, entitled "Public
Education, " providing a general system of free public schools
for the State of Maryland, and to repeal all laws inconsistent
therewith, and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to
substitute in lieu of said Sections the following.

On motion by Mr. Miller,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Finance to intro-
duce a bill to be entitled "an Act relating to appropriations
for the erection, repair or furnishing of public buildings, or
for any public improvement. "

On motion by Mr. Miller,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Judicial Pro-
ceedings to introduce a bill to be entitled "an Act relating to
contracts for the erection, repair or furnishing of public
buildings, or for any public improvement. "

On motion by Mr. Humphreys,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Judicial Proceed-
ings to amend Section 24, of Article 56, of the Code of Public
General Laws, entitled "Licenses. "
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