632 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 21,

for that purpose ; and, whereas, the indigent children in-
tended to be provided for under the bequest have had no
benefit, as is believed, of said bequest; and, whereas, the
Trustees of said McDonough Charity School, Fund have for
many years made no report of the condition of the said
Charity School Fund, although, expressly required to do so
annually by the terms both of the will and of the Act of As-
sembly ; and whereas, it is right and proper that the mat-
ter shoud be inquired into and the condition of the fund as-
certained ; therefore, be it ordered, That the President of
the Senate shall forthwith appoint a Committee of three Sena-
tors to examine into, investigate and report to this Body as
soon as practicable, the condition of the McDonough Charity
School Fund of Charles County, that said report shall show
the date of the last report of the Trustees of the said fund,
and its recitals, what losses, if any, have been sustained by
the fund, by whom, when, to what extent, and on account of
what cause, and what amounts are now on hand, and how
invested, and if the same be loaned out to individuals or cor-
porations, to ascertain and report the names of such individ-
uals or corporations, on what security they have borrowed
and hold the same, and the several amounts of indebtedness
to the fond ; and be it further ordered, That to make effec-
tive the aforegoing, the said Committee are authorized to
send for persons and papers, which may, in their judgment,
be useful for the purposes of the investigation, and are
hereby empowered to examine witnesses under oath.

The President, in pursuance of the above order, appointed
as such Select Committee—Senators Lancaster, Miller and
Wilson.

On motion by Mr. Dennis,

Leave was granted to Senators Dennis, Humphreys and
Franklin to introduce a bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit
the taking or catching of oysters with scoop's, drags or
dredges in certain waters of Somerset County.

On motion by Mr. McLane,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Corporations to
introduce a bill to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 242,
of the Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an
an Act to repeal Chapter 476, of the Acts of eighteen hun-
dred and seventy, entitled an Act to provide for the creation
and regulation of incorporated Companies in the State of
Maryland, and to enact a substitute therefor, by adding four
additional sections thereto.