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Chapter 437 of the Acts of,, 1914, and as above set forth, be

and the same is hereby approved and ratified.

[Which was read the first time and referred to the Com-
mittee on Finance. ]

The Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates appeared and
delivered the. following message:

BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
Gentlemen of the Senate: January 20, 1916.

We have received your message proposing, with the con-
currence of your Honorable Body, to proceed to the election
of the Treasurer of the State of Maryland by joint ballot, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of Article 6 of the
Constitution of the State, on Thursday, January 20, 1916, at
2. 15 o'clock P. M., and concur therein. We have named on
the part of the House of Delegates, Hon. Murray Vandiver,
Henry A. Osborne, Jr., and Robert F. Duer, and have ap-
pointed, as tellers on the part of the House of Delegates,
Messrs. McIntosh and Shartzer, who are to receive the votes
of the House of Delegates and, in connection with the tellers
appointed by your Honorable Body, to count the same. We
concur with you in the method of procedure, as set forth
in your message hereto attached.

By order:

ALBERT J. ALMONEY,
[Which was read. ] Chief Clerk.

At 1. 50 o'clock P. M., 011 motion of Mr. Cooper, the Senate
took a recess until 2. 15 o'clock P. M.

At 2. 15 o'clock P. M. the Senate resumed its session. Pres-
ent at roll call the following Senators:

Messrs. —

President Chesley Holmead Mudd Warfield

Allen Collier Johnson Norris Williams

Archer Cooper Jones Ogden Zihlman

Bennett Duvall Joy Parsons

Bomberger Frick Kaufman Shepherd

Brown Harrison Legg Speicher —27

The hour of 2. 15 o'clock P. M. having arrived, the Senate
proceeded to the election of Treasurer of the State of Mary-
land.