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746 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 5,
article, by adding thereto cerium new .sections prohibiting manumission of negro slaves, prohibiting and punishing the immigration of free negroes, providing a board of police commissioners, and authorising them to sell and bind out free negroes, and authorising free negroes to renounce their freedom and become slaves.
After some time spent in committee of the whole, the committee rose, and through Mr. {Stake, chairman, reported that they had had the bill entitled, an act to amend the 65th article of the code of public general laws by repealing the 42d, 43d, 44th, 45th, 46th, 55th, of.th, and f>[)th sections of said article, and by adding thereto certain new sections prohibiting manumission of negro slaves, prohibiting and punishing the immigration of free negroes, providing a board of police commissioners, and authorising them to sell and bind out free negroes, and authorising free; negroes to renounce their freedom and become slaves under consideration, had made some progress thereon, and asked leave to sit again.
Which was concurred in.
Mr. Legg, from a select committed reported favorably on the Senate bill entitled, an act to continue in force the act to incorporate the Queen Anne's and Kent county Railroad company;
Mr. Freaner, from a select committee, reported favorably on the bill entitled, an act to amend the 134th and 135th sections of article 21st of the public local laws relating to Hagerstown;
Which was read the first time.
Mr. Barnard, from a select committee, reported the bill entitled, an act to provide for the compensation of James M. Schle}7 for certain services performed by him in the Court of Appeals of Maryland;
Which wy-s read the first time, and referred, to the committee on Claims.
Mr. Worth in gton, from a select committee, reported favorably on the lull entitled, an act to make valid a deed from Arthur I. Rich and wife to tho vestry of St. Michael's Church, in Baltimore county;
Which was read the first time, and referred to the Baltimore county delegation.
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