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COMMITTEE UPON PRINTING.
Messrs. John K. Longwell, Jas. A. Henderson, James R.
Brewer, Samuel W. Starr, Jno. B. Thomas, Henry A. Sil-
ver, John F. Dent, William Hotter and James L. Horsey.
COMMITTEE UPON CLAIMS.
Messrs. James R. Howison, Alfred Spates, Ezra Whit-
man, Tilghman H. Hubbard, Benjamin B. Chambers, Wil-
liam Janvier, Harry W. Dorsey, Saml. Riggs and Henry
A. Silver.
COMMITTEE UPON PUBLIC WORKS.
Messrs. John H. Barnes, Alfred Spates, Chas. H. Nico-
lai, Sterling Galt, Outerbridge Horsey, Henry D. Farnan-
dis, Wm. T. Goldsborough, Fendall Marbury and S. S.
McMaster.
Mr. Ritchie offered the following, which was adopted:
Ordered, That a committee of seven be appointed by
the president to consider and report upon the usury laws
and rates of interest.
The president presented a communication from Samuel
Macubbin, Esq., comptroller of the city of Baltimore,
stating, in answer to a resolution, that the amount paid
to the judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore city
during the year 1866 was $5, 594.
Mr. Wickes offered the following, which was adopted:
Ordered, That the clerks of the several Circuit Courts
of this State be requested to furnish this Convention with
the following information, viz: The number of cases,
criminal, civil and in equity, which were tried at the sev-
eral terms of the Circuit Courts held in their respective
counties in the years 1865 and 1866; what number of
suits were brought and indictments found in said courts
within the period referred to, specifying the number of
suits brought and indictments found during each term of
court, and the number of jury trials during each of said
terms, the duration of the several terms of court during
said period, and the number of days the petit jury was in
attendance during each term; and that the secretary
transmit a copy of this order to each of the said clerks.
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