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And be it enacted, That said commission before pur-
chasing the site and contracting for the building of said
school house, may set aside and reserve out of said $20, 000
whatever sum they may deem necessary for the equip-
ment of said, school house, including the cost of heating
and lighting the same.

Amend by adding sections 9 and 10.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the Acts of 1896, chap-
ter 193, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Which proposed amendments were severally read and
concurred in, and

The bill, as amended, was then passed by yeas and
nays, as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs.

Speaker, Pattison, Bramble,
King, Linthicum, Sanford,
Kendall, Keys, Knott,
Norris, of Kent, Merrick, Latrobe,
Ditty, Perkins, Robinson,
Phelps, Contee, Real,
Feldmeyer, Norman, Johnson,
Simmons, Smith, Staley,
Lancaster, Truitt, of Wor., Biggs,
Choate, Buckey, Frenzel,
Stewart, Waters, Radcliffe,
Truitt, of Bal. co., Bast, Close,
Sandman, Lakin, Critchfield,
Jeffers, Foster, Anderson, of Car.,
Dudley, of Talbot, Satterfield, Walsh,
Ward, Scrimger, Roberts,
Dryden, Brown, of Bal. city, Wilson,
Disharoon, Mencke, Finzel—55.
Corkran,

NEGATIVE—None.

House Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of Mary-
land requesting our Representatives in Congress to vote
for the passage of the Grout and Richardson bills now
before Congress.