1166 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 22

THURSDAY, March 22nd, 1900.

The House met at 12 M. and was opened with prayer
by Rev. J. Earle Maloy.

Present at the call of the roll the following members:

Messrs. Speaker, King. Garner, Kendall, Norris, of Kent;
Ditty, Krems, Phelps, Feldmeyer, Simmons, Walbach, of
G., Lancaster, Choate, Stewart, Truitt, of Baltimore
county; Sandman, Jeffers, Collins, Dudley, of Talbot;
Ward, Dryden, Disharoon, Corkran, Pattison, Linthicum,
Mackie, Keys, Kimble, Merrick, Contee, Dudley, of Queen
Anne's; Norman, Smith, Anderson, of Wor.; Truitt, of
Wor.; Buckey, Waters, Bast, Lakin, Brown, of Frederick;
Mitchell, Proctor, Foster, Satterfield, Lednum, Scrimger,
Dunn, Gately, Brown, of Baltimore city; Mencke, Bramble,
Sanford, Knott, Lehmayer, Latrobe, Curtis, Duncan, Mar-
tenet, Siegmund, Cover, Robinson, Real, Johnson, Long,
Staley, Biggs, Clark, Deets, Hutton, Frenzel, Radcliffe,
Close, Critchfield, Graeff, Anderson, of Car,, Norris, of
Carroll; Hoffacker, Walsh, Wolfe, Waller, Roberts, Ben-
nett, Wilson, Finzel—85.

The Journal of the 21st was read and approved.

PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER PAPERS.

Mr. Contee presented the petition of G. M. Leaking
and 20 other citizens against the passage of the bill cre-
ating board of road commissioners for Prince George's
county, and favoring the passage of the bill providing
for district road commissioners for said county.

Which was read and referred to the Prince George's
county delegation.

Mr. Roberts presented the petition of J. R. Waters and
34. 0 other citizens of Wicomico county in opposition to
the Corkran Fish bill.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on
Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries.

Mr. Lakin presented the petition of Mr. Kolb and 37
others in favor of a general local option law.