1290 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 23

ORDERS.

Mr. Linthicum submitted the following order:

Ordered, That. Tames W. Owens be paid the sum of
$50 as the share of the House of Delegates for clerical
and professional services rendered the Committee on
Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, as a House commit-
tee and as a Joint Committee, in preparing bills for their
introduction.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on
Claims.

Mr. Satterfield submitted the following order:
Ordered by the House of Delegates, That the Ser-
geant-at-Arms be and he is hereby authorized to secure
the attendance of such members as may be absent with-
out leave, and for that purpose he is hereby empowered
to swear in such deputies as may be necessary, and he is
directed to bring such absent members before the bar of
the House.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Duncan submitted the following order:

Ordered, That R. J. Wilson be paid the sum of $1. 50
per diem for services rendered the Committee on Ways
and Means.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on
Claims.

LEAVES TO INTRODUCE BILLS.
On motion of Mr. Perkins,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Claims to in-
troduce a bill entitled "An Act to refund to Samuel R.
Owens, of Prince George's county, a certain sum of
money erroneously paid into the State Treasury. "
On motion of Mr. Latrobe,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Ways and
Means to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to repeal and
re-enact with amendments, section 22, Article 81, of the
Code of Public General Laws, title 'Revenue and Taxes, '
sub-title 'Rate and Items of State Tax, ' as said section
was amended by the Acts of 1898, chapter 220. "