2028 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Apr. 2

Mr. Sanford submitted the following message to the
Senate

BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,

April 2, 1900.
Gentlemen of the Senate:

The House of Delegates having refused to adopt the
report of the Joint Conference Committee on amend-
ments to House bill, (printed No. 497), being "An Act to
appropriate certain sums of money to sundry charitable
institutions, known as the 'Omnibus Appropriation Bill. '"

We respectfully propose, with the concurrence of your
Honorable Body, a Joint Committee of Conference on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and herewith re-
turn said bill.

We have named as conferees on the part of the House,
Messrs. Sanford, Lehmeyer and Stewart.

By order,

B. L. SMITH,

Chief Clerk.
Which was read, assented to, and sent to the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Bast,
The House took a recess for 15 minutes.

THIRD CONFERENCE REPORT.

The house having resumed its session,

Mr. Sanford presented the following report of the
Conference Committee,

Upon

House bill entitled "An Act to appropriate certain sums
of money to the support of sundry schools and charitable
institutions in the State of Maryland, for each of the two
fiscal years ending on September 30th, 1901 and Septem-
ber 30th, 1902, respectively. "

The Conference Committee respectfully reports and
recommends unanimously:

1st. That the Senate recede from its first amendment,
and recommends the sum of $24, 000 for the fiscal year