2032 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Apr. 2

tember, 1901, and on the 30th of September, 1902, res-
pectively. "

Endorsed: "Report of Conference Committee adopted
by yeas and nays, and bill passed by yeas and nays. "

Also delivered the following:

BY THE SENATE,

April 2nd, 1900.
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

We propose with the concurrence of your Honorable
Body that the two Houses of the General Assembly ad-
journ sine die at 12 o'clock, midnight.

By order,

ALFRED RITTER,

Secretary.

Mr. Stewart submitted the following message:
BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,

April 2, 1900.
Gentlemen of the Senate:

We have received your message proposing the adjourn-
ment of the General Assembly at 12 o'clock, midnight,
and concur therein.

By order,

B. L. SMITH,

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

On motion,

The House suspended business, and the following pro-
ceedings were had.

Mr. Long made the following address:

MB. SPEAKER: —I have the honor of addressing you
for a moment on a matter not pertaining to the affairs of
State. For ninety days the members of the House of
Delegates for the session of the year nineteen hundred,
under your unrivalled leadership and unexampled parli-
amentary skill, have labored for the Commonwealth of
Maryland. They have not accomplished all they desired,