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Public Local Laws of Maryland, sub-title 'Tenements and
Lodging Houses. ' "

Which unfavorable report was adopted.

Also, favorably,

House bill entitled "An Act to authorize the Board of
Police Commissioners of Baltimore city to increase the
pension of W. J. Fairbank, a retired policeman of the
police force of Baltimore city. "

Which was read a first time.

Also, unfavorably,

House bill entitled "An Act to repeal section 1, of
Article 68, of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, entitled 'Notaries Public, ' and to re-enact the same
with amendments, and to add three additional sections
thereto, to be designated as 'Sections i A, 1 B and 1 C. '"
Which unfavorable report was adopted.
Mr. Robinson, Chairman pro tem of the Committee on
Elections, submitted the following

REPORT:
Charles W. Barr,

In the House of Delegates
vs. of Maryland.

George B. Merrick.
To the House of Delegates:

Your Committee on Elections beg leave to report:

That in the matter of the contest of Charles W. Darr
versus George B. Merrick, the sitting member from
Prince George's county, the contestant as part of his
case requests that the ballots cast for members of the
House of Delegates at the election held in Prince George's
county, on the 7th day of November last, be recounted
by your Committee, we have examined the testimony
taken on the part of the contestant before a Justice of
the Peace of Prince George's county, to sustain the alle-
gations of his memorial, presented to this House, and
heard argument of counsel on both sides. In our opinion
the testimony already taken furnishes probable cause to
believe that there were a number of illegal ballots cast
and counted at said election which should have been re-
jected, and that the most inexpensive, speediest