480 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 26

ance at to-night's session on account of important busi-
ness.

On motion of Mr. Corkran, it was

Ordered, That Mr. Linthicum be excused from to-
night's session on account of sickness.

On motion of M. r. Jeffers, it was

Ordered, That Messrs. Choate and Stewart be excused
from attending to-night's session on account of sick-
ness.

On motion of Mr. Wolfe, it was

Ordered, That Mr. Hanson be excused from attending
to-night's session on account of illness.

On motion of Mr. Dryden, it was

Ordered, That Messrs. Finzel and Wilson, of Garrett>
be excused from to-night's session on account of busi-
ness.

On motion of Mr. Buckey, it was

Ordered, That Mr. Waters be excused from to-night's
session.

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

Leave was granted to the Committee on Judiciary to
introduce a bill entitled 'An Act to grant and declare the
sanction and consent of the General Assembly of Mary-
land to the conveyances by George Peter and Laura M.
Peter, his wife, to the vestry of Silver Spring Parish, in
Montgomery county, of a certain lot of land in the town
of Kensington, in said county. "
On motion of Mr. Hopkins,

Leave was granted to the Committee o a Ways and
Means to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to repeal and
re-enact with amendments section 4, of chapter 102, of
the Acts of 1896, entitled 'An Act to provide for the
formation of Farmers' Institutes in the State of Mary-
land, and to appropriate a sum of money therefor. "
On motion of Mr. Satterfield,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Game and
Fish to introduce a bill entitled ''An Act to repeal sec-
tions 27 and 28, of Article 6, of the Code of Public Local