574 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 1

We have appointed on the part of the House Messrs.
Truitt, of Baltimore county, Mackie and Mitchell.

By order,

B. L. SMITH,

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

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Waters, from the Committee on Rules, reported
favorably the following order:

Ordered, That a Standing Committee, to consist of nine
members, be appointed by the Speaker, to be known as
"the Committee on Labor, " to which all bills affecting
labor may be referred.

Which was adopted.

Also, favorably,

No member of this House, during the remainder of
this session, shall be allowed to speak on any bills, or-
ders, etc., more than five minutes, unless by unanimous
consent of the House.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Lehmayer, from the Committee on Judiciary, re-
ported unfavorably.

House bill entitled "An Act to make assessments a
first lien on property in the town of Frostburg, which
shall be assessed by the Mayor and Councilmen of the
town of Frostburg. "

Which unfavorable report was adopted.

Also, favorably,

House bill entitled "An Act to give sanction of the
Legislature to the gifts, devises and bequests to divers
charitable and religious institutions named in the last
will and testament of Louis Dode, late of Baltimore city,
deceased, subject to the conditions and limitations and
for the purposes in said will mentioned, and to prevent
any failure of the testamentary purposes of the said
Louis Dode, by reason of uncertainty or misdescription
of any of said beneficiaries. "

Also favorably,

House bill entitled "An Act to give sanction of the