690 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 6

land, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to draw his
warrant on the Comptroller for the payments of the
amount hereby appropriated to the said board of direc-
tors provided, that before the payment of any
part of the sum of $8, 000 appropriated in the first section
of this Act is made, the Comptroller of the State is fully
satisfied that the fee simple title of the property of the
said Home and Infirmary free from all or any liens there-
on is in the name of the State of Maryland, and the pay-
ment of all or any part of the said sum of $4, 000, or so
much thereof as is necessary appropriated in the second
section of this Act shall only be paid by the Comptroller
when the board of directors shall satisfy the said Comp-
troller that the building for the erection of which the
said sum of $4, 000 or so much thereof as is necessary is
hereby appropriated has been duly erected and that there
are no mechanic's liens or any other liens thereon.

Mr. Latrobe, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
reported favorably, with proposed amendments,

House bill entitled "An Act to place a proper tablet on
the Taney Monument on the State House grounds at
Annapolis, commemorative of the life and services of
Roger B. Taney, and to appropriate a sum of money
therefor. "

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Amend by substituting for the bill, the following bill:

A bill entitled "An Act to place a proper inscription on
the Taney Monument in the State House grounds, and
to appropriate a sum of money therefor. "

Whereas, The monument to Roger B. Taney in the
State House grounds at Annapolis, is entirely devoid of
any inscription.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, that the sum of $100, or so much thereof as may be ne-
cessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated to place
upon the said monument the following inscription:
"Roger B. Taney of Maryland, Chief Justice, " the said
inscription to be in letters of bronze; and the Governor
of Maryland is hereby authorized and directed to have
the said inscription so placed upon the said monument,
and the Comptroller of the State is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant on the Treasurer for an amount sum-