1492 JOURNAl4 OF PROCEEDINGS [Apr. 2

these pleasant ties will not be broken. Our sessions
have been singularly free from strife and divisions, par-
tisanship and heart burnings. There has been always.
manifest on this floora spirit of forebearance, and cour-
tesy, and fair and honorable dealing. No time has been-
wasted in strife and contentions, The passage of the
bill placing the appointment of the Police Commissioners
of Baltimore city in the hands the Governor has cleared
the way for legislation, and this whole session has been.
devoted exclusively to the legitimate work of law making..
There have been enacted a great number of laws, some
of them of the utmost importance and benefit to the
State. Some bills, perhaps, have failed to pass which
-should have passed, but I believe this General Assembly
is entitled not only to the credit of enacting many good
laws, but to what is perhaps equally to their credit, I do
not think any distinctly bad bills have passed.

Many of us, if our lives are preserved, will meet again
in this chamber two years hence; some will not. In the
meantime, it is my hope and trust that our beloved
State, under Divine favor, will prosper by the guidance.
of the present administration of its affairs, and that each
and every one of you returning to your homes will re-
ceive the approbation of your people.

The hour of midnight having arrived, I now declare-
this Senate adjourned sine die.
Attest: ALFRED RITTER,

Secretary of the Senate.
RICHARD H. WORTHINGTON,

Journal Clerk.