The clerk of the house of delegates delivers returns the bill, entitled, An act to correct a misnomer in an
act, entitled, An act concerning the bank stock, thus endorsed; " By the house of delegates, December
" 23, 1796:  Read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
                                                            " By order,                                      W.  HARWOOD, clk.
" By the house of delegates, December 28, 1796:  Read the second time and will pass.
                                                            " By order,                                      W.  HARWOOD, clk."
And the bill, entitled, An act to authorise and empower the vestry of William and Mary parish, in
Charles county, to sell and dispose of the negroes belonging to said parish, and for other purposes,
thus endorsed; " By the house of delegates, December 24, 1796:  Read the first time and ordered
" to lie on the table.
                                                            " By order,                                      W.  HARWOOD, clk.
" By the house of delegates, December 28, 1796:  Read the second time by especial order and assented
to.
                                                            " By order,                                      W.  HARWOOD, clk."
Which said bills were ordered to be engrossed.
    The resolution in favour of George Wallace was read the second time by especial order and assented
to.
    The bill, entitled, An act to erect Baltimore-town, in Baltimore county, into a city, and to incorporate
the inhabitants thereof, was read the second time and will pass with the proposed amendments.
    Amendments proposed.  In the 4th line of the 3d page, after the word "appointment" insert
" and assessed on the books of the assessors to the amount of one thousand dollars."  In the 2d line
from the bottom of the 4th page, in the interlineation, after the word "and" insert "of the."  In
the 5th line from the bottom of the 5th page, after the word "of" insert the word "the."  In the
interlineation of the same line, after the word "and" insert " of the."  In the 6th line of clause A
strike out the words " an inhabitant of the ward for which he shall be chosen,"  and insert " assessed
on the books of the assessors to the amount of two thousand dollars."  In the 9th line of the 6th
page strike out from the word "up" to the word "by" in the 10th line.  Strike out the proviso
contained between the 4th and 5th lines from the bottom of the 11th page.  In the 8th line of the
14th page strike out the words " appeal or."
    The following message was prepared, read and agreed to, and sent to the house of delegates by
the clerk.

    THE senate met.  Present the same members as on yesterday, except the honourable Charles
Ridgely, of Hampton, Esquire, who had leave of absence.  The proceedings of yesterday
were read.
    The bill, entitled, An act to prevent hogs from going at large at George-town Cross Roads, in
Kent county, the bill, entitled, A further supplement to an act, entitled, An act to establish a market
at the market-house in Chester-town, in Kent county, and for the regulation of the said market,
the bill, entitled, an act to empower the levy court of Anne-Arundel county to assess a sum of
money for the purpose therein mentioned, the bill, entitled, An act to empower the levy court of
Harford county to assess and levy a sum of money for the purpose therein mentioned, the bill, entitled,
An act to authorise a lottery in George-town, in the territory of Columbia, the bill, entitled,
An act to record Peters, Deakins, Beatty and Threlkeld's addition to George-town, in Montgomery
county, a bill, entitled, An act authorising commissioners to survey, mark and bound, certain
streets in Beatty and Hawkins addition to George-town, in Montgomery county, and for other
purposes therein mentioned,  the bill, entitled, An act for building a record-office, and securing and
transcribing certain records and papers, in Baltimore county, and rebuilding two bridges over Jones's
Falls, in Baltimore-town, in said county, and the resolution in favour of George Wallace, were
sent to the house of delegates by the clerk.
    The clerk of the house of delegates delivers to the clerk of the senate a bill, entitled, A supplement
to an act, entitled, An act to incorporate the insurance company in Baltimore-town, thus endorsed;
" By the house of delegates, December 28, 1796:  Read the first and second time by especial
" order and will pass.
                                                            " By order,                                      W.  HARWOOD, clk."
Which was read the first and second time by especial order and will pass.
    The clerk of the house of delegates delivers to the clerk of the senate a bill, entitled, An act to
empower John Erskine and John Thomas, administrators of Richard Johns, to collect the balances
due to Richard Johns as sheriff and collector of Talbot county, thus endorsed; " By the house of
" delegates, December 17, 1796:  Read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
                                                            " By order,                                      W.  HARWOOD, clk.