144 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 4,

The question upon the adoption of the amendment,

Was determined in the negative by yeas and nays, as fol-
low:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Davis, of Caroline, Davis, of Washington,	Philpot— 3.
Messrs. Earle, Frazier, Henkle, Jump, Kimmel, Mackall,	NEGATIVE. . Maddox, Spates, Stephenson, Stirling, Vickers, Young— 12.

Mr. Vickers submitted the following :

Add to first section, "unless it shall be made appear to the
satisfaction of the Orphans' Court, that injustice and wrong
has been done in the binding of said apprentice ;"

On the question being put, it was

Determined in the affirmative.

The bill was then read the second time and ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading, and

Was accordingly engrossed.

A communication was received from His Excellency, Gov-
ernor Swann, by the hands of Peter Leary, Jr., Esq., Private
Secretary, in response to an order of the Senate, of the 24th
ultimo:

Which was read, and

On motion of Mr. Earle, was
Referred to the Committee on Militia.

Mr. Bowie asked leave to withdraw from the files of the
Senate, the bill entitled an Act, to refund to William Mc-
Knew, a certain sum of money erroneously paid into the State
Treasury;

Which was granted.

The bill entitled an Act, to incorporate the Trustees of the
Methodist Protestant Sunday School, of Chestertown, and to
authorize them to hold real and personal estate;

Was read the second time, and
On motion of Mr. Vickers,

The rules were suspended, and

The bill read a third time by special order three-fourths con-
curring, and passed by yeas and nays as follow: