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States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obliga-
tion incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of
any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall
be illegal and void.

Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by ap-
propriate legislation, the provisions of this article—Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the aforesaid amendment be and the same is hereby confirmed
and ratified.

Which were read the first time.
On motion of Mr. Boswell,

The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations.

Mr. Neilson, from a Select Committee, reported favorably
a bill entitled, an Act to repeal chapter the 1st of the Laws
of Maryland, passed January 29th, 1866, and re-enact the
same;

Which was read the first time.

Mr. McCulloh, from a Select Committee, reported favorably
a bill entitled, an Act to repeal an Act to add additional
sections to Article first of the Code of Public Local Laws for
Allegany county, relating to the drawing and summoning of
jurors, to be arranged under the head of jurors in said
county, passed at the session of the General Assembly of 1865,
chapter 11 ;

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Buhrman moved to recommit the bill to the Allegany
county delegation, and that the bill be printed ;
Decided in the negative by yeas and nays as follow:

Messrs. Appleman, Baker, Bamford, Benton, Bishop, Bruce, Buhrman, Messrs. Aydelott, Beck,

AFFIRMATIVE. Criswell, Gilpin, Gore, Gorsuch, Haller, Hoffhine, Jones, Linthicum, NEGATIVE. Hooper, Horsey, Hutchins,

McCulley, Parsons, Pitts, Poole, Rouzer, Stein er, Wampler— 22. Nelson, Nicolai, Phelps,