418 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 15,

The rules were suspended,
And the bill read a second time
On motion of Mr. Thomas,

(Three-fourths of all the members being present and vot-
ing in the affirmative,)

The rules were suspended,

The bill read a third time,

And passed by yeas and nays as follow:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Miller, (Speaker,) Morgan, Beck, Welch, Hall, Clarke, Cameron, Hutchins, Ford, Shipley, Nicolai, Davis, of Charles, Thomas, Jump, Jones, Dennis, Parsons, Kerr, Lindsey, Magruder, Calvert,	Rouzer, Buhrman, Baker, Linthicum, Gorsuch, Steiner, Tobey, Hutton, Burche, Coleman, Neilson, Flaherty, Robson , Hooper, Israel, Knott, Lankford, Kraft, Boswell, Thomson, Waltemeyer,	Feig, Bixler, Pitts, Aydelott, Gordy, Nelson, Wilson, Spicer, Gilpin, McCulley, Haller, Bruce, McCulloh, Neale, Benton, Criswell, Wampler, Gore, Horsey, King, Hammond — 63.
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Evans,	Bishop— 2.

Said bills were then sent to the Senate.

Mr. Knott, Chairman of the Committee on Internal In-
provements, reported favorably without amendment, the Sen-
ate bill entitled, an Act supplementary to an Act to incorpo-
rate the Chesapeak Bay and Potomac River Tide Water Canal
Company, passed at January Session, 1866, chapter 173;

Which was read a second time.

Mr. Jones, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported
favorably a bill entitled, an Act to provide for the liquidation
and settlement of arrearages of pay due to the officers and