448 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 18,

Was read a third time and passed by yeas and nays as
follow :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Miller, Speaker, Morgan, Welch, Ford, Shipley, Nicolai, Davis, of Charles, Thomas, Jump, Dennis, Parsons, Phelps,, Kerr, Lindsey, Magruder,	Rouzer, Baker, Linthicum, Gorsuch, Steiner, Tobey, Bishop, Coleman, Neilson, Flaherty, Robson, Hooper, Israel, Knott, Kraft, Bos well,	Thomson, Davis, of B. city, Waltemeyer, Feig, Bixler, Pitts, Aydelott, Gordy, Wilson, Spicer, Bruce, McCulloh, Neale, Criswell, King, Harnmond — 47.
	NEGATIVE — None.

Said bills were then sent to the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Bixler,
The rules were suspended,
And the House took up for consideration,

The bill entitled, an Act to alter and amend an Act enti-
tled, an Act to add a new Article to the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, to be entitled, "Public Instruction," providing a
uniform system of Free Public Schools for the State of Mary-
land and to repeal all existing laws inconsistent therewith,
passed at January session, 1865;

Said bill being upon its second reading,
Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Gorsuch,

The further consideration of the bill was postponed in-
formally,

On motion of Mr. Boswell,
The rules were suspended,
And the House took up for consideration,

The bill entitled, an Act to incorporate the Gwynn's Falls
Bridge Company of the Washington road;

Said bill being upon its second reading,

The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be en-
grossed for a third reading.