520 JOURNAL OP PROCEEDINGS [Feb.'21,

The vote by which the bill was rejected,
Was reconsidered;

The question then recurring upon

The bill entitled, an Act to repeal Article 63—Code of Pub-
lic General Laws relating to Militia, and sections 652 to 770,
both inclusive, of Article 4, Code of Public Local Laws, rela-
ting to Militia in the city of Baltimore, and to re-enact said
Article 63 with amendments;

It was passed by yeas and nays as follow :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Miller, (Speaker,) Morgan, Welch, Clarke, Ford, Shipley, Nicolai, Thomas, Jones, Dennis, Whitaker, Lindsey, Galvert, Hut ton,	Turner, Coleman, Neilson, Smith, Flaherty, Robson, Hooper, Israel, Knott, - Lankford, Stevens, Kraft, Boswell, Thomson, Davis, of B. city,	Waltemeyer, Feig, Bixler, Pitts, Gordy, Nelson, Wilson, McOulloH, Brydon, Carmichaelj Neale, Dawson, King, Hammond — 43.
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Williams, Cameron, Davis, of Charles, PhelpSj Kerr, Rouzer, Baker,	Linthicum, Gorsuch, Steiner, Bamford, Tobey, Hoffhine, Bishop,	Burche, Aydelott, Whiteford, Spicer, McCulley, Benton, Wampler, — 21.

Said bill was then sent to the Senate.

Mr. Smith offered the following :

Ordered, That the Hon. J. D. Thompson be excused
his attendance at the meeting of the House on Friday and
Saturday, to attend to important business requiring his per-
sonal attendance;

Which was not adopted.

Mr. Bishop offered the following :

Ordered, That Capt. Bamford have leave of obsence until
Tuesday;

Which was not adopted ;