788 JOURNAL OF PROOEEDIGNS [Mar. 7,

Amend by adding the following sections :

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts, contracts, deeds,
or ordinances of the Mayor, Recorder, or Aldermen of
said city heretofore made, done, executed or passed in refer-
ence to the closing or discontinuance of any street, lane or
alley in said city, be and the same are hereby declared and
made operative and valid in the same manner as if said
Mayor, Recorder or Aldermen had full power and authority
to do the same at the respective times when the same were
severally done.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect-
from the date of its passage.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Calvert proposed the following amendment:

After the word 'dogs" insert "cows, horses, and swine, "

Which was lost.

The bill as amended was then ordered to be engrossed for
a third reading, and by special order was read a third time,
and passed by yeas and nays as follow :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Miller, Speaker Morgan, Welch, Hall, Clarke, Cameron, Shipley, Nicolai, Davis, of Charles, Jump, Jones, Dennis, Parsons, Kerr, Golibart, Whitaker, Lindsey, Magruder,	Calvert, Rouzer, Buhrman, Baker, Linthicum, Gorsuch, Steiner, Bamford, Appleman, Bishop, Hutton, Burche, Turner, Neilson, Smith, Hooper, Kraft, Boswell, Bixler,	Aydelott, Gordy, Nelson, Whiteford, Wilson, Spicer, Bruce, McCulloh, Devecmon, Brydon, Carmichael, Neale, Benton, Poole, Criswell, Horsey, King, Hammond — 55.
	NEGATIVE — None.

A bill entitled, an Act to incorporate the Baltimore and
Hall's Springs Railway Company,

Was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.

And read a third time by special order and passed by yeas
and nays as follow