1068 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 21,

Said bill being upon a third reading,

Mr. Stevens proposed the following amendment:

Section 2, line 3, after the word "Act" insert "Except the
Public Schools of the city of Baltimore;"

Which was adopted.

Mr. Spicer proposed the following amendment:

Section 2, line 5, after the word "partizan" insert "or sec-
tarian."

Which was adopted.

Mr. King proposed the following amendment:

Strike out section 3.

Mr. Calvert proposed the following amendment:

Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the
compensation of the present President of the County School
Board and Commissioners.

Mr. Stevens moved the previous question;

Which was sustained.

The question then being,

"Shall the previous question be now put ?"

It was sustained.

The question then recurring upon the amendment pro-
posed by Mr. Calvert,

It was adopted.

The question then recurring upon the amendment proposed
by Mr. King,

It was rejected by yeas and nays as follow:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Clarke, Whitaker, Buhrman, Baker, Linthicum,	Gorsuch, Steiner, Bamford, Appleman, Bishop, Whiteford,	Spicer, McCulley, Criswell, King, Hammond— 16.
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Miller, Speaker, Morgan, Beck, Welch, Williams, Cameron, Hutchins. Ford, Shipley, Nicolai, Jones, Dennis, Parsons,	Phelps, Golibart, Lindsey, Magruder, Calvert, Burche, Turner, Coleman, Neilson, Robson, Hopper, Israel, Knott, Lankford,	Stevens, Kraft, Thomson, Pitts,- Nelson, Wilson, McCulloh, Devecmon, Brydon, Carmichael, Neale, Gore, Dawson — 40.