1114 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 22,

Evans, Whitaker, Lindsey, Rouzer, Steiner,

Lankford, Stevens, Boswell, Thomson,

Criswell, Dawson, Horsey, King— 40,

The question then recurring upon the order offered by Mr.
Nicolai,

Mr. Davis, of Charles, proposed the following amend-
ment :

Strike out all after the word "that," and insert, "the
chairman of the Committee on Claims be directel to issue his
certificate to the officers of the House for each day's attend-
ance on the same at $5 per diem, this not to apply to the
Chief, Reading, and Assistant Clerks of the House."

Which was adopted.

The question then recurring upon the order as amended,

Mr. Nicolai moved a re-consideration of the vote by which
the order was adopted,

Which was sustained ;

The question then recurring upon the amendment,

It was adopted by yeas and nays as follow :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Miller, Speaker, Beck, Welch, Davis, of Charles, Jones, Dennis, Parsons, j Phelps, Whitaker,	Magruder, Calvert, Buhrman, Baker, Steiner, Tobey, Bishop, Burche, Coleman, Robson,	Gordy, Nelson, Spicer, Neale, Poole, Criswell, Gore, Dawson — 27.
	NEGATIVE .
Messrs. Crarke, Cameron, Hutchins, Ford, Shipley, Nicolai. Bamford, Neilson,	Smith, Flaherty, Hooper, Knott, Lankford, Stevena, Boswell, Thomson, Davis, of B. city,	Whitaker, Feig, Bixler, Wilson, McCulloh, Brydon, Horsey — 24.

Mr. Davis, of Charles, submitted the following :

BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,

March 22, 1867.
Gentlemen of the Senate :

We have received your message requesting the return of
the bill incorporating the "Southern Maryland Railroad"