48 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan, 16,

Mr. Tome submitted the following amendment:

Strike out the 2d section;

Determined in the negative.

Mr. Vickers submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, that this Act shall not be re-
pealed without the consent of a majority of the Senators and
Delegates of the Eastern Shore, which consent shall be ascer-
tained by their votes, to be taken and recorded on the Jour-
nal of the respective Houses;

Determined in the negative by yeas and nays as follow:
AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Brodwater, Jump, Mackall,	Tome, Vickers — 5.
Messrs. Billingslea, Bowie, Compton, Davis, of Caroline, Davis, of Washington, Earle, Frazier, Henkle, Holton,	NEGATIVE. Kimmell, Maddox, Mules, Ohr, Philpot, Stephenson, Stirling, Trail, Young— 18.

Mr. Tome moved to strike out the third section ;
Determined in the negative by yeas and nays as follow:
AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Billingslea, Brodwater, Davis, of Caroline, Davis, of Washington, Holton,	Ohr, Philpot, Tome, Trail, Vickers — 10.
Messrs. Bowie, Compton, Earle, Henkle, Jump, Kimmill,	NEGATIVE. Mackall, Maddox, Mules, Stephenson, Stirling, Young— 13.

Said bill was then read the second time, and ordered to
be engrossed for a third reading.

Mr. Davis, of Caroline, moved a suspension of the rules to
give the bill a third reading ;

Determined in the negative.