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above designated at the time it was in his hands, to be en-
grossed for a third reading in the Senate, and before it was
passed by the Senate and sent to your House.

We respecbfully return the bill to your House without any
further action of this body.

By order,

A. GASSAWAY,

Secretary.
Mr. Maddox submitted the following :

Ordered, That a committee of five, to be appointed with
authority, to send for persons and papers, to investigate and
report to this House how the amendments were made to the
bill entitled, an Act in relation to the election of Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore.

Mr. Vickers submitted the following amendment;

Provided said committee report to-morrow, at 12 M.

Which was read and adopted.

The question on the adoption of the order as amended, was
determined in the affirmative by yeas and nays as follow :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Billingslea, Bowie, Davis, of Caroline, Davis, of Washington, Frazier, Henkle,	Holton, Maddox, Mules, Philpot, Tome, Trail— 12.
Messrs. Brodwater, Compton, Earle, Jump, Kimmel, Mackall,	NEGATIVE. Spates, Stephenson, Stirling, . Vickers, Waters, Young — 12.

The President voting in the affirmative.
The President appointed Senators Maddox, Bowie, Henkle,
Compton and Tome, as said committee.

The President laid before the Senate the following commu-
nication from the State Comptroller:

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

Annapolis, March 20, 1867.
Hon. C. G. Cox, President, of the Senate :

SIR :—In reply to your order of this date, demanding the
reason why the Comptroller refused to pay to Luther H. Gadd,
the sum of four hundred dollars, ($400) for services alleged