1867.] OF THE SENATE. 799

To the Honorable,

The General Assembly of Maryland:

The Joint Committee of Conference, to which was referred
the general appropriation bill for 1867, beg leave to report
that they concur in recommending the following amendment
in lieu of the fourth amendment proposed by the Senate :
"Contingent Fund for the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker
of the House of Delegates, one thousand dollars to defray
their expenses while acting as members of the State Board
of Education," (to be inserted on fourth page after the word
"dollars" in line two.) That they recommend the following
amendment in lieu of fifth amendment proposed by the Sen-
ate : Strike out "two" and insert "four" before the word
"hundred." That the Senate recedes from the 6th and 7th
amendment proposed by it.

That they recommend the following amendment in lieu of
the 8th amendment proposed by the Senate : Strike out ten
thousand and insert seven thousand five hundred dollars.

That the Senate recedes from the tenth amendment. The
committee agree to recommend the striking out of one thous-
and dollars, and to substitute eight hundred dollars on page
7 after the word "emigration," in lieu of the 11th amend-
ment proposed.

The 13th amendment proposed by the Senate, the commit-
tee recommend to be stricken out and the following substi-
tuted therefor :

"To the Assistant Librarian,'four hundred dollars in ad-
dition to the amount of $600, to be paid out of the Library
Contingent Fund."

14th amendment proposed by the Senate. The committee
recommend the striking out the words "three thousand" be-
tween the word "Baltimore" and the word "dollars," in
the 4th line from the bottom of the third page, and insert in
lieu thereof "fifteen hundred."

Also, the striking out the words "three thousand" between
the word "Baltimore" and the word "dollars," in the third
line from the bottom and inserting in lieu thereof 1500, also
the striking out the words "three thousand" in the second
line from the bottom of the same page, and insert in lieu
thereof "fifteen hundred."

GEORGE VICKERS,
J. TOME,

BARNES COMPTON,
HENRY WILLIAMS,
E. HAMMOND,
THOMAS GORSUCH.
Which were read and adopted.
The bill was then passed by yeas and nays as follow :