896 INDEX.

COMMITTEE ROOM—

purpose of safely keeping the papers referred to
the different committees, 34.

The Secretary to furnish for the use of the,
half dozen chairs, 39.

Order directing the Secretary to have covered
with matting the entrance leading to the, 80.

COMPENSATION FOR SLAVES—House resolutions rela-
ting to, read and referred, 806

COSTS RECOVERABLE FROM THE STATE—Leave
Granted to report a bill to appropriate a sum of
money to pay, in certain cases, 81; bill reported,
read the first, second and third times, and passed,
330; sent to the House, ib.; returned passed, 427.

COTTON FACTORIES—House bill to protect the operatives
and laborers in the, of Maryland, read and re-
ferred 214; reported ought not to pass, 231; re-
committed, ib; reported with amendment, and
read the second time, 497.

COUNTY COMISSlONERS—Leave granted to report a
bill io amend an Act to empower the, of Queen
Anne's county, to levy the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars, to pay J. G. Strong, for copies
of a map of said county, 12; bill reported, and
read the first time, 170; read the second time, 212;
read the third time, and passed, 393; sent to the
House, ib.

Leave granted to report a bill to amend an Act
to empower the, of Queen Anne's county, to levy
a tax for the benefit of the Queen Anne's and
Kent County railroad, 13.

Leave granted to report a bill to authorize the,
of the respective counties to provide for the pay-
ment of the registers of voters in said county, 27;
reported favorably and read the first time, and re-
committed, 55; considered, and recommitted, 66.

Bill reported toauthorize the, of Carroll county to
levy a. sufficient sum of money upon the assessable
property of said county to pay the costs in the
case of the State against Harriet and Marinda
Porter, 32; read the first, second and third times,
and passed, 33; sent to the House, ib.; returned
passed, 94.

Leave granted to introduce a bill, authorizing
the, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
to levy a sum sufficient to furnish stationary and
fuel to Registers of Wills, 65.