954 INDEX

INSTALLATION—Order adopted, appointing a committee
to make' arrangements for the public ceremonies
in the Senate chamber, having reference to the,
of the successor of the present Executive, 264 ;
committee appointed, ib.

Communication from his Excellency, Governor
Swann, to Lieut. Governor Cox, upon the subject
of the Governorship, 306.

Statement of Lieut. Governor Cox, 307.

INSURANCE COMPANIES—Leave granted to report a bill
requiring all, to report semi-annually to the
Comptroller, a detailed statement of their finan-
cial condition, and to impose a tax upon agents
of foreign companies operating in this State, 96.

INTERMARRIAGES—Leave granted to report a bill to
make, between persons of the black and white
races, a criminal offence, 152.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS—Leave granted to report
a bill relating to the Kent County Railroad Com-
pany, 7.

Leave granted to report a bill to change the ap-
propriation made to the Choptank and Missipil-
lion Railroad Company, and appropriate the same
to the Dorchester and Delaware Railroad Com-
pany, 7; bill reported, and read the first time, 15;
read the second time and referred, 18; reported
with amendments and recommitted, 44; re-
ported back with amendments, 131; amendments
adopted, 132; substitute offered and negatived,
132, 133; read the second time, 134; report of
Committee asking permission to withdraw bill
from the files, 223; consideration of report post-
poned, ib.; report concurred in, 467.

Leave granted the Committee on Corporations
to report a bill to amend section 12 of chapter
194, January session, 1853, 16, referred to Com-
mittee on, 23.

Leave granted to report a bill supplementary to
an Act to incorporate the Chesapeake Bay and
Potomac River Tidewater Canal Company, 77;
bill reported, read the first time and referred, 97;
amendments adopted, read the second and third
times, and passed, 173; sent to the House, 174; re-
turned passed, 299.