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The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following mes-
sage:

BY THE SENATE,

January 21, 1868.
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

We have received your message proposing the appoint-
ment of a Joint Committee of five, to inform the Hon. Win.
T. Hamilton, that he has been elected to represent this State
in the Senate of the United States for six years, from and
after the 4th day of March, 1869, and concur therein. We
have appointed on the part of the Senate, Messrs. Fields and
Parker of Calvert.

By order,

H. DAVIDSON,

Acting Secretary.
Which was read.

Also delivered the following joint Resolution :

Whereas, The State of Maryland is the owner, to a large
extent and controls the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, and,

Whereas, It is desirable and proper to have the principal
office of said canal located within her borders, in order that
citizens of the State having business to transact with said
company, and those doing business upon said canal, may
have ready access to said office,

Therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the President and Directors of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal be and they are hereby earnestly requested
to remove their principal office or business place from Wash-
ington city, its present locality, to the city of Cumberland,
in this State.

Which was read a first time and referred to the Commit-
tee on Internal Improvements.

Mr. Brown (the rules being suspended) submitted the fol-
lowing order:

Whereas, under the head of Inspections, Comptroller's
Report, 1867, it is stated : "No emoluments have been re-
ceived from the Inspectors of Flour during the past year.
The impression prevails generally, this inspection should be
made a source of revenue. There can be no reasonable doubt
but that, including drawings, these Inspectors receive much
larger emoluments than the law allows ;" therefore,

Ordered, That the Committee on Inspections be directed
to examine into the present mode of inspection of flour in