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limits of said county, and to levy such tax as may be neces-
sarv to deiray the expenses of such purchase.

Was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.

The bill entitled an Act to amend the 14th section of the
Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Kent county Railroad
Company, chapter 148, passed at January session, 1856, and
and to re-enact the same as amended,

Was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.

The hill entitled an Act to incorporate the Atlantic Hotel
Company of Berlin, Worcester county,

Was read a third time, and passed by yeas and nays as

follows :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Keech,	Latrobe,
Stewart, Speaker,	Guy,	Pentland,
Loker,	Williams,	Smith, of B. city,
Beck,	Sudler,	Bond, of B. city,
Iglehart,	Legg,	Mullin,
Deale,	Holloway,	Harig,
Bond, of Calvert,	Dutrow,	Marshall,
Mitchell,	Wenner,	Conway,
Slingluff,	Bowlus,	Syester,
Montague,	Byers,	Rohrer,
Poteet,	Silver,	Offutt,
Lowe,	Brown,	Conley,
Corbin ,	Hubbard,	McCulloh,
Horsey,	Sanner,	Trimble,
Stewart, of Dor.,	Wentz,	Jordan,
Davis. of Cecil,	Morse,	Worthington.
Touchstone,	Blake,	Fooks— 51.
Mearns,
	NEGATIVE — None .

Said bill was then sent to the Senate.

Mr. Smith, of Baltimore city, (the rules being suspended,)

submitted the following order ;

Ordered, That a committee of three be appointed to ex-
amine and audit the accounts of the visiting committees of
this House, and the said committee of three are hereby in-
tructed to allow no item of expenditure in the accounts of
said committees, unless said item is supported by a voucher ;
and ordered further, that the committee appointed to inform
the Hon. Wm. T. Hamilton, U. S. Senator elect, of his elec-
tion, be and they are hereby instructed to avail themselves of