26 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 7,

and call for all public or official papers and records, and
whose duty it shall be to examine and report upon all con-
tracts made for stationery, printing and purchases for the
public offices and Library, and expenditures therein, and
upon all matters of alleged abuse in expenditures, to which
their attention may be called by resolution of either House
of the General Assembly ; and heartily concur therein.

We have appointed on the part of the House, Messrs. La-
trobe, Syester, Slingluff, Coudy, Devecmon, Johnson and
Touchstone. By order,

MILTON Y. KIDD, Chief Clerk.

Which was read, assented to, and sent to the Senate.

The Speaker appointed Messrs. Bond, of Calvert, and
Poteet, a committee to wait upon the Senate, and escort them
to the House.

At 2 o'clock, P. M. the Senate of Maryland, escorted by
Messrs. Bond and Poteet, entered the Hall of the House of
Delegates, when the returns for the election of Governor
were opened by the Speaker, in the presence of both Houses,
and read by the Clerk :

Counties.	Oden Bowie.	H. L. Bond.
Allegany County -	2,884	- - 2,175
Anne Arundel County	1,695	- - 150
Baltimore City	19,911	- - 4,846
Baltimore County -	4,131	- - 1,311
Calvert County	881	- - 9
Caroline County -	1,004	- - 231
Carroll County	2,815	- - 2,291
Cecil County	2,513	- - 1,588
Charles County	1,279	- - 7
Dorchester County-	1.572	- - 341
Frederick County -	4,185	- - 3,705
Harford County -	2,297	- - 806
Howard County -	1,210	- - 335
Kent County -	1,420	- - 136
Montgomery County	1,675	- - 320
Prince George's County	2,055	- - 78
Queen. Anne's County	1,757	95
St. Mary's County	1,519	- - 40
Somerset County -	1,315	- - 137
Talbot County	1,273	- - 138
Washington County	3,332	- - 2,913
Wicomico County -	1,570	- - 263
Worcester County -	1,401	- - 135
	63,694	22,050
	22,050
Bowie's majority,	41,644