1868.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 59

Mr. Sudler, Chairman select committee, (the rules being

suspended,)

Reported favorably a bill entitled, an Act to repeal sec-
tion ninety-two of article seventeen of Public Local Laws for
Queen Anne's county, and sections one (ninety-two) and two
of the Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, chapter four
hundred and twenty-one, relating to Justices of the Peace
and Constables in aforesaid county,

Which was read a first time.
On motion of Mr. Sanner,

At If o'clock, P. M., the House adjourned until to-morrow
morning at eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, January 14, 1868.

The House met, and was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Cronin.

Present at the call of the roll the following members:

Messrs. Stewart, (Speaker,) Albaugh, Beck, Biddison.
Blake, Bond, of Baltimore city, Bond, of Calvert, Bowlus,
Brown, Boyer, Byers, Chaisty, Chapman, Clark, Coad, Col-
ton, Conley, Conway, Corbin, Coudy, Davis, of Carroll. Da-
vis, of Cecil, Deale, Devecmon, Dutrow, Fooks, Guy, Hall,
Hammond, Harden. Harig, Herbert, Holloway, Holmes,
Hopkins, Horsey, Huhbard, Iglehart, Johnson, Jones, Jor-
dan, Kean, Keech, Latrobe, Legg, Loker, Lowe, Markland,
Marshall, Maynard, McCulloh, McElroy, Mearns, Mitchell,
Montague, Moore, Morse, Mullin, Nelson, Nicolai, Offutt,
Pentland, Percy, Poteet, Richards, Riggs, Robb, Rohrer.
Rose, Sanner, Seibert, Silver, Slingluff, Smith, of Baltimore
city, Smith, of Worcester, Stewart, of Dorchester, Sudler,
Syester, Touchstone, Trimble, Vandiver, Wenner, Wentz,
Williams, Worthington—85.

Mr. Hubbard presented the petition of B. A. Richardson
and 31 other citizens for additional constables in the second
election district of Caroline county ;

Which was read and referred to Messrs. Hubbard, Moore,
and Legg.

Mr. Seibert presented the petition of Thomas G. Robertson
and 45 other citizens of Washington county, praying the
passage of an act for the protection of partridges in said
county ;