1868.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 81

bly a bill entitled an Act fixing the mileage of members of
the General Assembly of Maryland ;

Which was read a first time.

Mr. Colton moved a suspension of the rules, to give the
bill a second reading.

The yeas and nays were called, and appeared as follows:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Touchstone,	McElroy,
Loker,	Richards ,	Markland,
Coad,	Mearns,	Marshall,
Boyer,	Keech,	Conway.
Beck,	Guy,	Syester,
Harnmond,	Sudler,	Coudy,
Iglehart,	Legg,	Herbert.
Deale,	Smith, of Wor.,	Rohrer,
Bond, of Calvert,	Dutrow,	Seibert,
Dalrymple,	Wenner,	Riggs,
Mitchell,	Maynard,	Offutt,
Chapman,	Byers,	Conley,
Slingluff,	Silver,	Kean ,
Montague.	Vandiver,	Trimble.
Poteet,	Brown,	Hall,
Biddison,	Moore,	Davis, of Car roll.
Rose,	Hubbard,	Jordan ,
Lowe,	Wentz,	Harden.
Corbin,	Morse,	Clark,
Horsey,	Blake,	Jones.
Percy,	Smith, of B. city,	Fooks,
Stewart, of Dor.,	Colton,	Hopkins— 69.
Johnson,	Mullin,
Davis, of Cecil,	Chaisty,
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Nelson,	Peiitland,
Stewart, Speaker,	Sanner,	Worthington — 6 .
Bowlus,

So the rules were suspended, (two-thirds of all the mem-
bers elected being present and voting in the affirmative,)
and the bill ordered to a second reading ;

Pending which,

Mr. Syester submitted the following amendment :

In line 2, after the word "members," insert the words
"and officers ;''

Which was adopted.

The bill, as amended, was then read a second time, and
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

Mr. Smith, of Baltimore city, chairman select committee,
submitted the following
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