1868.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 907

may say, without exaggeration, its benefits will extend to
the entire State.

This Company has already spent over half a million of
dollars in making preparation for the prosecution of their
business of manufacturing lumber, relying upon their Act of
incorporation, and it certainly would be not only unjust, but
unwise for the State, at this state of its operations, to enact
a law which would seriously cripple, if not entirely destroy,
this reliable and most meritorious enterprise.

If, as we have before observed, this Company should violate
any of the provisions of its charter, those who may feel
themselves aggrieved have their proper resort to the courts of
law of this State, which we have the proud satisfaction of
knowing are now administered by men to whom we can look
with every assurance of meting out justice to all men alike,
without fear, favor or partiality.

In making this report, we have not availed ourselves of
any so-called legal ability, but have made a plain, un-
varnished statement of facts, and which we trust may be
favorably considered by this Honorable Body.

R. R. VANDIVER,

N. H. NELSON.
Which was read.

On motion of Mr. Mullin,
(The rules being suspended.)

The vote by which the bill entitled an Act to repeal sec-
tions 151, 152, 153 and 154 of the Code of Public Laws, en-
titled Coroners and Inquests in the City of Baltimore, and
to substitute therefor the following,

Had been rejected for want of a constitutional ma-
jority,

Was reconsidered.

The bill was then again rejected (for want of a Consti-
tutional majority) by yeas and nays as follows :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Sudler,	Marshall,
Coad,	Holloway,	Conway,
Boyer,	Smith, of Wor.,	Riggs,
Beck,	Nelson,	Offutt,
Hamtaond,	Vandiver,	Conley,
Deale,	Wentz,	McCulloh,
Bond, of Calvert,	Morse,	Kean,
Dalrymple,	Latrobe,	Devecmon,
Mitchell,	Smith, of B. city,	Trimble,