On the question being put,
It was determined in the negative.
AFFIRMATIVE—Mr Kimmel—1.

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. President, Miller,
Carroll, Parker,
Clarke, Sellman,
Denson, Snyder,
Earle, Spates,
Grove, Stephenson,
Henry. Timmons,
Hyland, Welch,
Jump, Wilson—19.
Malone,

Mr. Kimmel submitted the following Joint Resolutions :

1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the six per cent. dividend on the three million of stock
subscribed by the State of Maryland to the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, by virtue of the Act of Assembly of 1835,
chapter 395, and which was guaranteed to the State by said
Company by resolutions adopted in general stockholders'
meeting, on the 18th of July, 1836, is payable in gold and
silver, according to the legal import and true interpretation
of said Act of Assembly and of said guarantee.

2. And be it further resolved. That the Treasurer of the
State is not authorized to receive payment thereof in legal
tender or other notes issued under authority of the United
States, nor in any other currency which is not par with gold.
and silver coin.

Which were read the first time.
On motion by Mr. Welch,
The Senate adjourned.