COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

Annapolis, Feb. 8,1870.
Hon. Barnes Compton,
President of the Senate :

DEAR SIR:—In compliance with the following order passed
the Senate on the 4th inst., to wit :

"Ordered, That the Comptroller report to the Senate the
amount paid each newspaper is the State, for the publication
of the General Laws for the session of 1868, also, the total
amount paid tor said service," I beg leave to make the an-
nxed statement, which shows what papers were authorized
to publish the General Laws of 1868, the amount received
by each paper, and the total paid for said publication.

Names of Newspapers that published the General Laws of 1868.
Amount paid each Newspaper.

Alleganian.................................................$ 1,204 00
Maryland Republican................................... 1,300 00
Baltimore Gazette....................................... 3,154 00

" Commercial................................ 3,154 00
Maryland Journal....................................... 1,300 00
Calvert " ....................................... 1,300 00
Denton " ....................................... 884 00
Democratic Advocate.................................... 916 00
Cecil Democrat........................................... 1,254 00
Port Tobacco Times..................................... 1,086 00
Dorchester News........................................ 984 00
Frederick Union......................................... 1,300 00
Aegis & Intelligencer.................................. 940 00
Howard County Record................................. 966 25
Kent News................................................. 1,150 00
Montgomery County Sentinel...................... 915 00
Marlborough Gazette................................... 1,118 00
Centreville Observer.................................... 1,094 00
St. Mary's Beacon....................................... 1,046 00
True Marylander....................................... 955 00
Easton Star................................................ 1,111 00
Hagerstown Mail........................................ 1,300 00
Eastern Shoreman....................................... 1,300 00
Worcester Shield........................................ 1,299 00

Total amount paid.............................. $31,030 25
All of which is respectfully submitted,

LEVIN WOOLFORD,
Comptroller.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing.
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