it shall convene, an account showing the gross amount re-
ceived by said Company, for the transportation of passen-
gers on said road, and the State's proportion thereof up to
the period of time to which payments had been last made
into the Treasury of the State as aforesaid.

SEC, 10. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
whenever the same shall be accepted by the said Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad Company.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the State of Maryland
hereby reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal this Act
whenever it shall deem it necessary or proper to do so.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect.
from the date of its passage.

Mr. Welch moved that the Senate adjourn.
Mr. Clarke called for the yeas and nays.
Mr. Clarke explained his vote.

Mr. Miller made the point of order that Mr. Clarke was.
out of order.

The President decided the point well taken.
Mr. Clarke appealed from the decision of the Chair.

The question then being, Shall the decision of the Chair
stand as the judgment of the Senate ?

Mr. Denson demanded the yeas and nays.
And on the question being put,

It was determined in the affirmative by yeas and nays, a»
follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Biggs, Jump,
Browne, Kimmel,
Carroll, Malone,
Denson, Miller,
Earle, Parker,
Fields, Sellman,
Grove, Spates,
Henkle, Timmons,
Henry, Welch,
Hyland, Wilson—20.

NEGATIVE—Mr. Clarke—1.

The question then recurred upon the motion submitted by
Mr. Welch, and

'It was determined in the negative :