more to an amount not exceeding two millions five hundred
thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing the means for
the improvement of Jones' Falls within the limits of Balti-
more city.

Which was read the first time and referred to the Senators
from Baltimore city.

A bill entitled an Act to authorize the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, to provide for the improvement of
Jones' Falls within the limits of the City of Baltimore.

Which was read the first time and referred to the Senators
from Baltimore city.

A bill entitled an Act to add additional sections to Article
11, of the Code of Public Local Laws of Frederick county,
relating to the powers and duties of the Mayor, Aldermen
and Common Council of Frederick to follow section 169,
added thereto by the Apt of 1868, chapter 87.

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Senators
from Frederick, Talbot and Baltimore counties.

On motion by Mr. Spates,

Leave was granted to the Senators from Allegany, How-
ard and Worcester counties, to report a bill to authorize the
Mayor and Council of Cumberland, to close Janes' Alley in
said city.

On motion by Mr. Malone, it was

Ordered, That 500 copies of the reply of the Attorney Gen-
eral of Maryland to the order of the Senate, upon the subject
of the payment of $58,000 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company to the Commonwealth of Virginia, be printed and
entered upon the Journal of the Senate.

STATE OF MARYLAND,
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Baltimore, March 5,1870.
To the Honorable,
The Senate of Maryland:

GENTLEMEN:—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of a copy of your order of yesterday, "that the Attorney
General of Maryland be requested and. directed, to investi-
gate the circumstances under which the sum of $58,000, or
more, was recently paid by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company, to the State of Virginia, and give his opinion, in
writing, as to whether the said payment was or not an ille-
gal misapplication of the funds of the said Company, and a
violation of the rights of this State as mortgagee of the reve-
nues of said Company, and report to the Senate at an early
day."