232 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 2,

Said bill was then sent to the Senate.

The Speaker announced that the House had disposed of all
the business upon the Speaker's desk.

On motion of Mr. Hoblitzell,

At 2 1/4 o'clock, P. M., the House adjourned until to-morrow
morning at 11 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, February 2, 1870

The House met and was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Henderson.

Present at the call of the roll the following members :

Messrs. Latrobe, (Speaker,) Loker, Martin, Beck, Wilmer,
Baldwin, of A. A., Wells, Owings, Duke, Mitchell, Chap-
man, Cameron, Shipley, Choate, Turner, Hardeastle, of
Talbot, Brattan, Lankford, Harrington, Woolford, Meekins,
Touchstone, Owens, Richards, Biddle, Marbury, Wootton,
Duvall, Thomas, of Queen Anne's, Brown, Dennis, Purnell,
Thomas, of Frederick, Bowlus, McCreery, Ritter, White,
Harris, Baldwin, of Harford, Streett, Hopkins, Hardeastle,
of Caroline, Garey, Sanner, Hamilton, Cooper, Morse, Blake,
Webb, Wiley, McLane, Colton, Kirk, Collins, Ehlen, Gard-
ner, Markland, Marshall, Hoblitzell, Neill, Welty, Sword,
Seibert, Hilton, Watkins, Kean, Wilson, of Allegany,
Standish, Myers, Percy, Shower, Jordan, Winters, Grouse,
Merrick, German, Crawford—77.

The Speaker laid before the House the report of the Clerk
to the Commissioners of Prince George's county.

Which was read, and referred to the Select Committee on
that subject.

Also,

The petition of Johns Hopkins, George S. Brown, Benja-
min Deford, John S. Gittings, William W. Taylor, Joshua
Vansant, John H. B. Latrobe, J. Saurin Norris, Archibald
Sterling and others, for the establishment, near Baltimore
city, of a House of Refuge for colored children of the City of
Baltimore, State of Maryland, and asking an appropriation
therefor.

Which was read, and referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.