STATE OF MARYLAND,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Annapolis, January 13,1870.

Gentlemen of the Senate of Maryland:

I herewith transmit to you the Executive appointments
made by me during the recess of the Senate for Howard

county:

May 27, 1869.—James F. Gordon, Chief Judge of the Or-
phans' Court, vice Henry H. Owings, re-
signed.

July 28, 1869.—Thomas B. Hobbs, Justice of the Peace for
4th district, vice Walter Dorsey, who
failed to qualify.

ODEN BOWIE.
On motion by Mr. Snyder,

The aforegoing nominations were ordered to lie over.

STATE OF MARYLAND,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Annapolis, January 13,1870.

Gentlemen of the Senate of Maryland :

I herewith transmit to you the Executive appointments
made by me during the recess of the Senate, for Kent county :

April 26, 1869.—Samuel C. Brannock, Justice of the Peace,
vice Jas. E. Blackstone, deceased, in 5th
district.

April 26, 1869.—William T. Atkinson, Justice of the Peace
in 5th district, vice A. B. Wheatley, re-
signed.

July 2, 1869.—T. Waters Russell, Justice of the Peace in
4th district, vice William Bacchus, re-
gned.

ODEN BOWIE.
On motion by Mr. Welch,

The Senate advised and consented to the aforegoing ap-
pointments agreeably to the nominations.