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The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following mes-
sage :

BY THE SENATE,

January 11th, 1870.

Gentlemen, of the House of Delegates;

We propose to your Honorable Body the appointment of
a Joint Committee of six—three on the part of each Houie—
to visit the new Government House, examine the same and
make an estimate of the sum of money necessary to be ap-
propriated to furnish it in a suitable manner, having a proper
regard to economy; that said Committee be authorized to
superintend and control the disbursement of the money that
may be appropriated ; also, the purchase of the furniture,
and that said Committee report their estimate at the earliest
day practicable. We have appointed on the part of the
Senate, Messrs. Stephenson, Henkle and Henry.
By order,

AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,

Secretary.

Which was read.

On motion of Mr. Banner, at one o'clock and fifteen min-
utes, P. M.

The House adjourned till to-morrow morning at eleven
o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, January 12, 1870.

The House met, and was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Doctor Slicer.

Present at the call of the roll the following members :

Messrs. Latrobe, (Speaker,) Loker, Martin, Beck, Wilnter,
Kilbourn, Baldwin, of Anne Arundel, Wells, Owings, Duke,
Mitchell, Chapman, Carroll, Cameron, Shipley, Gatch,
Choate, Turner, Hammond. Hardcastle, of Talbot, Brattan,
Lankford, Harrington, Woolford, Meekins, Touchstone,
Owens, Richards, Biddle,Marbury,Wootton,Duvall, Thomas,
of Q. Anne's, Brown, Dennis, Purnell, Thomas, of Frederick,
Bowlus, McCreery, Ritter, White, Harris, Ady, Baldwin, of
Harford, Streett, Hopkins, Hardcastle, of Caroline, Garey,
Hanner, Hamilton, Cooper, Morse, Blake, Webb, Wilson, of
Balto. City, Wiley, McLane, Coltou, Kirk, Collins, Ehlen,
Gardner, Markland, Marshall, Hoblitzell, Neill, Welty,