374 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .[Feb. 15,

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 Queen Anne's, Dennis, Purnell, Thomas, of
Frederick, McCreery, Ritter, White, Harris, Baldwin, of
Harford, Streett, Hopkins, Hardcastle, of Caroline, Ga-
rey, Hamilton, Cooper, Blake, Webb, McLane, Colton,
Kirk, Ehlen, Gardner, Markland, Marshall, Hoblitzell,
Neill, Welty, Sword, Seibert, Hilton, Veitch, Standish,
Myers, Percy, Jordan, Crouse, Merrick, German, Crawford,
Gordy—70.

On motion of Mr. McCreery,

All further proceedings under the call were dispensed with/

The question then recurring upon the following Resolu-
tions submitted by Mr. Streett as an amendment to the Reso-
lutions submitted by Mr. Hoblitzell, as an amendment to the
Resolutions submitted by Mr. Merrick, Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means :

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
a Committee consisting of four members of the House and
three of the Senate, to be appointed by the Speaker of the
House and the President of the Senate respectively, be and the
same are hereby constituted and appointed a Joint Special
Committee to whom shall be referred all matters of account
in dispute, and all differences between the State of Maryland
and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, relative to the trans-
portation of passengers. Said Committee to have power to
send for persons and papers, and to employ a competent ac-
countant to aid them in their deliberation, and report there-
in to this General Assembly for their action, within fifteen
days after the passage of these Resolutions.

And be it further Resolved, That the Attorney General of
the State be, and he is hereby directed, to give in writing, his
opinion upon questions submitted to him by said Committee
relative to the legality of the claim made by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad against the State.

And be it further Resolved, That upon the failure of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to pay into the Trea-
sury of the State, the amount which the said Committee may
report to be due the State by the said Company, for the space
of twenty days after the adoption of the report of this Com-
mittee by the General Assembly, then, and in that event, it
shall be the duty of the Attorney General, and he is hereby
authorized and directed, to institute forthwith proper legal
proceedings against the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, for the recovery of the sums reported to be due the
State by said Company.