1870.1 OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 399

Wells,	Dennis,	Seibert,
Owings,	Purnell,	Hilton,
Mitchell,	Kilter,	Watkins,
Chapman,	White,	Wilson, of Alle.,
Cameron,	Baldwin, of Har.,	Standisb,
Gatch,	Hopkins,	Percy,
Choate,	Hardcastle, of Car.,	Jordan,
Hammond,	Garey,	Crouse,
Hardcastle, of Tal.,	Morse,	Merrick,
Brattan,	Blake,	German,
Langford,	Wilson, of B. city,	Crawford,
Harrington,	Wiley,	Gordy — 55.
Woolford,	Kirk,
	NEGATIVE — None .

Said bill was then sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Markland,

At 2 1/2 o'clock, P. M., the House adjourned until to-mor-
row at 12 o'clock, M.

THURSDAY, February 17, 1870.
TheHouse met, and was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Swope.

Present at the call of the roll, the following members :
Messrs. Latrobe, (Speaker,) Loker, Martin, Beck, Wilmer,
Kilbourn, Baldwin, of Anne Arundel, Wells, Owings, Mit-
chell, Chapman, Cameron, Shipley, Gatch, Choate, Turner,
Hammond, Hardcastle, of Talbot, Brattan, Lankford, Har-
rington, Woolford, Meekins, Touchstone, Owens, Richards,
Biddle, Marbury, Wootton, Duvall, Thomas, of Queen
Anne's, Dennis, Purnell, Thomas, of Frederick, Bowlus,
McCreery, Ritter, White, Baldwin, of Harford, Hopkins,
Hardcastle, of Caroline, Garey, Banner, Hamilton, Morse,
Blake, Webb, Wiley, McLane, Colton, Kirk, Collins, Ehlen,
Gardner, Markland, Marshall, Hoblitzell, Welty, Sword,
Seibert, Hilton, Veitch, Watkins, Kean, Wilson, of Alle-
gany, Standish, Myers, Percy, Shower, Jordan, Crouse,
Merrick, Crawford, Gordy—74.

The Speaker laid before the House the petition of Robert
T. Banks, A. C. Matthews and others, Officers, Directors
and friends of the Boys' Home Society of Baltimore, asking
for an appropriation.