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Ordered, That the Printer of the last House of Delegates
continue to act as Printer of the present House until the
election of Printer.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Choate submitted the following order

Ordered, That a committee of five be appointed by the
Speaker to prepare rules for the House; and further, that
the rules of the last session be in force until others be
adopted.

Which was adopted.

And the following members constitute said committee .
Messrs. Choate, Kilbourn, Menick, McLane, McCreery.
On motion of Mr. Banner,

At two o'clock P. M. the House adjourned until to-morrow
morning at eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, January 6, 1870.

The House met, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr.
Edwards

Present at the call oi the Toll the following members

Messrs, Latrobe, (Speaker,) Loker, Martin, Beck, Wilmer,
Kilbourn, Baldwin, of Anne Arundel,Wellb, Owings, of Cal-
vert, Duke, Mitchell, Carroll, Cameron, Shipley, Gatcb,
Choate, Turner, Hammond, Brattan, Lankford, Hanington,
Woolford, Mcekins, Touchstone, Owena, of Cecil, Richards,
Biddle, Marbury, Thomas, of Q. Anne's, Brown, Dennis,
Purnell, Thomas, of Frederick, Bowlus, McCreery, Ritter,
White, Harris, Ady, Baldwin, of Harford, Strcett, Hopkins,
Hardcastle, of Caroline, Garey, Sanner, Hamilton, Cooper,
Morse, Blake, Webb, Wilson, of Balto. City, Wiley, Me-
Lane, Colton, Kirk, Collins, Ehlen, Gardner, Markland,
Marshall, Hoblitzell, Neill, Welty, Murdock, Sword, Seibert,
Hilton, Watkins, Kean, Standish, Myers, Percy, Shower,
Jordan, Winters, Grouse, Merrick, Gorman, Crawford,
Gordy, Hardcastle, of Talbot, Chapman;Veitch,Wootton—84.

The Jouinal of yesterday was read.

Mr. Watkins, Chairman of Select Committee, submitted
the following report: