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Add at the end of section 7: that the State's Attorney, or
any person, or persons prosecuting on the part of the State,
if he or they shall think lull justice has not been done by
the judgment of the Justice of the Peace, shall be at liberty
to appeal from the judgment of said Justice within ten days
from the rendition thereof, and the Court to which such ap-
peal is taken shall try the case de novo, and determine the
same according to the law and equity of the matter.

Which was adopted.

The bill as amended was then read a second time, and or-
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.

On motion of Mr. Banner, (the rules being suspended,)

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill enti-
tled an Act to repeal an Act passed at January session, 1866,
entitled an Act to repeal section 9, of the Act of January
session, 1866, chapter 119, incorporating the Union Railroad
Company of Baltimore, and re-enacting the same with
amendments, and also to add additional sections thereto, to
repeal the 4th, 6th, 9th and 11th sections, incorporating
said Company, and re-enact the same with amendments, and
further, to amend the charter of said Company.

Said bill being upon a second reading,

Mr. Merrick submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 4, strike out all after the word "Baltimore," in line
20, to the end of the section.

Pending the consideration of which,

Mr. Meekins moved that the further consideration thereof
be postponed, and the bill referred to the Committee on Cor-
porations.

Decided in the negative.

The question then recurring upon the adoption of the
amendment submitted by Mr. Merrick,

It was rejected.

The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading.

Mr. Marshall, (the rules being suspended,) submitted the
following order :

Ordered, That this House take a recess until 8 o'clock,
P. M., and when the House adjourns to-night, it adjourns to
meet Monday next, March 14, 1870.

Which was read and
On motion of Mr. Webb,