1870.]

OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 767

Harrington,	Sanner,	Merrick,
Woolford,	Hamilton,	Gorman,
Meekins,	Morse,	Crawford,
Touchstone,	Blake,	Gordy— 58,
Owens,	Webb,
	NEGATIVE — None.

Said bill was then returned to the Senate.

The following message was received from His Excellency
the Governor, per hands Richard 0. Holly day, Esq., Secretary
of State:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Annapolis, March 14th, 1870.
Gentlemen of -the House of Delegates of Maryland:

I herewith transmit to you a special communication on
the subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as promised
in my annual message at the commencement of the present
session of the General Assembly.

ODEN BOWIE.

Together with the communication therein referred to.
Which were severally read.

Mr. Brown moved to refer the message to the Committee
on Ways and Means.

Mr. Watkins moved that it be referred to the Committee
on Internal Improvements.

The question recuring upon concurring in the motion
submitted by Mr. Watkins,

On motion of Mr. Wootton,

The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared as follows:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Gatch,	Marbury,	White,
Hammond,	Wootton,	Sanner,
Lankford,	Thomas, of Fred.,	Morse — 11.
Woolford,	Bowlus,
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Owens,	Collins,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Richards,	Markland,
Loker,	Biddle,	Hoblitzcll,
Beck,	Thomas, of Q. A.,	Neill,
Wilmer,	Brown ,	Sword,
Kilbourn,	Dennis,	Hilton,
Mitchell,	Purnell,	Watkins,
Chapman, Carroll,	McCreery, Baldwin, of Har.,	Myers, Jordan,