1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 769

Committee of one from each county, and one from each
Legislative District of the City of Baltimore,

Decided in the negative.

The question then recurring upon the motion submitted
by Mr. Brown, to refer the message to the Committee on
Ways and Means,

On motion of Mr. Wootton,

The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared, as follows :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Owens,	Wiley,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Richards,	McLane,
Loker,	Biddle,	Colton,
Beck,	Thomas, of Q. A.,	Markland,
Wilmer,	Brown,	Hoblitzell,
Kilbourn,	Dennis,	Neill,
Mitchell,	Purnell,	Sword,
Chapman,	Bowlus,	Hilton,
Carroll,	McCreery,	Jordan,
Cameron,	White,	Winters,
Shipley,	Baldwin, of Har.,	Crouse,
Hardcastle, of Tal.	Hamilton,	Merrick
Brattan,	Blake,	Gorman,
Lankford,	Webb,	Crawford,
Meekins,	Wilson, of B. city,	Gordy — 45.
Touchstone,
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs,	Harrington,	Thomas, of Fred.,
Gatch ,	Woolford,	Sanner,
Turner,	Marbury,	Watkins,
Hammond,	Wootton,	Myers — 11.

So the message was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

The following message was received from his Excellency,
the Governor, per hands of Richard C. Hollyday, Esq., Sec-
retary of State:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

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

I have the pleasure to inform your Honorable Body that
the Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of New York,
having accepted the invitation to address the General Assem-
bly, will arrive in this city on Wednesday next, and will
appear before the Legislature at such an hour on that eve-
ning; as you may appoint.

ODEN BOWIE.