1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

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The bill was then read a first time.

The hour having arrived for taking up the order of the
day, the House proceeded to the consideration of the unfin-
ished business of yesterday, being

The bill entitled an Act to repeal section 3, of Article
95 of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled "Usury,."
and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to add an
additional section to be section 6 of said Article.

The question recurring upon the amendment submitted by
Mr. Meekins.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

At the end of section 6, add: that nothing contained in
this Act shall apply to the several counties of this State.

Which was read.

The question then recurring upon the adoption of the-
amendment,

On motion of Mr. Meekins,

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

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Richards,	Garey,
Martin,	Dennis,	Blake,
Wells,	Purnell,	Wiley,
Lankford ,	Thomas, of Fred.,	Watkins,
Meekins,	Bowlus,	Standish,
Touchstone,	McCreery,	Myers,
Owens,	White,	Gordy— 20.
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Woolford,	Kirk,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Biddle,	Collins,
Loker,	Mar bury,	Markland ,
Beck,	Duvall,	Marshall,
Wilmer,	Thomas, of Q,. A.,	Hoblitzell,
Kilbourn,	Brown,	Neill,
Owings,	Ritter,	Welty,
Mitchell,	Ady,	Sword,
Carroll,	Hopkins,	Hilton,
Cameron,	Sanner,	Jordan,
Gatch,	Hamilton,	Winters,
Choate,	Wilson, of B. city,	Merrick,
Turner,	McLane,	Gorman,
Hardcastle, of Tal Harrington,	Colton,	Crawford— 42.

So the amendment was rejected.