1870.]

OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

853

The House then proceeded to the consideration of the next
order of the day,

Being the bill entitled an Act to appropriate the sum of
sixty-nine thousand, two hundred and ninety-six dollars and
twenty-eight cents, to pay the various mechanics and others,
the amounts due them for work and labor done, and mate-
rials furnished, in the erection of the Governor's Mansion at
Annapolis, and the enclosure and improvement of the grounds
surrounding the same.

Said bill being upon a second reading.

Mr. Biddle submitted the following amendment:

Section 1, line 4, strike out the words "forty-nine thou-
sand five hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-three
cents," and insert the words : thirteen thousand, three hun-
dred and sixty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents.

The question recurring upon the adoption of the amend-
ment,

On motion of Mr. Biddle,

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

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Biddle,	McLane,
Beck,	Purnell,	Marshall,
Wilmer,	Thomas, of Fred.,	Sword,
Owings,	Bowlus,	Hilton,
Hardcastle, of Tal.,	Ady,	Winters,
Lankford,	Baldwin, of Har.,	Crouse,
Harrington,	Hopkins,	Merrick,
Woolford,	Webb,	Crawford,
Meekins,	Wilson, of B. city,	Gordy— 27.
Owens,
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Touchstone,	Wiley,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Marbury,	Colton,
Loker,	Duvall,	Kirk,
Martin,	Brown,	Collins,
Wells,	McCreery,	Ehlen,
Duke,	Ritter,	Markland,
Mitchell,	Sanner,	Hoblitzell,
Chapman, Cameron,	Hamilton, Cooper,	Welty, Standish,
Shipley, Turner,	Morse, Blake,	Myers, Shower — 3;
Hammond,

So the amendment was rejected.