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JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 18,

Mr. Baldwin, of Harford, submitted the following amend-
ment:

Section 2, line 4, after the word "railing," insert the
words: payable to the order of the said James Touchstone.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Biddle submitted the following amendment:

Section 2, line 4, strike out the words : thirteen thousand^
one hundred and eighty-three dollars and eighty-five cents,
and insert the words: twelve thousand, five hundred and
seventy-five dollars and five cents.

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

On motion of Mr. Owings,

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

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Lankford,	Hamilton,
Beck,	Harrington,	Neill,
Wilmer,	Woolford,	Sword,
Owings,	Meekins,	Watkins,
Cameron,	Owens,	Winters,
Gatch,	Biddle,	Crouse,
Hammond,	Ady,	Crawford,
Hardcastle, of Tal.,	Baldwin, of Har.,	Gordy— 23.
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Thomas, of Q. A.,	McLane,
Martin ,	Brown ,	Colton,
Baldwin, of A. A.,	Purnell,	Kirk,
Wells,	Bowlus,	Collins,
Mitchell,	Ritter,	Ehlen,
Chapman,	White,	Marshall,
Shipley,	Hopkins,	Hoblitzell,
Choate,	Garey,	Standish,
Turner,	Sanner,	Myers,
Richards,	Cooper,	Percy,
Marbury,	Morse,	Shower,
Wootton,	Blake,	Merrick — 37.
Duvall,	Webb,

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. Touchstone, at his own request, was excused from
voting on the question.

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

The Secretary of the Senate returned the following bill: