1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

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tice shall decree a forfeiture of the canoe, boat or vessel, to-
gether with all the tackle and apparel, and order the same
to be sold by the officer making the arrest, who shall sell the
same on five days' notice, to the highest bidder, subject to an
appeal to the Circuit Court for Calvert county, and after the
payment of all the expenses attending the arrest and prosecu-
tion of the suit, he shall retain one-fourth of the balance him-
self, distributing one-fourth among the parties assisting in
making the arrest, and pay over the remaining one-half to the
school fund of the county, to be used in the repa:r of old, and
the erection of new public school houses.

The amendments were severally read and adopted and the
bill as amended passod by yeas and nays, as follows:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Owens,	Colton,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Richards,	Kirk,
Loker,	Marbury,	Ehlen,
Baldwin, of A. A.,	Duvall,	Markland,
Wells,	Thomas, of Q. A.,	Hoblitzell,
Duke,	Purnell,	Sword,
Mitchell,	Bowlus,	Hilton,
Chapman,	Ady,	Veiteh,
Cameron,	Baldwin, of Har.,	Kean,
Shipley,	Hardcastle, of Oar.,	Standish,
Gatch,	Garey,	Myers,
Hammond,	Hamilton,	Percy,
Hardcastle, of Tal.,	Cooper,	Shower,
Lankford,	Blake,	Merriek,
Harrington,	Webb,	Crawford,
Woolford,	Wilson, of B. city,	Gordy— 49.
Touchstone,	McLane,
	NEGATIVE — None .

The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following bills:

The bill entitled an Act to authorize and empower the coun-
ty Commissioners of Caroline county to make sale of a part of
the land belonging to the Almshouse property of said county.

Which was read a first time and referred to the Caroline
county delegation and Mr. Brown.

Also,

The bill entitled an Act to protect birds of every description
in the county of Washington excepting owls, hawks, doves,
wild pigeons, woodcock, jacksnipe and reed birds.

Which was read a first time and referred to the Washington
delegation.

Also,

The bill entitled an Act for the relief of the Cambridge Har-
bor Internal Navigation and Wharf Company.