1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 897

The yeas and nays were called and appeared, as fol-
lows :

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Collins,	Gardner — 3.
Hardcastle,of Tal.,
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Woolford,	Kirk,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Duvall,	Ehlen,
Loker,	Thomas, of Q. A.,	Marshall,
Kilbourn,	Purnell,	Sword
Baldwin, of A. A.,	Baldwin, of Bar.,	Hilton,
Duke,	Streett,	Watkins,
Mitchell,	Hardcastle, of Car. ,	Eean,
Chapman,	Sanner,	Standish,
Carroll,	Hamilton,	Myers,
Cameron,	Morse,	Percy,
Shipley,	Blake,	Shower,
Choate,	Webb,	Winters,
Turner,	Wiley,	Crawford,
Lankford,	McLane,	Gordy— 42.
Harrington.

So the motion to postpone the further consideration of the
bill until Thursday next,

Was decided in the negative.

The second reading of the bill was then proceeded with.

Mr. Ehlen submitted the following amendment:

Sec. 1, line 2, strike out the word "Reid," after the word
"Jacob," and insert the word Rice.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Wiley submitted the following amendment :

At the end of section 3 insert the following :

Provided, nevertheless, That this Act shall not be construed
to grant to the corporation hereby created the right or privi-
lege to lay down, use or operate Passenger Railways in any
street or streets of the City of Baltimore, in which the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore have already authorized the
construction of passenger railways by other companies.

And provided also, That the said Mayor and City Council
shall have the privilege, within two years after the expira-
tion of fifteen years from the date of the passage of said ordi-
nance, to purchase and "buy out the said corporation, and all
its property and franchises, whether originally conceded by
the ordinance aforesaid, or granted by this Act, for and at a
fair and equitable consideration or value, and in case of a dis-
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