1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 957

and City Council of Baltimore to take charge of and keep in
repair, all highways and bridges within the city limits, re-
ported the same with proposed amendment:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Except in cases where such assumption and control may
have been authorized by the original charter.

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

On motion of Mr. Gatch,

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

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.	Meekins,	Ritter,
Beck,	Marbury,	Harris,
Kilbourn,	Wootton,	Ady,
Baldwin, of A. A.,	Duvall,	Hopkins,
Catneron,	Thomas, of Q. A.,	Hardcastle,of Car.
Gatch,	Brown,	Garey,
Choate,	Thomas, of Fred.,	Hilton,
Harrington,	Bowlus,	Gorman — 23.
	NEGATIVE.
Messrs.	Hamilton,	Markland,
Latrobe, Speaker,	Cooper,	Marshall,
Martin,	Morse,	Hoblitzell,
Turner,	Blake,	Welty,
Hardcastle, of Tal.	, Webb,	Sword,
Brattan,	Wilson, of B. city,	Watkins,
Lankford,	Wiley,	Kean,
Touchstone,	McLane,	Wilson, of Alle.,
Owens,	Colton,	Standish,
Richards,	Kirk,	Myers,
Biddle,	Collins,	Percy,
Dennis,	Ehlen,	Crouse,
Purnell,	Gardner,	Merrick— 39.
Sanner,

So the amendment was rejected.

On motion of Mr. Merrick, (the rules being suspended,)

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill enti-
tled an Act to repeal section 4, of an Act passed January
session, 1868, chapter 466, entitled an Act to run, define, and
mark the dividing line between Prince George's and Mont-
gomery counties, and to re-enact the same so as to read as fol-
lows.

Said bill having been rejected for want of a constitutional
majority,