974 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 24,

THURSDAY, March 24, 1870.

The House met and was opened with p'rayer by the Rev.
Doctor Slicer.

Present at the call of the roll the following members :

Messrs. Latrobe, (Speaker,) Loker, Martin, Beck, Wilmer,
Kilbourn, Baldwin, of Anne Arundel, Wells, Owings, Duke,
Mitchell, Chapman, Cameron, Gatch, Choate. Turner, Ham-
mond, Hardcastle, of Talbot, Brattan, Lankford, Harring-
ton, Woolford, Meekins, Touchstone, Owens, Richards, Bid-
die, Marbury, Wootton, Duvall, Thomas,.of Queen Anne's,
Brown, Dennis, Purnell, Thomas, of Frederick, Bowlus,
McCreery, Ritter, White, Harris, Ady, Baldwin, of Harford,
Hopkins, Hamilton, Blake, Webb, Wilson, of Baltimore
city, Wiley, McLane, Colton, Kirk, Collins, Ehlen, Gard-
ner, Markland, Marshall, Hoblitzell, Neill, Hilton, Veitch,
Kean, Wilson, of Allegany, Standish, Myers, Percy, Show-
er, Crouse, Merrick, Gorman, Crawford—70.
Society of Friends in behalt of schools for colored children in

The Speaker laid before the House a memorial of the
the counties,

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Educa-
tion.

Mr. Veitch presented the petitioa of Lavinia Beall, of
Montgomery county for a pension,

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Pen-
sions.
Mr. Crouse submitted the following order :

Ordered, That John H. Jordan have further leave of ab-
sence granted, on account of death in the family.
Which was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Gardner,

Leave was granted to the Baltimore cty delegation to int re-
duce a bill to make the foot of all the streets of the City of
Baltimore ending on Light and Pratt streets a public high-
way, and place the same, under the control of the harbor
master.

On motion of Mr. Ritter,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Ways and Means
to introduce a bill to refund to Ambrose Ingman money er-
roneously paid into the State Treasury.