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42 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 12, " The Henry Watson Childrens' Aid Society of Baltimore," and otherwise to amend the Constitution of said Society. On motion by Mr. Henry, Leave was granted Messrs. Henry, Compton and Jump, to prepare and report a bill, to repeal the forty-third, forty- fourth, forty-sixth and severity-third sections of Article X. of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, relating to the town of Cambridge, in Dorchester county, and to re-enact the same in an amended form. Mr. Claggett submitted the following preamble and reso- lution: WHEREAS, W. W. Corcoran has filed a bill in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, against the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the object of which is to appoint a Receiver, to take the control of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the State of Maryland ; and whereas, the Attorney General is engaged, under direction of the Governor, in the case of the State vs. E. G. Wharton; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Governor lie and he is hereby authorized and empowered, if in his judgment the public necessities require it, to appoint additional counsel with the Attorney General to appear to the said proceeding, and represent the interest of the State of Maryland in the said suit. Which were read. Mr. Claggett moved that the rules be suspended in order to give said Resolution a second reading this day. On the question being pur, It was determined in the affirmative, as follows : AFFIRMATIVE. -Messrs. President, Miller, Blake, Stephenson, Compton, Spates, Carroll, Sellman, Claggett, Spencer, Denson, Steiner, Earle, Timmons, Henry, Tuck, Jump, Wilson, Longwell, Williams—20. NEGATIVE—None. On motion by Mr. Claggett, |
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