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866 . JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar, 14, The bill, entitled an Act to incorporate the Butchers' and Drovers* Bank of Baltimore. Endorsed, "Passed by yeas and nays, with proposed amendments." Also, The Joint Resolutions instructing our Senators and' re- questing our Representatives in Congress, to use all proper means to induce Congress to refund the tax collected on raw cotton, during the years 1865, 1866 and 1867, to the persona who paid the same. Endorsed, "Passed by yeas and nays, with proposed amend- ments." , AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. Amend by striking out all after the word "Maryland," and insert the following: "That our Senators in Congress are hereby instructed, and our Representatives, requested to use all proper means to in- duce Congress to refund the moneys collected under the law creating a specific tax on raw cotton, during the years 1865, 1866 and 1867, to those who paid the same. And that ft copy of this Resolution be furnished His Excellency, the Governor, to each of the Senators and Representatives in Congress, from the State of Maryland. Which were read. The Speaker laid before the House, the following commu- nication from the Hon. Joshua Vansant, Mayor of the City of Baltimore: MAYOR'S OFFICE, BALTIMORE, March 13, 1872, To the Hon. A. P. German, Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland: DEAR SIR :—Herewith please find a resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, "requesting the Legislature of Maryland to pass no law prohibiting the use of the wharf at the foot of Broadway, known as the County Wharf, for the landing of the steam ferry boats of the Broadway and Locust Point Steam Ferry Company," which in accordance with said resolution, I transmit to you, and respectfully request you to present the same to the consideration of the House of Delegates of Maryland. J. have the honor to be very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JOSHUA VANSANT,. . Mayor. |
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