102 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 27,

Strike out all after the word "State" in line 58, sub-sec-
tion 20 of section 1.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Stevens submitted the following amendment:

Line 26, section 19, after the word "Shall," strike out
"not be sold for less than par value," and insert "be sold at
their market value,"

Pending the consideration thereof,

Mr. Fields moved to postpone the farther consideration
thereof, until to-morrow at 12 o'clock,

Which was rejected by yeas and nays as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. President, Knight,
Blake, Longwell,
Brewer, Stevens,
Fields, Tuck—8.

NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Aydelotte, Getty,

Billingsley, McCulloh,
Brattan, Steiner,
Davis, Walsh—9.
Earle,

Mr. Stevens by unanimous consent withdrew his proposed
amendment.

Mr. Walsh moved to reconsider the vote by which the
word "not" was inserted in line 9, sub-section 19,

Pending, which

Mr. Fields moved that the bill under consideration be post-
poned until to-morrow,

Which was adopted.

The President laid before the Senate the following com-
munication from His Excellency the Governor:

ANNAPOLIS, January 27th, 1874.
Hon. John Lee Carroll,

President of the Senate, and

Hon. Jesse K. Hines,

Speaker of the House of Delegates:

Gentlemen :

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, at your hands,
of an official notification, that on Tuesday, the 20th instant,