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The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following bills,
Severally endorsed, "Passed by yeas and nays:"

A bill entitled an Act to add additional sections to Article
12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Harford county, in re-
gard to horses and carriages kept at livery in Harford
county.

Which was read a first time and referred to the Harford
delegation.

Also,

A bill entitled an Act authorizing the Baltimore, Chesa-
peake and Delaware Bay Kail Road Company to charge tolls
on freights and passengers ; to reduce the par value of the cap-
ital stock; to establish its principal office in Baltimore City;
to lease, buy and build wharves, houses and shops; to charter,
purchase and hold steamships, steamboats and barges; to
provide for the condemnation of land and the construction of
bridges and crossings; prescribing penalties for injuries done
to said railroad or its property; authorizing the said Compa-
ny to unite, connect and consolidate with the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Rail Road of the State of Del-
aware and other railroads in or out of this State; to lease out
their own, or to lease and operate other railroads; to issue
mortgage bonds, and to provide for the payment of the same;
to reduce the number of directors, provide for the election of
president and other officers of the Company, and to repeal all
Acts inconsistent with this Act.

Which was read a first time and referred to the Com-
mittee on the Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries.

Also,

A bill entitled an Act to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ments section 29, of chapter 36, of the Acts of 1872, entitled
an Act to add a new Article to the Code of Public General
Laws, regulating the inspection of tobacco.

Which was read a first time and referred to the Committee
on Inspections.

Also,

Returned the following bills,

Endorsed, "Passed by yeas and nays:"

The bill entitled an Act to repeal section 199, Article 1, of
Public Local Laws, entitled "Allegany County," sub-title
"Birds."

A bill entitled an Act to provide for the defense of Officers
of Registration, Judges of Election, and others who are or