380 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 16,

The hour having arrived for taking up the order of the
day,

The House proceeded to the consideration of the Revenue
Bills.

The bill entitled an Act to repeal the Act passed at Janu-
ary session, 1872, chapter 234, entitled an Act to tax the
gross receipts of railroad companies in this State for State
purposes, and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to
add the same to Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws
of this State,

Was then read a second time and ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.

The bill entitled an Act to repeal the second section of the
Act passed at January session, 1870, chapter 362, entitled
an Act to assess and collect taxes on the property of the sev-
eral railroad corporations chartered by the State of Mary-
land, and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to add
the same to Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of
this State,

Was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.

On motion of Mr. Watkins,

The vote by which said bill was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading, was reconsidered.

The bill then being upon a second reading,
Mr. Watkins submitted the following amendment:
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Sec. —, line 6, strike out the proviso from end of said line
to the end of section.

Which was adopted.

The bill, as amended, was then read a second time and
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

The bill entitled an Act to repeal the Act passed at Janu-
ary session, 1872, chapter 274, entitled "An Act to regulate
the taxation of Coal Mining Companies in this State for State
purposes," and to re-enact the same with amendments, and
to add the same to Article 81 of the Code of Public General
Laws of this State,

Being upon a second reading,

Mr. Brace submitted the following amendment :
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Section 159, line 4, strike out the words "two cents," and
insert in lieu thereof the words "one-half of one percent."

Which was read.