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Which was read and referred to the Select Committee on
Temperance.

Also,

The petition of Lydia Welsh, widow of Warren Welsh, a
soldier in the war of 1812, asking to he placed on the pension
list,

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Pen-
sions.

Mr. Lancaster presented the petition of Rebecca Clements,
for a pension.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Pen-
sions.

Mr. Brace presented the petition of O. E. Humphrey and
two hundred and thirty-one other citizens of Cumberland, for
Local Option and Damage Laws.

Which was read and referred to the Select Committee on
Temperance.

Also,

The remonstrance of William M. Price, M. Y. Rabold
and twenty-fire other property holders of Cumberland,
against the passage of the Senate City Charter Bill.

Which was read and referred to the Allegany delegation.

Also,

The petition of Mrs. Mary Athey and thirty-six other la-
dies of Cumberland, for Local Option and Damage Laws.

Which was read and referred to the Select Committee on
Temperance.

Mr. Weir presented the petition of J. S. Combs and others,
against the division of Allegany county to form any new
county.

Which was read and referred to the Allegany delegation.

Mr. Galt presented the petition of two hundred and fifty
citizens of Carroll county, against taxing owners of dogs.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture.

Mr. Matthews presented the petition of Geo. H. Merry-
man, William Webster and others, that a law be passed to
protect fish in the Gunpowder River and its tributaries in
Baltimore countv.