1874.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 1103

Mr. Stake, Chairman of the Committee on Inspections, re-
ported favorably,

A bill entitled an Act to provide for the inspection of
spirituous, malt and fermented liquors.

Which was read a first time.

Mr. Foster, Chairman of the Committee on Claims, re-
ported favorably,

A bill entitled an Act to appropriate a sum of money to
pay the claims of T. B. Jones, Jas. Brown, B. O. Bowen, B.
L. Barker, Wm. Mencher, Jno. F. Duke, T. F. Lyons, Geo.
A. Fowler, Jno. French, Jno. Denton, E. Cecil, Jno. E,.
Griffen, Wm. Lemmon, Jno. Rierdon, Geo. Gibson, B. E.
Ireland, Geo. Robinson, Thomas Tongue and J. T. Ireland,

Which was read a first time.

Mr. Nutwell, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations,
reported favorably,

A bill entitled an Act to provide for the passage of loco-
motives, cars, passengers and freights over connecting rail-
roads in the State of Maryland.

Which was read a first time.

Mr. Gill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported
favorably,

A bill entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to
incorporate the First Hagerstown Hose Company, passed De-
cember session, 1872, chapter 42, and to amend and re-enact
the same as follows.

Which was read a first time.

Mr. Nutwell, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations,
reported favorably,

A bill entitled an Act to regulate the charges fov passen-
gers and freights transported on any railroad in the State of
Maryland.

Which was read a first time.

Mr. Lee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported
i'avorably,

A bill entitled an Act to repeal an Act passed at the Jan-
uary session, 1870, chapter 59, entitled an Act to direct
the Attorney-General of the State to cause the State of
Maryland to be made a party in a cause now pending in the

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