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Also,

The Senate bill entitled an Act to repeal section 2, of Ar-
ticle 37, of the Code of Public General Laws,title''Evidence,"
sub-title "Competency of Witnesses," as amended by the
Act of January session, 1868, chapter 161, and to amend and
re-enact the same.

Which was read a second time.

Also,

The Senate bill entitled an Act to refund to Mary Cooke,
executor of George Cooke, surviving partner of the late Wm.
Cooke & Sons, for the benefit of Dr, Richard S. Stewart, James
Cheston and others, moneys erroneously paid by them to In-
spectors of Tobacco in Baltimore City, for outage and
storage.

Which was read a second time.

Mr. Merryman, from the Committee on Agriculture, re-
ported with amendment,

The Senate bill entitled an Act for the taxation of dogs in
the State of Maryland:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

In section 8, line 2, after the word "Dorchester," insert
"Wicomico."

Which was read a second time.
Also, without amendments,

The Senate bill entitled an Act for the relief of the Cam-
bridge Female Seminary.

Which was read a second time.

Mr, Watkins, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported without amendments,

The Senate bill entitled an Act to appropriate a sum of
money to defray the expense of painting the portraits of
Governors Thomas Stone, Wm. Paca and Thomas Johnson,
of Maryland, to be placed in Independance Hall, at Phila-
delphia,

Which was read a second time.
Also, favorably,

The bill entitled an Act to provide for the purchase, con-
struction and furnishing of suitable grounds and buildings
for the State Normal School.

Which was read a second time.