1874.] OF THE SENATE. 401

or may be indicted in the United States Court for acts done
in the performance of duties imposed by the Constitution and
Laws of this State, which acts are alleged to be in violation
of the Act of Congress, approved May the 31st, 1870, entitled
an Act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States,
to rote in the several States of this Union and for other pur-
poses."

Which was read the second time.

On motion by Mr. Fields,

The vote by which the bill relating to estrays was ordered
to be engrossed was reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Davis,

Leave was granted to the Committee on Judicial Proceed-
ings to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to repeal sections
160, 161, 171, 172, 175 and 176 of Article IV. of the Mary-
land Code of Public Local Laws, sub-title 'Courts' and section
1st of the Act passed February 4th, 1864, chapter 6, entitled
an Act to add certain additional sections relative to the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, and to the Court of Com-
mon Pleas in Baltimore city, to the fourth Article of Public
Local Laws regulating the return of process and the
taking of judgments in said Courts, and section 6 of the
Act passed March 22nd, 1867, chapter 401, entitled an Act to
establish another Court for the city of Baltimore, as provided
by the 41st section of the fourth Article of the Constitution,
and an Act passed February 19th, 1870, entitled an Act to
repeal 174th section of Article IV. of the Code of Public
Local Laws relating to the city of Baltimore, and re-enact
the same with amendments and to subs-title the following in
lieu thereof.''

Mr. Aydelott, from the Joint Committee appointed to visit
the State Normal School, submitted the following

REPORT:

Mr. President,

and Gentlemen of the Senate.

The Joint Committee appointed by your Honorable Body
to visit the Maryland State Normal School, beg leave to
report.

That they performed the duty assigned them on the 19th
instant, having spent almost the entire day in that service.

We found one hundred and fifty students on the roll, of
whom, one hundred and forty-five were present, five being
absent on account of sickness.

All the counties of the State were represented except
Caroline and Charles.

A very large proportion of the students were young women,
there being only nine male students in the Institution; all of

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