1874.] OF THE SENATE. 543

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Billingsley, Fields,
Claggett, Knight,
Davis, Suit—6.

NEGATIVE.
Messrs. President, Mudd,

Blake, McCulloh,
Brewer, Phelps,
Brattan, Stevens,
Earle, Steiner,
Getty, Spencer,
Longwell, Williams—15.
Lloyd,

Mr. Davis submitted the following amendment:

Strike out the words "that does not reach the fire test re-
quired by this Act," on the 2nd and 3rd lines of section 6.

Pending the consideration of the amendment,
Mr. Stevens called up the order of the day, being
The Usury Bill, set down for 12 o'clock.

On motion by Mr. Blake,
The order of the day was postponed for lo minutes.

The question being on the amendment submitted by Mr.
Davis to the Coal Oil Bill,

It was adopted.

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

Mr. Earle, from a Select Committee, reported

The Senate bill entitled an Act to secure a survey to ascer-
tain the best route for a ship canal to connect the waters of
the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Judicial Proceedings,
reported

The Senate bill entitled an Act to repeal section 16 and
29 of the seventy-fourth Article of the Code of Public
General Laws relating to Pilots, and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

Which w.as read the first time.

Mr. Crawford submitted the following message to the
House of Delegates: