1874.] OF THE SENATE, 555

Fields, Walsh--19.
Knight,

NEGATIVE—None.
Said bill was then returned to the House of Delegates.

The House bill entitled an Act to pay and compensate Wm.
Frank Tucker and Andrew K. Syester, for legal services ren-
dered in the United States Courts, in defence of certain Offi-
cers of Registration, &c., indicted and prosecuted therein for
an alleged violation of the Act of Congress, entitled an Act
to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote
in the several States of the Union, and other purposes,

Was considered, and

On motion by Mr. Fields,
Postponed until 12 o'clock to-morrow,

On motion by Mr. Brattan,

The Senate adjourned.

FRIDAY, March 13th, 1874.

The Senate met at 11 A. M.
Prayer by Rev. Wm. H. D. Harper.
Present the following Senators :

Messrs. Blake, Brewer, Billingsley, Brattan, Crawford.
Claggett, Davis, Denson, Earle, Fields, Getty, Knight.
Longwell, Lloyd, Mudd, McCulloh, Phelps, Stevens, Steiner,
Spencer, Tuck, Williams, Walsh—23.

The proceedings of yesterday were read and approved.

The Clerk of the House of Delegates appeared and deliv-
ered

The House bill entitled an Act to extend the limits of Bal-
timore city, by including and annexing a part or portion of
Baltimore county in and to the said city, and to provide for