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The President presented the following:
SENATE OF MARYLAND,

Annapolis, February 12th, 1892.

HON. EDWARD LLOYD,

President of the Senate:

In response to the order of the Senate of February
10th, requiring the "Folders of the Senate to furnish
at once the members of the Senate with the usual
number of the Governor's Message, Comptroller's
Report and Tax Commissioner's Report for mailing,
or show cause in writing why this order is not
complied with, " respectfully report that the usual
number of the Governor's message have been folded
and placed on the desks of Senators. The Printer has
not placed any of the other reports called for in our
room.

Respectfully submitted,

FREMONT JONES,
EBENEZER DENNIS, Folders.

Which was read.

ORDERS.
On motion by Mr. Moss, it was

Ordered, That Senators Evans, Bennett, Coffin and
Talbott be excused from attendance to-day, on account
of sickness.

Mr. Brown submitted the following:

Ordered, That Herman Lake be appointed a Com-
mittee Clerk to the Senate.

Which was read, and referred to the Committee on
Finance.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Mr. Gorter, the following bills:

Senate bill entitled an Act to give the assent of the
General Assembly of Maryland to the sale and grant
by Nicholas M. Smith to the Trustees of the Aushe
Sphard Hebrew Congregation of Baltimore city, of all
Ms, the said Smith's right, title, interest and estate,
in and to all that lot of ground with the improvements
thereon, situate in the city of Baltimore, on the west-