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resolution passed at the January Session, 1892, to ex-
amine and count the bonds of the Exchange Loan of
1889, acquired by the exchange therefor of the State's
Preferred Stock as stockholder and creditor of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, respect-
fully report, that pursuant to the instructions in said
resolution contained, we did, at the office of the Safe
Deposit Company of Baltimore, on the sixth day of
February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, examine
and count said bonds (the same having been with-
drawn by the Treasury Officers from the Safe Deposit
at Baltimore, for the purpose of being counted,
examined and destroyed as required by said
resolution, ) and that there were of said bonds
one hundred and fifty-two, numbered respectively
one hundred and sixty six (166) to three hun-
dred and seventeen (317, ) each inclusive, each for
one thousand dollars, amounting to one hundred and
fifty-two thousand dollars; two hundred and eighteen
numbered respectively five hundred and eighty-three
(583) to eight hundred (800, ) each inclusive, each for
five thousand dollars, amounting to one million and
ninety thousand dollars; and three (3) bonds, num-
bered thirty five (35, ) thirty-six (36) and thirty-seven
(37, ) each for one hundred dollars, amounting to three
hundred dollars, the whole aggregating one million
two hundred and forty-two thousand and three hun-
dred dollars, and that each of said bonds had thereto
attached the coupons due July 1st., 1892, and thereafter,
and had been duly stamped and cancelled as required
by law.

And your committee further report, that the Treas-
urer of the State did, on said 6th day of February,
1892, in the presence of said committee, destroy said
bonds by burning the same.

Respectfully submitted,

THOMAS G. HAYES,
Committee on the part of the Senate.

PHILIP D. LAIRD,

Committee on part of House of Delegates.
Which was read and adopted.