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ments to real estate from taxation for city purposes;
provided, that all taxes shall be uniform throughout
the city of Baltimore upon the same kind or species
of property; and provided further, that no such ordi-
nance shall be operative until ratified by a vote of the
people of said city, to be taken at the next general
election, and if so ratified by the people, shall not be
liable to be repealed until the ordinance repealing the
same shall have been ratified by the people of said
city at a general election.

Approved March 24th. 1892,

FERDINAND C. LATROBE,

Mayor.

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

Mr. Brown presented the memorial of P. S. Reynolds
and 132 other citizens of Queen Anne's county, pray-
ing the passage of a law legalizing primaries in said
county.

Which was read, and referred to Messrs. Brown,
Dawson and Lloyd.

Mr. Wirt presented the following:
Resolution passed by the Cecil Farmers' Club, rela-
tive to the management, &c., of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, March 23, 1892.
Resolved, That it is our belief that the management
of the Agricultural College of Maryland is now en-
trusted to able and efficient hands, and that great
benefit to the agricultural interests of the State has
already been accomplished through their efforts. But
in order to secure a continuance of these benefits and
to place the institution upon a firm and lasting basis
some changes are necessary.

We think that the State, which now owns one half
of the stock, should own the whole of it, and that our
Legislature should authorize the College Trustees to
purchase the private interests represented by the Col-
lege stock. We also believe that the number of trus-
tees (now seventeen) is too large and should be reduced,
and that some of the ex-officio members might be ad-
vantageously omitted from the Board.

(Signed) JOS. CONDON, (of Jos.), Pres't.

HENRY R. TORBERT, Sec'y.

Which was read and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture and Labor.