1904.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 537

appropriated sufficient money to pay the whole cost
of the service of the militia who were called out at the
time of said fire for service in or near the burnt dis-
trict of Baltimore. The payment of the militia shall
be made in the usual manner, but the intent of this
Act is that the total amount paid to them for their
services shall be deducted from two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars herein appropriated.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Which was adopted, read the second time and or-
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.

ORDER OF THE DAY,

The honi of 1 o'clock, p. m., having arrived,
The House considered the special Order of the Day,
being

House bill, File No. 18, entitled "An Act to require
all railroad companies and corporations, and all per-
sons running or operating cars or coaches by steam on
any railroad line or track in the State of Maryland,
for the transportation of passengers, to provide
separate cars or coaches for white and colored passen-
gers, without any difference or discrimination in the
quality of, or accommodation in such cars or coaches."

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

1. Strike out in section 7, line 6, the word "Pull-
man," and insert in lieu thereof the words "parlor
nor sleeping cars."
Which was adopted.
By Mr. Pairo,

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Amend by striking out enacting clause "Jim Crow
Bill."

Which was rejected.
By Mr. Stump,

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Amend section 7 by adding in line 7 of section 7,
after the word "business" "but nothing in this Act
shall apply to Allegany County,"