1904.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 699

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Milbourne, from Committee on Chesapeake Bay
and Tributaries, reported favorably,

Senate Joint Resolution, No. 5.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a committee of seven persons to be selected—
three by the President of the Senate, and four by the
Speaker of the House of Delegates, be appointed to
inquire into the advisability of the State of Maryland
acquiring and utilizing the debris from the great con-
flagration in Baltimore city, for the purpose of re-
plenishing with clutch material, the oyster depleted
bottoms of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, and
to report back as soon as practicable the result of said
investigation.

Which was read the second time and passed by yeas
and nays as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs.

Speaker, Walls, Moore,

Buckler, Butler, Godwin,

Atkinson, Wilson, Lock,

Gibbs, Dennis, Miller,

Atwell, Kirbin, Pairo,

Duvall, Crawford, Baker,

Bond. Harrison, Charles,

Walbach, Harry, Mitchell,

Benson, Smith, Tennant,

Cockey, Carroll, Amiss,

Fitzsimmons, McComas, Johnston,

Green, Goslin, Lansdale,

Stevenson, Bosse, Williams,

Collins, Lipman, Feaga,

Dodson, Norris, Loar,

Jackson, Hall, Stump,

Milbourne, Murphy, B. city, Jenkins,

Miles, Orem, Haines,

Riggan, Roth, Kain,

Hopkins, Dawkins, Oursler,