126 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 31,

Clerk's office of Baltimore County, for record, and to author-
ize him to charge proper fees therefor.

Which was read the second time.
Also, favorably,

House bill entitled an Act to add an additional section to
Article 5, of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled "Ap-
peals. "

Which was read the second time.
Also, favorably,

Senate bill entitled an Act to cede to the United States the
title to the land occupied by the Antietam National Cemetery,
near Sharpsburg, Washington County, in the State of Mary-
land, and to cede jurisdiction over same.

Which was read the first time.
Also, favorably,

Senate bill entitled an Act to release certain claims of the
State against Collectors, Sheriffs and others, and to discon-
tinue the suits for the recovery thereof.

Which was read the first time.
Also, favorably,

Senate bill entitled an Act granting the sanction of the
General Assembly of Maryland to the gift, devise and be-
quest in the last will of Sarah Heller, late of Washington
County, deceased, to the German Reformed Church of Clear-
spring, Washington County, Maryland.

Which was read the first time.
Also, favorably,

Senate bill entitled an Act to add an additional section to
Article 30, of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled
"Crimes and Punishments, " to come after Section 141, and
to be numbered 141 A.

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Franklin, from the Committee on Elections, reported
favorably,

House bill entitled an Act to repeal Section 5, of the Act
of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at January
Session, 1874, Chapter 144, entitled an Act to repeal Sections
5 and 6, of the Act of the General Assembly of Maryland,
parsed at January Session, 1872, Chapter 212, entitled an