138 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 1,

Resolved, By the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
that the Senators and Delegates from Baltimore City, in the
General Assembly be, and they are hereby, respectfully re-
quested to oppose the passage of the proposed bill, diverting
from the use of the Public Schools in the State, the money
actually collected for them.
True Copy—

Test: —JAMES HYDE,

Clerk.

Which were read, and referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation.

Also,

The following communication from the President of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company:

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COMPANY,

ANNAPOLIS, February 1st, 1878. J

Hon. Edward Lloyd, President of the Senate.

My Dear Sir: —I hand you herewith a communication
from the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, in relation to a bill now pending before
your Honorable Body, to authorize the issuing of bonds for
repair of Canal, with request to submit the same to Senate.
Very Respectfully,

A. P. GORMAN,

President.
[See Document J. ]

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

The President presented to the Senate the memorial of
James Owens, of Anne Arundel County, praying for a pen-
sion.

Which was read, and referred to the Committee on Pen-
sions.

The President presented to the Senate the petition of Wm.
H. Neavitt, Wm. Cummings and 64 other citizens of Talbot
County, praying for a continuation of the present law for the
protection of the tonging interest in Poplar Island Harbor.

Also.

The petition of John Q. Laramore and Theodore F. Had-
away and 90 other citizens of Talbot County, praying for a
uniform system of measuring oysters in the shell.