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

Also,

The memorial of the Fire Inspector of Baltimore City.

Which was read, and referred to the Committee on In-
spections.

Mr. Steiner presented the petition of R. H. Marshall,
George Markell, F. J. Nelson, Ezra Houck, C. W. Ross,
and 745 others, citizens of Frederick, endorsing and approv-
ing the action of its city authorities in protesting against the
passage of the bill changing the limits of that city, and set-
ting forth the gross injustice that would be done by curtail-
ing its limits.

Which was read, and referred to the Committee on Cor-
porations.

Mr. Steiner presented to the Senate the following memorial
of the Finance Committee of the Corporation of Frederick
City:

MEMORIAL.

To the General Assembly of Maryland :

The undersigned, being the Finance Committee of the
municipal corporation, known as "the Mayor, Aldermen and
Common Council of Frederick," in behalf of said municipal
authorities, respectfully pray your Honorable Bodies not to
pass the bill now pending in the Senate, diminishing the
extent of said municipality and changing the bounds thereof
for the following reasons :

The passage of tha bill will very materially affect the finan-
cial condition of the city. Debts have been contracted by
the city, both bonded and otherwise, upon the faith of all
the property now embraced within the corporate limits being
permitted to remain therein; and considerable money has
been expended for the benefit of the people and property
now sought to be cut off from the municipality.

Water privileges have been extended in every direction for
their benefit, and lights have been erected, and in the case of
Mr. Wolf, a stone wall along East street has been erected by
the corporation for his benefit; and upon his premises is a
coal yard doing a large and thriving business, and a straw
yard where large quantities of straw are bought, and if
this bill is passed, the straw would be bought and the busi-
ness conducted outside of the corporate limits, and the muni-
cipality deprived of its revenues under the laws and ordi-
nances in regard to weighing commodities and it would be