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Mr. Freeman submitted the following message:

BY THE SENATE,

February 15th, 1878.
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates :

We have received your message proposing that the Com-
mittee on Pensions of the Senate and House of Delegates, re-
spectively, be constituted a Joint Committee, and concur
therein.

By order,

AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,

Secretary.

Which was read, assented to, and sent to the House of
Delegates.

Senate bill entitled afi Act to repeal Section 296, and sub-
Section 1, of the Public Local Laws of Washington County,
entitled "Smithsburg," and to re-enact the same with
amendments,

Was read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed for
a third reading.

Senate bill entitled an Act to authorize the County Com-
missioners of Worcester County, to erect and maintain a
bridge over Herring Creek, in said county, and to levy a sum
of money therefor,

Was read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed for
a third reading.

Senate bill entitled an Act to repeal Section 55, of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title "Montgomery County," sub-title
"Rockville," relating to the election of four Commissioners
as enacted by the Act of 1870, Chapter 170, and to re-enact
said section with amendments,

Was read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed for
a third reading.

The President announced the order of the day to be the
following bill:

Senate bill entitled an Act to authorize the Comptroller of
the Treasury to adjust and settle the accounts due by Collec-
tors, Sheriffs, Clerks of Courts, Registers of Wills, and other
receivers of public moneys in cases where the indebtedness
accrued prior to and including the year 1875.

Being upon its second reading,