446 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 12,

spirituous, fermented or other intoxicating liquors shall be
sold in said county.

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Com-
mittee on Temperance.

Senate bill entitled an Act for the promotion of Agricul-
ture and the Mechanical and Household Arts in Harford,
Kent and Queen Anne's Counties,

Was read the first time, and rejected for want of a constitu-
tional majority, by yeas and nays, as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. President, McLane,
Bannon, Peter,
Cooper, Steiner,
Freeman, Stump,
Gorman, Sulivane,
Lancaster, Welfley—12.
NEGATIVE.

Messrs. Franklin, Newcomer,
Garey, Wilson—4.

On motion by Mr. Stump,

The vote by which said bill was lost for want of a constitu-
tional majority,
Was reconsidered.

The President announced the order of the day to be
House bill entitled an Act to repeal Sections 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, of Article 56, of the Code of Public-
General Laws, entitled "Licenses," sub-title "Foreign Cor-
porations and Companies," and the amendments thereto
made by Chapter 388, of the Acts of the General Assembly,
passed at the January Session, 1872, Chapter 400, of the Act
of the General Assembly, passed at the January Session,
1874, and Chapter 248, of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, passed at the January Session, 1876, and to repeal Sec-
tion 105, of Article 26, of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Corporations," sub-title "Insurance Companies," and
the amendments made thereto by Chapter 9, of the Acts of
the General Assembly, passed at the January Session, 1874,
and to re-enact said Sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35 and 36, of said Article 56, of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Licenses, sub-title "Foreign Corporations and
Companies," and also to re-enact Section 105, of said Article
26, of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Corporations,"
sub-title "Insurance Companies," with amendments.

Said bill being upon its third reading.