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1052 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 22,
W. Price, John T.. Norman and seventy others, asking for
the passage of a dog law for the 4th Election District of
Queen Anne's county.
Which was read and referred to Messrs. Cockey, Neal and
Mattingly.
Mr. Donaldson presented the petition of the Maryland
Academy of Sciences with regard to the test for coal oil.
Which was read and referred to the Select Committee
on the Subject.
Mr. Hoblitzell presented the petition for the removal of
the stock yards to a more distant part of the county, signed
by C. C. Fulton, D J. Foley, Bro. & Co , Lazear & Co.,
Pearson, Lawrence & Co., A. P. Woods & Co., and others.
Which was read and referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
Mr. Naill presented the petition of Dennis Ramsburg and
many other citizens of Frederick county, against the repeal
of the Hansonville prohibotory liquor law.
Which was read and referred the Frederick delegation.
Mr. Stewart presented the following communication:
To the Honorable, the General Assembly of Maryland:
The Commissioners representing the State at the coming
celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of American
Independence, are desirous as far as practicable, to associate
with a representation of the arts and products of the soil, mines
and waters of Maryland, all objects that identify her with the
origin of onr independence; and especially do they desire,
that the walls of the building, which they are about to erect,
should be adorned with the portraits of the men, who signed
the Declaration.
The Commissioners, therefore, most respectfully, solicit
the passage of a Joint Resolution, permitting the temporary
removal of the portraits, and the painting representing
Washington resigning his commission, now in the Senate
Chamber. The portraits, together with those belonging to
the Historical Society of Maryland, including a full length
of the first Lord Baltimore, will, it is believed, make a col-
lection unique of its kind, and give to the Maryland Build-
ing a peculiar and most attractive feature.
As the question of safety may naturally occur to your Hon-
orable Body, it is proper to state that the Maryland building
will stand apart from other structures, and during the exhi-
bition neither fires, nor even lamps, nor candles will be per-
mitted within its walls; and beside the regular watch of the
grounds, it will be in charge of the special attendants of the
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