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1876.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 143
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Mr. Donaldson submitted the following order :
ORDERED, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be requested
to furnish to this House, from the books and documents in
his office, a detailed statement of the amounts of moneys at
different times loaned, paid or made over by the State to or
for the benefit of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
since the passage of the Act of 1826, ch. 123, in the form of
stock subscriptions or otherwise, and also upon what account,
and with a further statement of the amounts for which, and
of the times from which, in each instance, the State has
guaranteed the stock or bonds of said Company, or lent its
credit for such purpose or purposes, or any other tosaid Com-
pany, stating in every instance the yearly interest at 6 per
centum on every principal amount from the time it was
leaned, paid or made over, to the present time.
And be it further ordered, That the Comptroller of the
Treasury be also requested to furnish the like statement with
regard to the Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, dating from the passage of the Act of
1830, ch. 158.
And be it further ordered, That the Comptroller be also
requested, in the case of each of said railroads in each ac-
count, to state the amounts from time to time paid by each
of said Companies to, or for the benefit of the State, with
interest stated in like manner.
Which was adopted.
Mr. Hinks submitted the following order :
WHEREAS, It has been charged in the public press and
elsewhere, that at the General Assembly of this State, held
in 1874, there was a system of extortion practiced by certain
persons and their agents, whereby a pripe was demanded and
required to be pledged and paid, in order to secure legisla-
tion upon matters concerning monetary transactions, appro-
priations and grants of franchises, etc.
And whereas, It has been likewise charged that the moneys
appropriated by said General Assembly, for the use and ben-
efit of various institutions, corporations, &c., and notably in
regard to the appropriation made for the University of Mary-
land, were not wholly and entirely applied to the purposes
for which the same were appropriated, but that a portion of
said moneys was exacted., pledged and paid for the purpose
appropriations, or for reimbursing persons for money by them
paid or advanced to secure such legislation.
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