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two thousand dollars, made b) the will of said deceased, to
his wife, Ann Griffith, who died before her husband without
heirs.
Endorsed, "Passed by yeas and nays."
Also,
The bill entitled an Act to repeal the Act, passed at the
January Session, 1874, chapter 278, entitled an Act to regu-
late fences on adjoining lands of persons in Prince George's
county.
Endorsed, ''Passed by yeas and nays."
The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following mes-
sage :
BY THE SENATE,
February 2nd, 1876.
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:
It has become our melancholy doty to announce, thnt since
the last Session of our General Assembly, the Hon. Chap-
man Billingsley, late a Representative from St. Mary's county,
in our body, has been called by a Divine Providence from
our midst.
Fuily appreciating his great worth and loss to our State,
but bowing in humble submission to the Divine Will, it only
remains for us to express our dev >tiou to his memory ; and
we propose to your Honorable Body, as a testimonial of re-
spect, and as an earnest of our sorrow at his demise, that the
business of the two Houses of the General Assembly be sus-
pended, that his friends and associates may pay a fitting
tribute to his memory ; and as a further mark of respect, that
upon the conclusion of such eulogies as may be offered, the
two Houses of the General Assembly immediately adjourn,
and that the Members of both Houses wear the usual badge
of mourning for the usual time.
By order,
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary.
Which was read.
Mr. Mattingly submitted the following message:
BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
February 2nd, 1876.
Gentlemen of the Senate:
We have received the message from your Honorable Body,
announcing the death of the Hon. Chapman Biilingsley, late
Senator from St. Mary's county, since the adjournment of
the Senate of 1874, of which he was an honored and honora-
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