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408 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 15,
immediate parties contesting. It is a question whether or
not a great crime has been committed against the right of
suffrage, and if it has been committed, and we ascertain that
it has been, it is fatal to one and all alike of those who claim
under it.
For these reasons we desire to record our emphatic dissent
from the course adopted by the majority of the Committee,
and the grounds on which they seek to defend it.
HENRY CLAY NAILL,
F. M. LANCASTER.
Mr. Donaldson moved that the further consideration
thereof be postponed, and the whole subject made the order
of the day for Thursday, the 17th instant, at i o'clock, P, M.
Decided in the affirmative.
The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following com-
munication:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE,
Annapolis, Md., 15 Feby., 1876.
Hon. Lewis Cass Smith,
Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland:
Sir:—The enclosed communication and accompanying
resolutions are hereby transmitted to the House of Delegates
by request of His Excellency, the Governor of Maryland.
I am, sir,
With the highest consideration,
Tour ob't. serv't.,
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
Together with the following communication from His Ex-
cellency, John Lee Carroll.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Annapolis, Feb. 14th, 1876.
Gentlemen of the Senate of Maryland:
By the last General Assembly, an Act was passed,
(1874, chapter 404,) authorizing and directing the Gov-
ernor to have painted copies made of the portraits of
Thomas Stone and William Paca, formerly Governor of our
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