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1876.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 775
Mr. Donaldson, (the rules being suspended,) submitted the
following
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Attorney General be, and he is hereby directed to pro-
ceed at once to enforce by legal process., the payment to the
State, out of the net profits of the Washington Branch Rail-
road, for the six months ending September 30th, 1875? the
State's proportionate dividend upon the shares of stock of
said road held by the State, as well as all other dividends that
should properly have bt-en made, and paid over to the State
upon its said stock at any time, whether semi-annually or
tri-ennially, as the same may have been from time to time
required, to be paid to the stockholders of said Washington
Branch, by Section 5 of chapter 330. of the Acrs of Assembly
passed at January Session, 1831,
And be it further resolved, That the Attorney General be
and he is hereby directed to bring in it forthwith against the
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company tor w mtever difference
there may be between the amount during the period, from
January 1st, 1839, to the passage of the Legal-Tender Act
by the Congress of the United States, transmitted to London
by said Company, to pay the 5 per cent, gold interest on the
sterling bonds of the State, issued for said Company's bene-
fit, and the yearly 6 per cent, dividend or interest payable
up to the last named time in gold by said Company to the
State, on its preferred stock in said Company..
Which were read a first time, and
On motion of Mr, Donaldson, made the order of the day
for Friday, March 10th, at 10 o'clock, P. M.
The House, then at 4 P. M., took a recess until 8 o'clock,.
P. M...
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NIGHT SESSION.
THURSDAY, March 9th, 1876.
The House met at 8 P. M.
Present at the call of the roll the following members:
Messrs. Smith, (Speaker,) Mattingly, Boyer, Usilton,.
Hodges, Robinson, Rullman, Bird, Lancaster, Baldwin,
Whitelock, Fitzjarrell, Dodson, Lankford, Ganby, Ford,
Lambdin, Waters, of Dor., Briscoe, Constable, Ward, Snow-
den, Hance, Gwynn, Neal, Purnell, Onley, Riggs, Hinks,
Naill, Koons, Rutledge, Boyle, Culbreth, Rusk, Berkemeier,.
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