1876.] OF THE SENATE. 673,

missioners of Allegany county, to levy a tax on dogs in said
county.

Which was read the second time.

Mr. Bannon, from Select Committee, reported favorably,

House bill entitled an Act to amend and alter the charter,
of the city of Annapolis.

Which was read the second time.

The President announced the unfinished business to be the

House bill entitled an Act making appropriations for the
the support of the State Government for the year ending
31st of December, 1876.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the amend-
ment heretofore submitted by Mr. Suit, as follows:

Page 3, printed bill, under the head of "Inspectors," strike-
out all after the woi d "the" down to the word "five," in
first line.

Which was rejected by yeas and nays as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Brewer, Mudd,

Duke, Newcomer,
Dennis, Phelps,
Freeman, Steiner,
Lawrence, Suit—10.

NEGATIVE.
Messrs. President, Hepbron,

Aydelotte, Humphreys,
Bannon, Lee,
Cooper, Lloyd,
Ford, McCulloh,
Getty, Stevens,
Gorman, Walsh—14.
Mr. Suit submitted the following amendment:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Line 2, strike out "two thousand five hundred," and in-
sert "fifteen hundred."
Which was rejected,
Mr. Duke submitted the following amendment:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Line 3, under the head of "Inspectors," insert, "seventeen
thousand dollars for the payment of the Clerks of the To-
bacco Warehouses in the City of Baltimore."
Which was rejected by yeas and nays as- follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Duke, Suit—2.