1876.] OF THE SENATE. 679

House bill entitled an Act to authorize the Commissioners
of Oxford, Talbot county, to convey to the Board of County
School Commissioners of Talbot county, a portion of a vacant
public lot in the town of Oxford, for the purpose of erecting
thereon a public school house,

Was read the third time and passed by yeas and nays as
follows:

AFFIRMATIVE,
Messrs. President, Joyce,

Aydelotte, Lawrence,
Bannon, McCulloh,
Brewer, Mudd,
Dennis, Newcomer,
Freeman, Phelps.
Hepbron, Stevens,
Humphreys, Suit—16.

NEGATIVE—None.
Said bill was then returned to the House of Delegates.

Senate bill entitled an Act for the promotion of agricul-
ture and the mechanic and household arts, in Harford, How-
ard, Kent, Wicomico, Somerset, Prince George's, Dorches-
ter, Talbot, Anne Arundel, Charles, Queen Anne's, Calvert,
St. Mary's, Cecil and Garrett counties,

Was read the third time and rejected for want of a Con-
stitutional majority, by yeas and nays as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Duke, Knight,
Dennis, Lawrence,
Freeman, Lloyd,
Gorman, Steiner,
Hepbron, Suit—11.
Humphreys,

NEGATIVE.
Messrs. President, Joyce,

Aydelotte, McCulloh,
Brewer, Newcomer,
Cooper. Phelps,
Ford, Stevens—10.
Mr. Bannon moved to reconsider the vote by which said
bill failed to receive a Constitutional majority.
Which was determined in the negative.

House bill entitled an Act to provide for an additional
Justice of the Peace for district No. 4 of Charles county,

Was read the third time and passed by yeas and nays as
follows: