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right of members to seats, the gentleman from Washington
county, who presented this resolution, might be in danger of
loosing his place as a member of this House, because the 51st
section of the XXXVth Article of the Code of General Laws
provides, that special elections shall be held within fifteen
days after the warrant shall be received by the Sheriff, and
that gentleman was elected under a warrant issued by the
Speaker in March, 1860, and which was more than a year old
at the time of of his election ; but as the provisions of the
Code are under the control of the Legislature, they think
such formal objections ought not to be regarded unless the
substantial rights of the voters or other parties interested
have been prejudiced by the failure to observe such forms.
Your committee therefore recommend the passage of the
following resolution.

J. H. GORDON,
J. T. FORD,
BARNES COMPTON,
ALEX. CHAPLAIN.

Also proposed the following resolution :

Resolved, That Henry M. Warfield, John C. Brune, Ross
Winans, Charles H. Pittsy William G. Harrison, John Han--
son Thomas, S. Teakle Wallis, Lawrence Sangston, Henry
M. Morfit and T. Parkin Scott, were duly elected members
of the present House of Delegates of Maryland from the city
of Baltimore, and that they are entitled to seats upon the
floor of said House, and to all the rights, privileges and im-
munities of members of said House.

Which was read the first time;

On motion of Mr. Pitts,

The Rules were suspended, and the resolution put upon
its second reading, and passed by yeas and nays, as follow i-

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messsrs.
Kilbourn, Sp 'r,	Chaplain,	Claggett,
Morgan, Rasin,	Holland, Maxwell,	Goldsborough Eakle,
Welch,	Miller,	Brining,
Compton,	Bryan,	Griffith,
Ford, Worthington,	Wootton, Jones, of P. G's,	Harding,. Gordon,
Denison,	Legg.	Barnard,
Quinlan,	Starkey,	Gorsuch,
Renshaw,	Landing,	Brown— 32.
Jones, of Talbot,	Kessler,