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any action on my part has been taken to cause said arms to
be delivered up to the State authority, in order to be given
up to Captain Moore."

To the first inquiry: That it is impertinent.

To the second: That I refer you to General Butler for an
answer.

To the third: That chapter 188 of the Acts of 1860, makes
it the duty of the Adjutant General to distribute the arms in
conformity with the requirements of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, and that the inquiry should be addressed to him.

THOS. H. HICKS.
Which was read.

Mr, Jacobs moved to return the same to the Executive;
The yeas and nays were ordered and appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.
'Messrs.

Kilbourn, Sp'r, Jones, of P. G., Morfit,
Durant, Starkey, Scott,
Morgan, Jacobs, Eakle,
Rasin, Goldsborough, Brining,
Ford, Warfield, Griffith,
Denison, Brune, Gordon,
Renshaw, Harrison, Barnard,
Jones, of Talbot, Wallis, Mills,
Chaplain, Sangston, Turner—28.
Bryan,

NEGATIVE.
Messrs.

Medders, Naill, . Fiery,
Burgess, Straughn, Roop,
McIntire, Wilson, Gorsuch—10.
Maxwell,

So the motion prevailed and the communication was re-
turned to the Executive.

Mr. Gorjsuch, from a select committee, reported favorably
upon a Senate bill entitled, an act to amend the 88th section
of the Code of Public Local Laws relating to Carroll county,
by adding thereto the following;

Which was read the second, and by special order the third
time and passed by yeas and nays, as follow: