1861.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 345

Which were read.

Mr. Chaplain offered the following:

Ordered, That the committee appointed by the House on
the 18th of June, to whom was referred certain petitions
from citizens of Queen Anne's and Talbot counties relating
to the seizure of the arms of the State by the Federal troops,
have power to send for persons and papers and examine wit-
nesses under oath;

Which was not adopted.

On motion of Mr. Denison,

It was ordered, That Mr. Legg be constituted a member of
the committee referred to in the above order.

On motion of Mr. Gordon,

The vote by which the order of Mr. Chaplain was lost,
Was reconsidered.

The question then recurring upon the adoption of the order,
The yeas and nays were ordered, and appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.

Kilbourn, Sp'r, Salmon, Wallis,
Rasin, Goldsborough, Sangston,
Ford, Warfield. Morfit,
Denison, Brune, Scott,
Quinlan, Pitts, Griffith,
Renshaw, Harrison, Gordon,
Chaplain, Thomas, Mills—22.
Holland,

NEGATIVE.
Messrs.

Durant, Kessler, McCoy,
Medders, Claggett, Fiery,
Welch, Johnson, McCleary,
Briscoe, Naill, Gorsuch,
McIntire, Wilson, Turner—16.
Legg,

So the order was adopted.

Mr. Holland, from a select committee, reported favorably
upon the bill entitled, an act to amend sections 91 and 124
of article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws for Dorches-
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