1861.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 71

an act to relieve the Mayor and Board of Police of the city of
Baltimore and all persons who acted under the orders of the
Mayor or of the Board of Police of Baltimore city; in their
efforts to maintain peace and good order, and prevent further
strife, on and after the occurrences of the 19th day of April,
1861, in said city, from prosecution for or in consequence of
their acts or obedience to said orders.

Said bill being upon its third reading—by general con-
sent-open to amendment;

Mr. Pitts proposed the following amendment to the second
section of the bill;

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That no Prosecuting Attor-
ney nor any officer in any Court in this State, shall be en-
titled to charge or receive any compensation or costs in any
prosecution which has been or may be instituted against any
person for whose relief the act is intended ;

Which was adopted.

Mr. Pitts proposed the following amendment, as Sec. 4th :

And be it enacted, That this act may be given as evidence
under the general issue;
Which was adopted.

The bill as amended was then read the third time and
passed by yeas and nays as follows:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs.
Kilbourn, Sp'r	Wootten,	Wallis,
Durant,	Landing,	Sangston,
Morgan,	Dennis, of Wor.,	Morfit,
Rasin,	Routzahn,	Scott,
Medders,	Johnson,	Wilson, of Har,
Briscoe,	Naill,	Bayless,
Parran,	Straughn,	Coudy,
Burgess,	Goldsborough,	Eakle,
Ford,	Warfield,	Brining,
Denison,	Brune,	Stake,
Renshaw,	Winans,	Barnard,
Chaplain,	Pitts,	Roop,
Long,	Harrison,	Mills,
Lawson,	Thomas,	Brown— 43
Maxwell,
	NEGATIVE — :None .

Said bill was then sent to the Senate.