VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1805. 107

NEGATIVE.

Neale, Dorsey., Stuart, Denny, Hyland, Muir, Waters, Selby,

Hebb, Higgins, Parnham, Lloyd, Van-Horn, Shaaff, Cockey, Linthicum,

Plater, Holland, M'Pherson, Dickinson, Hall, Gleaves, Kuhn, Bruce,

Merriken, B. Mackall, Chapman, Cottman, Contee, Hawkins. Carroll, Rizer. 33.

Mercer,

So it was determined in the negative.

On motion, the question was then put, That the further consideration of the said bill be referred to the next
general assembly? The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE

Scott, Ward; Porter, Montgomery, Bayard, Jump, Bowles, Yates,

Harryman, Smoot, Hawkins, Forwood, Turpin, Ellicott, Smith, Tomlinson., 20.

Frazier, Cox, Cockey, Ayres,

NEGATIVE.

Neale, Dorsey, Stuart, Denny, Van-Horn, Sudler, Waters, Watts,

later, Higgins, Parnham, Lloyd, Hall, Gleaves, Kuhn, Linthicum,

Hanson, Holland, M'Pherson, Dickinson, Contee, Sturgis, Carroll, Bruce,

Merriken, H Mackall, Chapman, Cottman, Muir, Bishop, Selby, Rizer. 37.

Mercer, B. Mackall, Ogden, Hyland, Shaaff,

So it was determined in the negative.

On motion, the question was then put, That the following be inserted at the end of said amendment?

" And be it enacted. That the sum of eight hundred dollars annually, shall be paid by the treasurer of the
western shore to the order of the trustees hereafter named, to be applied by them to the payment of a teacher
or teachers in an academy to be erected in Baltimore or Harford county, at such place as the said trustees may
appoint. And be it enacted, That James M'Culloch, Thomas Hellen, Tobias E. Stansbury, major Thomas
Talbot, Moses Brown, George Luckey, Hugh Whiteford, junior, doctor John Hall, Elijah Davis and John
Moore, shall be and are hereby appointed trustees for the purpose of locating, electing and superintending, the
academy aforesaid, and it shall be lawful for them, or a majority of them, so soon as the said academy shall be
it for the reception cf scholars, to draw on the treasurer of the western shore for the sum of eight hundred
dollars annually, for the payment of the teacher or teachers of said academy, and a majority of the trustees
hereby appointed shall be competent to perform any or all of the duties directed by this section. "

The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Neale, Mercer, R. Mackall, Chapman, Lloyd, Van-Horn, Sudler, Ellicott.

Hebb, Dorsey, B. Mackall, Ogden, Dickinson, Hall, Montgomery, Stephen,

later, Higgins, Stuart, Lemmon, Cottman, Contee, Forwood, Carroll. 31.

Merriken, Holland, Parnham, Harryman, Porter, Muir, Ayres,

NEGATIVE.

Scott, Hyland, Smoot, Bishop, Holbrook, Jump, Yates, Linthicum,
Hanson, Frazier, Cox, Cockey, Bayard, Bowles, Selby, Tomlinson. 23.
Hum, Ward, Sturgis, Kuhn, Turpin, Smith, Watts,

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, the question was then put, That the following be inserted after the last amendment ? " And be
it enacted, That the fourth section of an act of assembly, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and
ninety-eight, entitled, An act for the promotion of literature in this state, be and the same is hereby repealed. "
Resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, That the following be inserted after the last amendment?

" And in lieu of the seventeen hundred and fifty pounds annual donation heretofore appropriated to St. John's
college, which has been withdrawn during the present session of assembly, and in order that the trustees of
the said college may be enabled to continue the buildings already erected, the philosophical apparatus, and other
necessaries, heretofore provided at great expence for the purpose of educating youth in the higher branches of
literature, Be it enacted, That the sum of —— dollars be paid annually, in half yearly payments, to the visi-
tors and governors of the said college, and their successors. "

The question was put, That the blank therein be filled up with the words " two thousand?" Determined in
the negative.

The question was then put, That the said blank be filled up with the words " sixteen hundred ? The yeas
and nays being required, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Neale, Mercer, K. Mackall, M'Pherson, Jackson, Van-Horn, Shaaff, Stephen,
Hebb, Dorsey, B. Mackall, Chapman, Cottman, Hall, Sudler, Carroll,
Plater, Higgins, Stuart, Lloyd, Hyland, Contee, Gleaves, Bruce. 32.

Merriken, Holland, Parnham, Dickinson, Frazier, Muir, Ellicott,

NEGATIVE.

Scott, Harryman, Sturgis, Kuhn, Holbrook, Jump, Yates, Linthicum,

Hanson, Smoot, Bishop, Montgomery, Bayard, Bowles, Selby, Tomlinson,

Ogden, Cox, Water, Forwood, Turpin, Smith, Watts, Rizer. 28.

Lemmon, Porter, Cockey, Ayres,

So it was reserved in the affirmative.
The question was then put, Will the house agree to said amendment ? Resolved in the affirmative;