46 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1806.

The question was then put, That the said blank be filled up with the words "ninety-nine dollars and fifty
cents" Determined in the negative.

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

AFFIRMATIVE.

Comegys, Little, Ward, Woodward, I. Brown, Biggs, Bowles, Bruce,
Belt, Harryman, Cox, Sudler, Sturgis, Kuhn, Schnebly, Briscoe,
Merriken, Gale, Moffit, Gleaves, White, Street, Carroll, Beall,
Williams, Winder, Mitchell, Downes, Dashiell, Turpin, Darne, Rizer 33.
Parnham, Frazier, B. Hodges,

NEGATIVE.

Hebb, Frisby, Lyles, M. Brown, Dennis, Bishop, Bond,. Aisquith,
W. H. Brown, C. D. Hodges, T. Stuart, Martin, Porter, Hawkins, Davis, R Steuart,
Gardiner, Blake, Chapman, Jackson, Hall, Waters, Bayard, Watts. 31.
Blakistone, Emerson, M'Pherson, Smoot, Shaaff Forwood, Jump,

So it was resolved in the affirmative.
On motion the question was then put, That the following words in the said clause be stricken out? to wit:

and they shall be allowed moreover all reasonable travelling expences, when performing any duty directed by
the executive, on accounts rendered, proved, and passed by the auditor, to be paid by the treasurer of the western
shore, on warrants drawn by the governor and council. " Resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then put, That the preceding part of said clause be. stricken out? The yeas and nays being
required, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Hebb, Merriken, Chapman, Jackson, B. Hodges, Downes, Kuhn, Aisquith,
W. H. Brown, Williams, M'Pherson, Smoot, Hall, Sturgis, Forwood, Carroll,
Gardiner, Blake, Harryman, Frazier, Callis, Hawkins, Bond, Watts,
Blakistone, Lyles, Denny, Ward, Woodward,. Waters, Davis, Beall. 37.
Belt, P. Stuart, Gale, Dennis, Shaaff,

NEGATIVE.

Frisby, Parnham, Winder, Mitchell, Bishop, Street. R Steuart, Bruce,
Comegys, Little, Cox, Sudler, White, Bayard, Bowles, Briscoe,
C. D. Hodges, M. Brown,. Porter, Gleaves, Dashiell, Jump, Schnebly, Rizer. 32.
Emerson, Martin, Moffit, J. Brown, Biggs, Turpin, Darne,

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

The bill being read throughout, the question was put, That the further, consideration of the same be post
poned until tomorrow? Resolved in the affirmative.

The house adjourns until to-morrow morning 9 o'clock.

THURSDAY, December 11, 1806.

THE house met. Present the same members as on yesterday. The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mr. Shaaff, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act concerning the chancery
court; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table..

A petition from the securities of Thomas Williams, former collector of Prince-George's county, praying to
be reimbursed for poundage fees overpaid by them on a fieri facias issued against them as securities aforesaid,
was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. B. Hodges, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Callis, Mr. Hall and Mr. M'Pherson,
to consider and report thereon.

The clerk of the senate delivers the bill for the benefit of Charles. Thomas Clarke and William Hall, devisees

of Benjamin Hall, late of Prince-George's county, deceased, endorsed " will not pass. " And a letter from the
register of the land-office, enclosing his account of taxes; which was read.

A memorial from the constables of the city of Baltimore, counter to the petition of John Hunter, was pre-
ferred, read, and referred to the committee appointed on the petition to which it is counter.

A memorial from Ignatius Middleton, of Charles county counter to the memorial of sundry inhabitants of said
county, was preferred, read, and referred to the committee appointed on the memorial to which it is counter.

Mr. Mitchell, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act authorising the proprietors

of the French town and New Castle water and land stages to open a road from French-town, in Caecil county,
to intersect the divisional line between this state and the state of Delaware, at a road laid out by the commissi-
oner of New Castle county, in the state of Delaware; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the
table.

A petition from sundry inhabitants of Kent county, praying a piece of ground may be condemned for the
purpose of building a ferry-house thereon, at a place called The Narrows, was preferred, read, and referred to
Mr. Frisby, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Comegys Mr. Pearce and Mr. Sudler, to consider and report thereon.

A petition from Henry Ksepka, praying a special act of insolvency was preferred, read, and referred to the
committee appointed on petitions of a similar nature.

On motion, ORDERED, That the consideration of the bill to regulate and discipline the militia of this state.
to postponed until to-morrow,