72 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1807.

A petition from Clement Richards of the city of Annapolis, late a soldier, and praying half pay; was pre-
ferred, read, and referred to Mr. Shaaff, Mr. Winder and Mr. Gale, of Som. to consider and report thereon.

The clerk of the senate delivers the bill authorising Robert Leatherbury, of Somerset county, to complete
his collection, and the bill to lay out and make a public road in Anne-Arundel county, severally endorsed " will
pass. " Ordered to be engrossed, Also a letter from the governor, enclosing resolutions of the state of Ver-
mont, proposing such amendment to the constitution of the United Slates as will empower the president of the
United States to remove from office any of the judges of the courts of the United States, upon address to him
made for that purpose by a majority of the house of representatives, and two thirds of the senate, in congress
assembled; which was read. And the house proceeded to ballot for a committee to consider and report thereon;
the ballots being deposited in the ballot box, the gentlemen named to strike retired, and after sometime returned
and reported, that Mr. T. Dorsey, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Little, Mr. Tabbs, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. C.
Dorsey, were elected. Also a letter from the register of the land-office, enclosing an account of taxes received
by him; which was read.

A petition from Henry Shock, of the city of Baltimore, stating that he has applied for an act of insolvency,
and that, sometime will elapse before he can obtain the benefit thereof, and praying that he may be protected
from arrest during that period, was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. Lillie, Mr. T. Dorsey and Mr. M.
Brown, to consider and report thereon.

Mr. Harryman, from the committee, delivers to the speaker the following report:

THE committee to whom was referred the petition of George Fitzhugh, of Baltimore county, report, that

they have taken the same into consideration, and are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable

and just, and ought to be granted; they therefore submit the following resolution:

RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby authorised and required to pay to
George Fitzhugh, of Baltimore county, the sum of —— dollars, out of any unappropriated money in the
treasury.

By order, G. WINCHESTER, elk,
Which was read.

Mr, Merriken, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act for the benefit of Elisha
Hopkins, of Anne-Arundel county; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Little, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act to enable Margaret Hammond
and Harriet Hammond, of Baltimore county, to erect a bridge across Patapsco river, at a place called Ham-
mond's Ferry; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
On motion, the question was put, That the same be printed? Determined in the negative.
On motion, the question was then put, That the said question be reconsidered? Resolved in the affirma-
tive.

The question was then put, That the said bill be printed? Resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, Leave given to bring in a bill, entitled, A supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the valua-
tion of real and personal property within this state. ORDERED, That Mr. C. Dorsey, Mr. J. Williams and Mr.
T. Dorsey, be a committee to prepare and bring in the same.

A petition from Benjamin Morris, praying a special act of insolvency, was preferred, read, and referred to
Mr. T. Dorsey, Mr. Harryman and Mr. Little, to consider and report thereon.

ORDERED, That the bill to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and form of govern-
ment as relate to the time of the meeting of the general assembly, and for other purposes, have a second read-
ing on the 31st instant.

ORDERED, That the bill to abolish all such parts of the constitution and form of government as relate to the
time and manner of electing the senate, and the mode of filling up vacancies in that body, have a second read-
ing on the 30th instant.

The house proceeded to the second reading of the further supplement to the act, entitled, An act for amend-
ing, and reducing into system, the laws and regulations concerning last wills and testaments, the duties of exe-
cutors, administrators and guardians, and the rights of orphans and other representatives of deceased persons;
and, on progression in reading the same, the question was put, That the following clause be stricken out ?
"And be it enacted, That if any security of a guardian, appointed by virtue of the act to which this is a sup-
plement, shall conceive him or herself in danger of suffering from the suretyship, he may apply to the orphans
court by which such guardian was appointed, and the said court may call on such guardian to give counter se-
curity, and if the said guardian shall not, within a fixed reasonable time, give such counter security, the said
court may revoke the appointment of such guardian, and appoint a new guardian; and in case the guardian,
whose appointment is revoked as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect, in a reasonable time after demand, to deliver
over to such new guardian the property of the ward, the said court may compel the game by attachment, and
Way direct the bond of such displaced guardian, to be put in suit. " Resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, the question was put, That the house reconsider said question? Resolved in the affirmative.
The question was then put, That the said clause be stricken out? Determined in the negative,
On motion, ORDERED. That the said bill be recommitted for amendment.