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bill to lay out and make a public road in Baltimore county, severally endorsed, " will pass. " Ordered to be en-
grossed. The bill to change the place of holding the election in the first district of Baltimore county, endorsed,
" will pass with the proposed amendments; " which amendments were read, agreed to, and the bill ordered to
be engrossed. The additional supplement to the act, entitled, An act to ascertain the allowance to jurymen and
witnesses of the general court, and the several county and orphans courts in this state, and the bill to lay out
and open a road in Frederick county, severally endorsed, " will pass with the proposed amendment; " which
amendments were read, agreed to, and the bills ordered to be engrossed.

On the second reading of the report of the committee on the petition of William Rose, and others, the ques-
tion was put, That the house assent to the two first resolutions therein contained? Resolved in the affirmative.
The question was then put, That the last resolution therein contained be stricken out? Resolved in the affir-
mative.

The bill authorising a lottery for raising a sum of money for building a church in Charles county, the resolu-
tion in. favour of Jeremiah T. Chase, and the resolutions in favour of William Rose, and others, were sent to
the senate by the clerk..

A petition from Marcus Hyland and Richard Galt, of the city of Baltimore, praying for a special act of in-
solvency, was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. T. Dorsey, Mr. Little and Mr. Steuart, to consider and re-
port thereon.

ORDERED That, the further, consideration of the bill to regulate and discipline, the militia of this state, be
postponed.

The house proceeded to the second reading of the bill to make public a road in Charles county, and after
hearing counsel at the bar of the house against the same, the question was put, That the same be recommitted
for amendment? Determined in the negative.

The question was then put, Shall the said bill pass? Resolved in the affirmative. Which bill was sent to the
senate by the clerk.

The house resumed the consideration of the bill to regulate and discipline the militia of this state, and, on
progression in reading the same, the question was put, That the words " eight dollars" be stricken out of the
following clause?

And be it enacted, That each quaker, menonist, tunker, or person conscientiously scrupulous of bearing
arms, between eighteen and forty-five years of age, shall be exempt from militia duty according to the provisions
of this act, except when called into actual service, on the payment of eight dollars annually. "

The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:

		AFFIRMATIVE.
Gardiner;	C. Dorsey,	Frazier,	Sturgis,	Shriver,	Ayres,	Bayard,	Carroll,
C. D. Hodges,	Rogerson,	Hall,	Dashiell,	Forwood,	Davis.	Bowles,	Darne,
Blake,	Harryman,	Callis,	Biggs,	Streett,	Holbrook,	Schnebly,	Bruce.	27
Grahame,	Kerr,	Sudler,
			NEGATIVE.
Blakistone,	O. Williams,	M. Brown,	Dennis,	Porter,	Robins,	T. Dorsey,	Linthicum,
W. Moffitt,	Merriken,	Seth,	Henry,	B. Hodges,	Hawkins,	Steuart,	Tomlinson,
Welch,	Stone,	Stevens,	Mitchell,	Muir,	Kuhn,	Tabbs,	Greenwell,
Brice,	Little,	Winder,	T. Moffit,	J; E. Spencer,	Jump,	Gabby,	Briscoe.	33.

So it was determined in. the negative.

On motion, the question was put, That the house reconsider the said clause? Determined in the negative.

The question was then put, That the following words be added to said clause? viz. " except such persons as
a company court-martial may determine are unable from indigence to pay such sum, and in that case the court-
martial may exempt them from the payment of such part thereof as they may think proper. " The yeas and nays
being required, appeared as follow:

			AFFIRMATIVE.
W. H. Brown,	C. D. Hodges,	Rogerson,	Hall,	Robins,	Forwood,.	Holbrook,	Carroll,
Blakistone,	Blake,	Kerr,	Callis,	Dashiell,	Streett,	Bayard,	Darne,
Gardiner,	Grahame,	Seth,	B Hodges,	Biggs,	Ayres,	Bowles,	Ray.
Belt,	C. Dorsey,	Stevens,	Sturgis,	Shriver,	Davis,	Schnebly,	Bruce.
			NEGATIVE.
W. Moffitt,	Merriken,	Winder,	T. Moffit,	J E. Spencer,	Kuhn,	Steuart,	Tomlinson
Welch,	Little,	Dennis,	Porter,	Sudler,	Jump.	Gabby,	Greenwell,
Brice,	Harryman,	Henry,	Muir,	Hawkins,	T. Dorsey,	Linthicum,	Briscoe.
O. Williams,	M. Brown,	Mitchell,

So it was resolved in the affirmative.
The house adjourns until to-morrow morning 9 o'clock.

FRIDAY, January i, 1808.

THE house met. Present the same members, as on yesterday. The proceedings of yesterday were read.