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any such person may serve as a volunteer; provided, that no such person shall be received as a volunteer, with-
out the assent of his parent, guardian, master or mistress. " The yea and nays being required, appeared as
follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

W. H Brown, Belt, Stone, Stevens, Hall, Sudler, Holbrook, Dime,
Blakistone, O. Williams, Green, Henry, Callis, Hawkins, Bayard, Ray,
Gardiner, Merriken, Rogerson, Porter, B Hodges, Streett, Tabbs, Linthicum,
W. Moffitt, Blake, Seth, Page, J. E. Spencer, Ayres, Carroll, Bruce. 33
Brice,

NEGATIVE.

Hopewell, Little. Winder, T. Moffit, Biggs, Davis, Bowles, Tomlinson,
Welch, Harryman, Dennis, Sturgis, Kuhn, Jump, Schnebly, Greenwell,
C D Hodges, M. Brown, Frazier, Robins, Shriver, T. Dorsey, Gabby, Briscoe. 30.
Grahame, Kerr, Cox Dashiell, Forwood, Steuart,

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then put, That the house reconsider the sixteenth clause? Resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then put, That the following be inserted in said clause after the words "shall stand their
draught?" viz. "except as herein excepted; provided, that quakers, menonists, and persons conscientiously
scrupulous of bearing arms, are not to be exempt by virtue of this exception from standing their draught. " Re-
solved in the affirmative.

The question was then put, That the following be inserted in lieu of the twenty-seventh clause stricken out?
viz. " That no persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years shall be draughted to serve on any tour
of duty who are actually engaged as journeymen or apprentices in any manufactory of small arms or cannon
foundery within this state. " Determined in the negative.

The bill being read throughout, the question was put, Shall the said bill pass? The yeas and nays being re-
quired, appeared as follow

AFFIRMATIVE.

W. H. Brown, Merriken, Kerr, Cox, Sturgis, Forwood, T. Dorsey, Darne,
Gardiner, Grahame, Seth, T. Moffit, Robins, Streett, Steuart, Hay,
W, Moffit,. Green, Stevens, Porter, Dashiell, Ayres, Bowles, Linthicum,
Welch, Rogerson, Winder, Hall, Biggs, Davis, Schnebly, Bruce,
Brice, Little, Dennis, B. Hodges, Hawkins, Holbrook, Tabbs, Tomlinson,
Belt, Harryman, Frazier, J. E Spencer, Kuhn, Bayard, Gabby, Greenwell,
O. Williams, M. Brown, Henry, Sudler, Shriver, Jump, Carroll, Briscoe, 50

NEGATIVE.

Messieurs Blakistone, Hopewell, C. D. Hodges, Blake, Page. 5.

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

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

SATURDAY, January 2, 1808.

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

The bill authorising a lottery to raise a sum of money for the vestry of St. John's parish, in Harford and Bal-
timore counties, and the bill to vacate a certain certificate therein mentioned, were read the second time, passed,
and sent to the senate by the clerk.

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

THE committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the fourth election district in
Montgomery-county, praying that the elections might in future be held at James Rawling's, instead of Edward
Berry's, as heretofore, beg leave to report, that they have given the same due consideration, and are of opinion
the prayer of the petition is unreasonable, and ought not to be granted, and that the petitioners have leave to
withdraw their petition. All which is submitted.

By order, J. S. SKINNER, clk.
Which was read the first and second time by especial order and concurred with.

A petition from sundry inhabitants of Harford county, praying that the levy court may be compelled to ap-
point the collector of each district a resident thereof; which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

The further supplement to an act, entitled, An act to alter the mode of collecting the county tax in Harford
county, was read the second time, passed, and sent to the senate by the clerk.

Mr. Kerr, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act for the relief of Samuel Tho-
mas, James Colston and Benjamin Binny, executors of Charles W. Binny, deceased, securities of Philemon
Willis, late sheriff of Talbot county; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.

The clerk of the senate delivers the bill to prevent the going at large of swine and poultry in Clarksburgh in
Montgomery county, endorsed, "'will not pass. " The bill to encourage the destruction of crows in the several
counties therein mentioned, endorsed, " will pass. " Ordered to be engrossed. The resolutions in favour of Ar-
chibald Gordon and John C. Bond, severally endorsed, " assented to. " The resolution in favour of Jeremiah
T. Chase, endorsed" dissented from. " And the resolutions in favour of Thomas Jackson, and Denwood Hicks