90 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1807.

On motion, Leave given to bring in a bill, entitled, An act to fix and to establish the pay of the adjutant-ge-
neral and brigade inspectors. ORDERED, That Mr. Little, Mr. Winder and Mr. Mitchell, be a committee to
prepare and bring in the same.

A petition from George Gray, of Calvert county, praying a compensation for building the poor's house in said
county, was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. Grahame, Mr, Reynolds and Mr. Hall, to consider and report
thereon.

The bill to lay out and open a road from Bond-street, on Fell's Point, to intersect the York turnpike road,
was read the second time, passed, and sent to the senate by the clerk.

A petition from Samuel Thomas, guardian to Mary S. Barnaby, of Talbot county, praying he may be autho-
rised to sell her interest in certain real property, was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. Kerr, Mr. Seth and
Mr. Stevens, to consider and report thereon.

Mr. Little, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act to fix and establish the pay of
the adjutant-general and brigade inspectors; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.

The amendments proposed to the bill for the relief of Nathaniel L. Chew, Peter Miles and Robert Nesbit, of
Baltimore county, were read the second time, and the 1st, 2d and 5th amendments dissented from, and the 3d
and 4th assented to.

On motion, the question was put, That the house reconsider the bill for the relief of Martin Brown, an in-
solvent debtor, of Saint-Mary's county? Resolved in the affirmative.

The amendments proposed to said bill were then read and dissented from.

The following message being read and agreed to, was, with the said bill, sent to the senate by the clerk.

By the HOUSE of DELEGATES, January 6, 1808.
Gentlemen of the Senate,

WE return you the bill in favour of Martin Brown, of Sr. Mary's county, and flatter ourselves, that on re
consideration, your house will recede from your amendments, as they go -to defeat the object of the bill.

By order, J. BREWER, clk.

The clerk of the senate delivers the bill, entitled, An act for the benefit of John Schnebly, Jacob Schnebly,
David Schnebly, and the children of Jacob Barnett, of Washington county, devisees of doctor Henry Schnebly,
late of said county, endorsed, " will pass; " which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table. The
bill authorising Elizabeth Sherwood and Thomas Banning, administrators of Hugh Sherwood, of Huntington,
deceased, to complete the collection of balances due the said Sherwood, as sheriff of Talbot county, endorsed,
" will not pass. " And the bill for the relief of Samuel Thomas, James Colston and Benjamin Benny, executors
of Charles W. Benny, deceased, securities of Philemon Willis, late sheriff of Talbot county, endorsed, "will
pass with the proposed amendment; " which amendment was read the first and second time, agreed to, and the
bill ordered to be engrossed.

On motion, Leave given to bring in a bill, entitled, An act to authorise William Moffitt, late sheriff and col-
lector of Kent county, to complete his collections. ORDERED, That Mr. Welch, Mr. Brice and Mr. Porter

be a committee to prepare and bring in the same.

The following message was read, agreed to, and, with the bill therein mentioned, sent to the senate by the clerk.

By the HOUSE of DELEGATES, January 6, 1808,
Gentlemen of the Senate,

WE have read and considered your amendments to the bill, entitled, An act for the relief of Nathaniel L.
Chew, Peter Miles and Robert Nesbit, of Baltimore county; to the third and fourth amendments we have
agreed, but to the first, second and fifth amendments, we have disagreed, and herewith return them, with a re-
quest that you may reconsider the same, and recede therefrom.

By order, J. BREWER, clk.

On motion, Leave given to bring in a bill, entitled, An act authorising and. empowering the drawing of lot-
teries in this state for the purpose of establishing county and parish schools in this state for the education of
poor children, and for other purposes. ORDERED, That Mr. W. H. Brown, Mr. Kerr, Mr. T, Moffit, Mr.
Little and Mr. Winder, be a committee to prepare and bring in the same,

The report in favour of Joseph Howard, and others, was read the second time, and the question put, That
the house concur therewith, and assent to the resolution therein contained? The yeas and nays being required,
appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Gardiner, Merriken, Harryman, King, Page, Robing, T. Dorsey, Tomlinson,
Welch, Reynolds, M Brown, Dennis, Callis, Dashiell, Steuart, Greenwell,
Belt, Stone, Seth, T. Moffit, B. Hodges, Hawkins, Bowles, Briscoe. 31.
C D. Hodges, Little, Stevens, Porter, Sturgis, Shriver, Gabby,

NEGATIVE.

Blakistone. Rogerson, Kuhn, Ayres, Bayard, Carroll, Darne, Linthicum. 13.
O. Williams, Kerr, Streett, Holbrook, Jump.

So it was resolved in the affirmative.
And the resolution sent to the senate by the clerk.

On motion, Leave given to bring in a bill, entitled, A supplement to the act, entitled, An act to amend and
explain the thirty-third section of an act, entitled, An act for the more effectual paving the streets of Baltimore-