26 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1808.

A petition from sundry inhabitants of Anne-Arundel county, praying for a road from John Crow's mill, to
intersect the road leading from Montgomery court-house to the city of Baltimore, at the widow Pue's lane, near
Ely Davis's, was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. Belt, Mr. Hodges and Mr. Merriken, to consider and re-
port thereon.

ORDERED, That the bill to establish a permanent salary for the chief justice of the court of oyer and termi-
ner and gaol delivery for Baltimore county, have a second reading on to-morrow.

The bill for the relief of James Mulvany, of Washington county, was read the second time and passed.

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

WEDNESDAY, November 30, 1808.

THE house met. Present the same members as on yesterday. The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mr. Brice appears in the house.

The bill for the relief of James Mulvany, of Washington county, and the supplement to the act, entitled, An
act for regulating the mode of staying executions, and repealing the acts of assembly therein mentioned, and for
other purposes, were sent to the senate by the clerk.

The amendments proposed to the supplement to the act, entitled, An act to extend further the powers of the
levy court of Allegany county, relative to roads in said county, and for other purposes, were read the second
time, agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed.

The bill to authorise and empower the levy court of Queen-Anne's county to assess and levy a sum of money
for the purposes therein mentioned, was read the second time and passed.

A petition from John Smith Brookes, of Prince-George's county, praying that a certificate issued by the late
auditor-general, and which is said to have been fraudulently obtained, may be applied towards the discharge of a
debt due by him to the state, was preferred, read and referred to Mr. Page, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Beall, Mr. J.
H. Thomas and Mr. Edmondson, to consider and report thereon.

The house, according to the order of the day, proceeded to the second reading of the bill to establish a per-
manent salary for the chief justice of the court of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for Baltimore county,
and on progression, the question was put, That the words " in addition to the sum already established by law, "
be inserted after the word "salary?" The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Hebb Hodges Chapman Cottman Wilson, Sappington Gaither M'Mahon
Neale Belt Dorsey Frazier Bennett. J Thomas S Thomas Tomlinson

Blakistone Grahame Bayly Page Baer Sanders Veatch Reid 31

Hopewell P Stuart Gale Herbert J H Thomas Bowles Hilleary

NEGATIVE.

Angier Blake Brown Mitchell Beall Wright Davis Bland
Brice Ireland Stevens Porter Boyle Scott Bayard Tilghman
Moffitt Parnham Edmondson Veazey Hopper T N Williams Young Cabby
O Williams Stansbury Kerr Hart Spencer Forwood K Steuart Downey 35
Merriken Randall Dennis

So it was determined in the negative.

The question was then put, That the blank (for the salary of the judge,) be filled up with the words " four-
teen hundred dollars ?" Determined in the negative.

The question was then put on " twelve hundred dollars. " Resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, that the following be inserted after the 2d clause? to wit: " And be it enacted, That in addition
to the sum so as aforesaid to be paid from the treasury, the said judge shall receive the sum of ——— dollars an-
nually, to be raised on the assessable property of Baltimore county, in the same manner that the salary has
heretofore been levied and paid, " the question was put, That the blank therein be filled up with the words
" eight hundred dollars ?" Determined in the negative.

The question was then put on " six hundred dollars. " Determined in the negative.
The question was then put on " four hundred dollars. " The yeas and nays being required, appeared a follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Hebb Grahame Stevens Cottman Mitchell Scott J H Thomas Gaither
Neale P Stuart Edmondson Frazier Herbert Wilson Sappington S Thomas
Blakistone Chapman Bayly Dennis Hopper Bennett J Thomas Hilleary
Hopewell Dorsey Gale Griffith Spencer Baer Tilghman Reid 33
Hodges

NEGATIVE.

Angier Merriken Randall Veazey Wright Sanders R Steuart Bowles
Brice Blake Brown Page T N Williams Davis Bland Veatch
Moffitt Parnham Kerr Beall Forwood Bayard Gabby M'Mahon
Belt Stansbury Porter Boyle Streett Young Downey Tomlinson 32
So it was resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then put, That the house agree to the said amendment? The yeas and nays being required,
appeared as follow: