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Commissioners of St. Mary's county to subscribe to the pre-
ferred capital stock or income bonds of the Washington,
Potomac and Chesapeake Railway Company, and to issue
bonds to provide for the payment of the same. ' "

[Which was read the first time and referred to Senators
Chesley, Mudd and Duvall. ]

Mr. Cooper submitted the following message:

BY THE SENATE,

January 26, 1916.
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

We propose, with the concurrence of your Honorable
Body, to proceed with the election of Treasurer of the State
of Maryland on Wednesday, January 26, 1916, at 4 o'clock
P. M. We have named on the part of the Senate, John M.
Dennis and Robert F. Duer, and have appointed as tellers on
the part of the Senate of Maryland, Messrs. Cooper and Spei-
cher,, and in connection with the tellers appointed by your
Honorable Body, who are to receive the votes, of the House of
Delegates and count the same. We propose that the election
of the Treasurer of the State of Maryland shall be by joint
ballot, in accordance with Article 6, Section 1, of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland, and that the procedure
be as follows;

Each member in his respective Chamber, as his name is
called by the Reading Clerk thereof, will advance and hand his
ballot to one of the tellers, who shall exhibit it to the other,
who shall announce the same and the Clerk will make a record
thereof. After the ballots shall have been cast, they shall be
counted by the tellers and the result compared with the re-
sult ascertained by the Clerk. The tellers appointed by the
House of Delegates and the Senate, respectively, after the
vote has been cast, shall meet together, canvass all the returns
and immediately report the same to their respective Bodies.

By order:

P. WATSON WEBB,

Secretary.

[Which was ready adopted, and sent to the House of Dele-
gates. ]