384 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 28

300 yards of the banks of the bays, rivers or creeks of this
State. " [Which was read the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance. ]

By Mr. Ogden: Senate Bill No. 339, entitled "An Act to re-
peal subparagraph (C), sub-title 'Abatements to Encourage
Manufactures' of paragraph (28) title 'Taxes' of the new
Charter of Baltimore city, revised edition 1915, - and to re-
enact the same so as to include laundries as manufacturing
industries. " [Which was read the first time and referred to
the City Senators. ']

By Mr. Ogden: Senate Bill No. 340, entitled "An Act for
the higher education of Maryland women by providing six-
teen tuition scholarships at Goucher College, in the City of
Baltimore, and making appropriation for the same. [Which
was read the first time and referred to the Committee on
Finance. ]

By Mr. Collier: Senate Bill No. 341, entitled "An Act pro-
viding for appropriations for the maintenance of the Mary-
land State Board of Agriculture, and to enable said Board to
carry out the several lines of work and perform the duties
which have been delegated to the Board of Agriculture by the
General Assembly of Maryland as hereinafter set forth. "
[Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee
on Finance. ]

By Mr. Ogden: Senate Bill No. 342, entitled "An Act to
revise the corporation laws of the State of Maryland. " [Which
was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Ju-
dicial Proceedings. ] ^

By Mr. Collier: Senate Bill No. 343, entitled "An Act to
repeal Sections 99 to 104, both inclusive, of Article 48, as the
same are numbered and set forth in the Annotated Code of
Maryland, as legalized by Chapter 16 of the Acts of 1914 of
the General Assembly of Maryland, title 'Inspection, ' sub-
title 'Seed, ' and to re-enact the same with amendments; and
to add seven new sections to said Article 48 of said Annotated
Code of Maryland, to follow immediately after Section 104 of
said Article 48 and to be numbered respectively 105, 106,
107, 108, 109, 110 and 111, providing for the regulation of the
selling, offering or exposing for sale of agricultural seeds
within the State of Maryland, and for an examination of
seeds sold in the State of Maryland, and for determining
their purity and for requiring labeling, and providing penal-
ties for failure to comply with the terms and conditions im-