540 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 14

Amendments proposed by Committee:

"Immediately following the word 'tax, ' in the title, add the
following: 'and to increase minimum salaries, ' "

"After Section 1 of the printed Bill add a new section to
read as follows:

'Section 2. Be it further enacted, That the Board of School
Commissioners of Garrett county shall pay the school teachers
of said county the sums of two hundred and fifty dollars
($250) and three hundred dollars ($300) as minimum sal-
aries, instead of two hundred dollars ($200) and two hundred
and fifty dollars ($250), as at present, and Garrett county
shall be exempt for a period of two years from the provisions
of Section 60 of Article 77 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland. ' "

"In Section 2, line 1, of the printed Bill, strike out the
. numeral '2' and in lieu thereof insert the numeral '3. ' "

[Which was laid over under the rules. ]

Also favorably

SENATE BILL No. 244, BY MR. HARRISON.

SUBJECT: STATE BOARDS OF AGRICULTURE.

Whereupon Mr. Williams moved that further considera-
tion of the Bill be postponed until Thursday, March 16, 1916,
Which motion was rejected by yeas and nays as follows:
Messrs. — AFFIRMATIVE.

Brown Allen Speicher Williams Zihlman

Total—5
Messrs. — NEGATIVE.

President Collier Harrison Kaufman Parsons

Archer Cooper Johnson Legg Shepherd

Bennett Duvall Jones Mudd Warfield

Bomberger Frick Joy Ogden Total—19

[Which favorable report was adopted, which was read the
second time and ordered printed for a third reading. ]

Also favorably

SENATE BILL No. 249, BY MR. WARFIELD.

SUBJECT: STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
—AGRICULTURAL LIME.

[Which favorable report was adopted, which was read the
second time and ordered printed for a third reading. ]

Also favorably

SENATE BILL No. 349, BY MR. OGDEN.

SUBJECT: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

[Which was read and on motion of Mr. Ogden committed to
'Committee on Judicial Proceedings. ]