1916] OF THE SENATE. 931

"Section 8, line 6, page 6 of the printed Bill, after the word
'cent' and before the words '(1 cent)' insert the words 'and
one-third'; also on said line 6? strike out the numeral '!' and in
lieu thereof insert the numeral '(1 1/3). ' "

"Section, line S, page 6 of the printed Bill, strike out the
words 'one and three-fourths cents (1 3/4)' and in lieu thereof
insert the words 'two cents (2). '"

"Section 8, line 11, page 6 of the printed Bill, strike out the
words 'two cents' and in lieu thereof insert the words 'and
three-fourths (2 3/4 cents). '"

"Section 9, line 3, page 16 of the printed Bill, after the
word 'over' and before the word 'to' insert a comma and then
the words 'in the proportions above mentioned. '"

"Section 9, line 9, page 6 of the printed Bill, after the word
'Legislature, ' insert a comma and then the following: 'and to
the trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College and to the
three building commissions which the Governor is hereby au-
thorized to appoint and which shall respectively be clothed
with all the rights and powers necessary for the acquisition,
by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of ground in each
of the said cities of Cambridge, Hyattsville and Westminster,
and for the erection and construction thereon, respectively,
of a suitable armory and equipment of the same, and for mak-
ing all contracts necessary for said purpose; title of said
ground and to said armories when completed to be in the
State of Maryland and said armories to be for the use of the
Maryland National Guard in said respective cities; provided
that the said moneys shall only be paid to the trustees of the
Maryland Agricultural College and to the said building com-
mittees as the ground authorized is purchased and as the said
building and equipment progresses, and upon certificates that
the work for which warrants are drawn has already been
done. '"

"After line 13, Section 10, page 7 of the printed Bill, insert
a new section as follows:

'Section 11. And be it further enacted that this Act shall
take effect on the first day of June, 1916. ' "

Amendment to amendment proposed by Mr. Norris: "Strike
out '$100, 000 for armories of Maryland National Guard
in the cities of Cambridge, Hyattsville and Westminster. ' "'
Which was read and rejected by yeas and nays as follows:
Messrs. — AFFIRMATIVE.

Allen Chesley Frick Norris Speicher
Bomberger Total—6