1856.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.          215

The Door-keeper having returned and reported that he had no-
tified the absent members to attend:

On motion of Mr. Partridge,                    

The House proceeded to the consideration of bills entitled to a
third reading.

A bill entitled, an act to appropriate a sum of money to pay
John C. Mullikin, administrator of Owen Norfolk, late clerk of
the circuit court for Prince George's county, certain fees due said
deceased from the State;                                           

Was read the third time, and passed by yeas and pays as fol-

lows:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Plowden,	Goldsborough,	Askew,
Harris,	Rolph,	Harrington,
Griffith,	Parker,	Fiery,
Sudler,	Smith, of Wor,	Witmer, Reichard,
Waters,	Davis,
Chilcoat,	Carper, Grove,	Loughridge,
Rankin,	Harding,
Heath,	Duvall,	Hall,
Roberts,	Silver,	Tower,
Daniel,	Stack,	Wickes,
Frazier,	Partridge,	Kildow,
Thomas,	Abbott,	Frey,
Stubbs,	Valiant,	Brown,
Bowling,	Hugg,	Stewart--42.
	Negative—None.

The said bill was then returned to the senate,

On motion of Mr. Wickes,

The rules were suspended to take up the bill entitled, an act to
authorise the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Cumberland
to become a purchaser and shareholder of the capital stock of the
Pittsburgh and Connellsville railroad company to issue bonds of
payment of said stock; and to provide by taxation for the liquid
dation of said bonds;

The bill was then read the third time, and passed by yeas and
nays as follows;                                             

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Harris, Sudler, Dorsey, Waters, Merrick,	Goldsborough, Rolph, Parker, Smith, of Wor, Davis,	Askew, Harrington Fiery, Witmer, Reichard,