226         JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 6,

A bill entitled, an act to prohibit the clerks of the several cir-
cuit courts of the counties of this State and the Superior Court
of the city of Baltimore from issuing licenses to join in marriage
males under the age of twenty one years, and females under the
age of sixteen years, without the consent of the parent or guar-
dian of such persons;

Was read the third time and rejected by yeas and nays as fol-
lows:                                      

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Speaker,	Stubbs,	Kennedy,
Plowden,	Bowie,	Partridge,
Griffith,	Bowling,	Abbott,
Sudler, Waters,	Goldsborough,	Hugg,
Rolph,	Askew,
Wilson, of Calvert,	Davis,	Harrington,
Chilcoat,	Caper,	Fiery,
Rankin,	Carper,	Witmer,
Cullings,	Grove,	Brown,
Daniel,	Duvall,	Buffington,—31.
Scott,	Stack,
	Negative.
Messrs. Harris,	Smith, of Wor.	Wicks,
Dorsey,	Jarret,	Kildow,
Merrick,	Silver,	Frey,
Roberts,	Reichard,	Smith, of Carroll,
Dai1,	Loughridge,	Stewart,
Frazier,	Tower,	Rowles,—19.
Parker,

On motion of Mr. Daniel,

The said bill was reconsidered and made the order erf the day
for next Wednesday.

On motion of Mr. Kennedy,

The rules were suspended to take up the bill entitled an act to
pay the Patuxent Company and Laurel Machine Company of
Prince George's county certain taxes erroneously paid by them.

Mr. Brooke moved that the enacting clause be stricken out, and
called for the yeas and nays :

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Speaker,	Thomas,		Stack,
Plowden,	Scott,		Partridge,
Harris,	Stubbs,		Hugg,
Griffith,	Brooke,		Harrington,