280 journal or proceedings [Feb. 11,

A bill entitled, an act to repeal an act passed at the January
session 1854, chapter 262, entitled, an act imposing a tax on
dogs, to protect the raising of sheep in Kent county;

Was read the second time.

A bill entitled, an act for the relief of Ann Brown and William
J. Stone;

Was read the second time,

A bill entitled, an act to authorize the County Commissioners
of Somerset county, to cause to be built a new Jail in said county

Was read the second time.                                               

A bill entitled, an act to make valid a deed from the Llangollen
Mining Company to John Whitefield;

Was read the second time.

A bill entitled, an act to amend the act passed at January ses-
sion 1852, chapter 182, entitled, an act to incorporate the town
of Sharpsburg, and Miller's Addition to Sharpsburg, and also the
Act passed at January Session 1853, chapter 342, amendatory of
said act, and to provide a more effectual punishment for the vio-
lation of the ordinances of said town;           

Was read the second time.

A bill entitled, an act for the better preservation of oysters in
the waters of Anne Arundel county,

Was read the second time; and

On motion of Mr. Dorsey,
Was recommitted to the Anne Arundel bounty delegation.

A bill entitled, an act appropriating a sum of money to William
A. Spencer, clerk of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, for fees
due him,                                         

Was read the second time.

A bill entitled, an act entitled an act to change the line divid-
ing election district number three from district number five, in
Allegany county,               

Was read the second time.

A bill entitled, an act to relieve James A. Waddle, of Dorches-
ter county, from certain colonization taxes due the State of Mary-
land, in eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and thirty-nine,

Was read the second time.