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Which was read the first time, and referred to the Committee on
Corporations.

Also, a bill entitled, an act to amend an act entitled, an act to
incorporate the Fremont Savings Institution of Baltimore, by al-
lowing said institution the privileges embraced under the act en-
titled, an act to continue the corporate existence of the several
banking institutions therein mentioned, passed January session
1853, chapter 441;

Also, a bill entitled, an act to authorise the Commissioner of
the Land Office to issue a warrant of resurvey and patent for cer-
tain lands in Allegany county;

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Allegany
county delegation.           

The order of the day being                                           

A bill entitled, an act for the relief of Mahala Jones, a free
negro woman of Washington city, District of Columbia, and her
children, Bernard Jones and Ella Jones, also of the District of
Columbia,

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

Affirmative.
Messrs. Speaker,	Bowie,	Valiant,
Sudler,	Rolph,	Hugg,
Dorsey,	Parker,	Askew,
Neff,	Brengle,	Fiery,
Waters,	Carper,	Witmer,
Dowell,	Grove,	Reichard,
Stone,	Hauver,	Loughridge,
Merrick,	Wolfe,	Corby,
Chilcoat, Rankin,	Duvall,	Harding,
Jarett,	Hall,
Cullings, Heath,	Silver,	Tower,
Stack,	Kildow,
Toadvine,	Kennedy,	Frey,
Dail,	Partridge,	Smith, of Carroll,
Frazier,	Smith, of Balt, city	Rowles—47.
Miller,	Abbott,
	Negative—None.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.

A bill entitled, an act appropriating a sum of money to pay J.