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The said bill was then sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Rankin,

The rules were suspended, to enable him to report unfavorably
upon a bill entitled, an act authorising the Commissioners of Bal-
timore county to levy a tax upon the first election district of said
county, for the payment of the debt contracted by the Commis-
sioners of Public Schools, under the act of 1832, chapter 287.

On motion of Mr. Hall,

The rules were suspended, to enable him to bring in a bill to
incorporate the Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company of
Maryland.

The hour for the order of the day having arrived,

The House took up                                           

A bill entitled, in act to authorise the Mayor and Councilmen
of the city of Cumberland to increase the annual levy of taxes in
said city;

Mr. Wickes offered the following amendment:           

"Section 2nd. And be it enacted, That should it become ne-
cessary for the Mayor and Councilmen of Cumberland to levy a
tax for the payment of the interest accruing on the bonds issued
in pursuance of an act 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 Pittsburg and Connells-
ville Rail Road Company, to issue bonds in payment of said stock,
and to provide, by taxation, for the liquidation of said bonds,'
then this act shall have no effect, the true intent and meaning of
this act being, that the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of
Cumberland shall not, under this act, have power to increase the
taxation to an amount greater than one dollar on one hundred
dollars of the assessed value of the property subject to taxa-
tion."

Amendment assented to.                               

The said bill was then read the second time, and ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading.

On motion of Mr. Wickes,                                     

The rules were suspended, to enable him to report a bill enti-
tled, an act to authorise the Commissioner of the Land Office to
issue a warrant of resurvey and patent for certain lands in Alle-
gany county;                                                                           

Which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.