84            JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [January 9,

To the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Delegates ;

The Joint Committee of the General Assembly, appointed in
pursuance of Resolution No. 8, of January session, 1854, beg
leave to report, that in the performance of the duty assigned them
they examined in the office of the Treasury in Annapolis, the cer-
tificates of stock of the State of Maryland, purchased by James
S. Owens, the late Treasurer for the augmentation of the Sink-
ing Fund, from the 1st of December, 1852, the commencement of
the then fiscal year, to the 24th of February, 1854, when he was
superseded by D. Claude, Esquire, as Treasurer of Maryland,
the certificates of which Stock, amounting to two hundred and
ninety-two thousand, seven hundred and ninety dollars and nine-
ty-eight cents, as per Statement A, with other Statements ac-
companying this report, the committee carefully examined with
the account of the "Sinking Fund" on the books of the Trea-
sury, burned the same in presence of James S. Owens, Esquire,
late Treasurer,

The Committee examined, Registered, and burned forty thous-
and, eight hundred and ninety-nine coupens of the Sterling Bonds
of the State, issued for the benefit of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
Road Company, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, the
Susquehanna Canal Company, and the Tide-water Canal Com-
pany, paid to the first of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-
four, inclusive, amounting to the sum of three hundred and fifty-
two thousand, three hundred and thirty-five pounds, twelve shil-
lings and six pence sterling, and seven thousand two hundred and
seventy-eight coupens of the currency bonds issued for the bene-
fit of the Chesepeake and Ohio Canal Company, and the Susque-
hanna Railroad Company, paid to the first day of October,
eighteen hundred and fifty-three, inclusive, amounting to ninety-
eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty dollars, as per state-
ment B.

The committee examined and destroyed the certificates of stock
which have been presented for redemption as of the first of June,
and first of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, agreea-
bly to the public notice of the Treasurer to the holders of said
stock, amounting to one hundred and twenty-five thousand, five
hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-eight cents, as per state-
ment C.

The committee examined, registered and destroyed thirty-four
thousand, eight hundred and seventy-eight coupons of the ster-
ling bonds issued for the benefit of the Baltimore and, Ohio Rail
road Company, which were returned by that company to the
Treasurer, the interest payable on the same having matured pre-
vious to the sale of said bonds by that company, amounting to
three hundred and seventy-two thousand, five hundred and
eighty-seven pounds, ten shillings sterling, as per statement D.