1856.] OF THE HOUSE Of DELEGATES. 343

Which was read and sent to the Senate.                

On motion of Mr. Stack,                  

The rules were suspended to enable him to present a petition of
Wm. H. Gootee and sundry other citizens of Caroline county
praying for the passage of an act to change the name of the town
of Snow Hill, to Preston;

Which was referred to the Caroline county delegation.

Also a petition of Ennals Hubbard, Thomas Lockerman and
Abraham Y. Collins and 50 other citizens of Caroline county
in relation to the present school system;

Which was referred to the Caroline county delegation.

On motion of Mr. Toadvine,

The roles were suspended to enable him to present ft petition
of 30 citizens of Salisbury, Somerset county, praying the repeal
of the act passed at December session 1854, chapter 194 for the
better protection of slaveholders in said county;

Which was referred to the Somerset and Worcester county del-
egations.

On motion of Mr. Dorsey,
The rules were suspended to take up for the third reading,

A bill entitled, an act to compensate James S. Franklin, for the
trial of certain cases in the Court of Appeals, as Counsel on the
part of the State, by appointment of the Governor;             

Which was read the third lime, and passed by yeas and nays
as follows:

	AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Frazier, sp. p.t Wilson, of Som.	Stack,
Plowden,	Daniel,	Kennedy,
Griffith,	Dail,	Partridge,
Sudler,	Scott,	Smith, of Balt, city.
Dorsey,	Stubbs,	Valiant,
Neff,	Miller,	Lester,
Waters,	Bowie,	Askew,
Dowell,	Rolph,	Harrington,
Stone,	Parker,	Fiery,
Merrick,	Davis,	Corby,
Chilcoat,	Carper,	Hall,
Rankin,	Grove,	Tower,
Wright,	Hauver,	Wickes,
Cullings,	Wolfe,	Brown,