370 Journal of proceedings. [Feb. 19,

county or city where application is made for such license, which
said consent shall be filed in the clerk's office of said county or city,
and for which said filing the clerk shall be entitled to receive ten
cents to be paid by the applicant for said license.

Which was rejected.                                                             

Mr. Harris moved that the enacting clause be stricken out:
Which was determined in the negative.
Mr. Hall offered the following amendment;

"In the 7th line of section 1st, strike out the words "orally

given, or;"
Which was adopted.                     

Mr. Daniel offered the following as a substitute for the second
section :

Section 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the act of sev-
enteen hundred and seventy seven, chapter twelve, section nine, as

inflicts the forfeiture of five hundred pounds upon any minister for
joining in marriage persons embraced in the foregoing section, or
all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, be and the
same and hereby repealed; but that the penalty upon ministers

for joining in marriage said persons, shall be one hundred dol-
lars, unless by such consent as is provided for in the said section
of said act,                                             

Which was rejected.                                             

The said bill was then ordered to be engrossed, for a third read-
ing;

On motion of Mr. Daniel,
Said bill was made the order of the day for to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Tower,                                        

The rules were suspended, and bills number 136 and 150 were

recommitted to the Allegany county delegation.

The order of the day being the bill entitled an act to compen-
sate John Cullen for certain moneys expended by him in execu-
tion of the laws for the protection of oysters of this State;

On motion of Mr. Daniel,

Said bill was made the order of the day for Tuesday next.

The order of the day being,                                                   

The bill entitled, an act authorising the Commissioners of Bal-
timore county to levy a tax upon the first election district of said