1856.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.             529

"Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That all persons having heretofore
obtained a license from this State to use and carry on any of the
several branches of business in this act mentioned, which license
shall not have expired, may continue said business under said
unexpired license till the expiration thereof, after which ex-
piration and not before, they and all of them shall become
subject to the provisions of this bill. And all persons heretofore
required to purchase of the State a license to exercise or carry
on any branch of business or pursuit, for which no provision is
made in this law, nor any new rate of charge for such license
fixed herein, shall be and remain subject to the rales and provis-
ions of previous laws on those subjects, applicable to them or
to the business or occupation they severally and respectively pur-
sue."                                                          
Amendment assented to.

Mr. Hall offered the following amendment:

"Section 8. And be it enacted, That no applicant fora traders'
license, shall be permitted, under such license, to sell any spirit-
uous or fermented liquors, unless he shall take out an ordinary
license of twenty five dollars."

Mr. Merrick called for the yeas and nays, which was deter-
mined in the affirmative as follows:                             

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Dorsey,	Bowie,	Smith, of Bal. city,
Neff,	Parker,	Valiant,
Waters,	Smith, of Wor.	Lester,
Chilcoat,	Brengle,	Witmer,
Rankin,	Davis,	Reichard,
Wright,	Carper,	Loughridge,
Cullings,	Grove,	Corby,
Heath,	Hauver,	Hall,
Toadvine,	Jarrett,	Brown,
Daniel,	Silver,	Smith, of Carroll,
Scott,	Kennedy,	Buffington,
Stubbs,	Partridge,	Rowles—36.
	Negative.
Messrs. Speaker,	Merrick,	Rolph,
Harris,	Lawson,	Harrington,
Griffith,	Wilson, of Som.,	Tower,
Wilson, of Calvert.	Dail,	Kildow,
Dowell,	Miller,	Frey,
Stone,	Goldsborough,	Stewart—18.

On motion of Mr. Kennedy,