1856.] OK THE HOUSE OP DELEGATES. 591

The said bill was then returned to the Senate.

A bill entitled, an act to continue in force the act passed at
January session 1852, chapter 316; also, the act passed at Jan-
uary session 1854, chapter 46, relating to the appointment of a
commissioner to take testimony to perpetuate the lost records in
Dorchester county,

Was read the second time, and

Three-fourths of the members concurring, the said bill was
read the third time, and passed by yeas and pays as follows:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Speaker	Stubbs		Witmer
Plowden	Brooke		Reichard
Harris	Goldsborough	Loughridge
Griffith	Rolph	Corby
Neff	Brengle,		Harding
Wilson of Calvert,	Davis		Tower
Dowell	Grove		Wickes
Stone	Hauver		Kildow
Roberts	Wolfe		Frey
Lawson	Jarrett		Brown
Wilson of Som.	Whitby		Smith of Carroll
Dail	Stack		Buffington
Thomas	Fiery	Rowles—40.
Scott
	Negative—None.

The said bill was then returned to the Senate.         

A bill entitled, an act to recognize the Preston Coal and Iron
Company of the State of Virginia as a corporation, and authori-
sing it to exercise the powers and privileges of a corporation
within the State of Maryland, for mining and manufacturing pur-
poses,

Was read the third time and passed by yeas and nays as fol-
lows:                                                  

	AFFlRMATIVE.
Messrs. Speaker,	Scott,	Fiery,
Plowden,	Stubbs,	Witmer,
Harris,	Brooke,	Reichard,
Griffith,	Goldsborough,	Loughridge
Neff,	Rolph,	Corby,
Wilson of Calvert,	Brengle,	Harding,
Dowell,	Davis,	Tower,
Stone,	Grove,	Wickes,
Roberts,	Hauver,	Kildow,