888                                  INDEX.

CHARLES COUNTY—
ported, 208; bill passed 490; passed by the Senate,
607, 608.

Petition of the county Commissioners of, for cer-

tain alterations and amendments of the road laws of

the State, 190.

Petition of sundry citizens of, to allow the register

of Wills of, additional compensation for his services

as treasurer of the board of school commissioners of,

referred, 350; unfavorable report on, 381, concurred

in, ib.

Petitions of citizens of, relative to boats on the

Potomac river, referred, 350, 396.
Petition of sundry citizens of, to alter the lines of
election districts third and fourth, 396; bill reported,
434, bill passed and sent to the Senate 602; returned
passed by the Senate, 682.

                    Petition of the agricultural society of, upon the

               subject of weighing and measuring wheat, and asking

legislation to prevent frauds arising therefrom, referred,
421

Memorial of sundry citizens of, to authorise the

county commissioners of, to levy a sum sufficient lor

the support of Mrs. Charles Ann Davis, an indigent

widow of said county, referred, 473. :

Petition of sundry citizens of, praying the passage

of a supplement to the act of 1853, chapter 245, so

as to extend protection to all the increase of the prop-

erty of married women against debts and liabilities of

the husband, and securing the same to her sole and

separate use, 473; referred, ib.             

Leave to bring in a bill to incorporate the Mutual
fire insurance company of, 449 bill reported, 496;
                    bill passed and sent to the Senate, 773.

Petition of Francis Tennison for an extension of

time to complete the collection of Absolom Tennison,
                deceased, and lately one of the collectors of taxes in,

532; referred, ib.; bill reported, 670; bill passed and

                 sent to the Senate, 774; bill returned rejected by the

          Senate, 808.

Leave to bring in a bill to authorise Joseph Stew-
art, late sheriff of Charles county to complete his
collections, 630; bill reported, 670.

COLORED POPULATION.—Petition of William Pritchard,
             asking permission to bring certain slaves into this

State. 8; referred, ib.