INDEX.                        949

P.

PALMER, JOHN—A bill reported appropriating a sum of mo-
ney for the use of, 119; bill passed and sent to the
Senate, 245; returned passed by the Senate, 771.

PALMER, JOSEPH M.—Petition of, for compensation for pro-

fessional services, referred, 158; bill reported, 274;

bill amended, 373; bill passed and sent to the Senate,

690.                                         

PATAPSCO RIVER—Petition of citizens of Baltimore city and

Anne Arundel county, to build a Draw Bridge across
the, referred, 28; favorable report on, 72; recommit-

ted, ib; bill reported, 178; bill amended, 389, 620;

bill passed, 621; sent to the Senate, ib.; message

from the House to the Senate, requesting return of
bill, 699; returned passed by the Senate, 756.

PENITENTIARY, HOUSE OF REFUGE, &c—Report of

the committee on the judiciary, recommending the
              appointment of a committee to visit the, &c, and re-

port, 31; report adopted, and committee appointed,
31; report of committee, 184; 500 copies of the re-
port ordered to be printed, 185.

             Petition of the Directors of the Maryland Peniten-

tiary, for Legislative aid and relief, 101; referred,
101.

          Leave to bring in a bill providing for the erection

of a new dormitory to the Maryland Penitentiary, and
making suitable provisions for a chapel and for in-
sane persons confined in said Penitentiary, 240; bill
reported, 355; proceedings on, 489; bill indefinitely

postponed, 678; bill rejected, 726.

                  Leave to bring in a bill to provide for the purchase

              of a suitable library for the Maryland Penitentiary,

247; bill reported, 335.

                 A bill to provide for the election of a chaplain to

              the Maryland Penitentiary, 247; bill reported, 355.

                A bill to provide for the releasing of arrearages on

account of former loans to the Maryland Penitentiary,
247,283,