966                                  Index.

TAXES—Leave given to bring in a bill to repeal the, on mort-
             gages, bonds and other evidences of debt, 19.

          Leave given to report a bill repealing the act im-

posing a tax upon legacies and collateral inheritan-
ces, and commissions of executors and administra-
tors, under a certain amount, 20.

Leave to bring in a bill to repeal the stamp tax,
53.

A bill reported entitled an act to reduce the taxes

heretofore imposed by authority of this State, 356;

proceedings on, 533, 665, 656, 657; bill rejected,

657; reconsidered, 658; bill passed and sent to the

Senate, 679; returned passed by the Senate, 863.

A bill reported entitled an act to equalize taxation,
644.               

TOBACCO WAREHOUSES—Petition from M. M. Duvall and
29 others, in favor of increasing the wages of the
hands employed in the, 292.

Leave to bring in a bill to provide for the appoint-
ment of Chief Tobacco Inspector, and prescribe his
duties, and for the better regulation of the several
Tobacco Warehouses in the City of Baltimore, 430;
bill reported, 495.

          Memorial of Tobacco Planters, asking the appoint-

          ment of a State's agent, to give general superintend-

ence to the State's Tobacco Warehouses in the City

of Baltimore, referred, 108.

Petition of the commissioners for building Tobacco

Warehouse in Baltimore city, referred, 108; bill re-

ported, 176; bill passed, 230; message to the Senate,

requesting return of bill, 421; bill passed by Senate
with amendments, 557; bill passed as amended,

558.                       

Order adopted, that the Comptroller report the

                  gross receipts and expenditures of the, also the con-

           dition of the Tobacco fund, &,c, 159.

           Order adopted, that the committee on inspections

proceed to Baltimore, and diligently examine the
           State, and every thing connected with them, and re-

port to the House, 175; report of the committee,
                 381; five hundred copies of report ordered to be

                printed for the use of the House, 381.

Order adopted, that the committee on inspections,