INDEX.                                 969

UNITED STATES—Leave to bring in a bill to cede to the,

the jurisdiction of Maryland in, to, and over a part of

Hog Island in the Potomac river, 415; bill reported,

433; bill passed and sent to the Senate, 600; passed

by the Senate, 793.

          Resolution relating to the arrears due the State

        of Maryland by the, for and on account of advances

         and expenditures during the war of 1812, with Eng-

       land, 585; resolution adopted and sent to the Senate,

       586; returned, adopted by the Senate, 689.

Resolutions relating to the advance by the State of
Maryland to the, of $72,000, in the years 1791 and
1792, 586; passed and sent to the Senate, 586; re-
turned, adopted by the Senate, with amendment pro-
posed, 689; amendment, assented to and resolutions
adopted, 682.

USURY—Leave to bring in a bill to prevent, in certain cases,
353; bill reported, 383.

W.

WAYS AND MEANS—Report of the Committee on, 642, 650,
651, 652, 653, 654.

Two thousand copies of the report of the committee
of, ordered to be printed, 655.

WASHINGTON COUNTY—Petition from citizens of, praying
the repeal of the act of 1846, chapter 172, prohibiting
the sale of ardent spirits within two miles of St.
James College, referred, 143.

Petition of citizens of, asking a removal of the elec-
tion polls from Cavetown to Smithsburg, in said coun-
ty, referred, 247.

Petition asking the incorporation of Clearspring
in, 297, referred ib.

Petition to authorize the commissioners of, to
levy a tax for the use of the primary schools in, re-
ferred, 298; bill reported, 430; bill passed and sent
           to the Senate, 598, 599.