INDEX.                                 1021

WAYS AND MEANS, COMMITTEE ON—

Petition of J. L. Parvis and others, asking
leave to build a School House in Caroline county,
tit              referred, 99.

Petition from Barney Kinsey, Joseph H. Amey,
and others, in relation to the modification of a
law regulating the licenses of Oyster Houses, &c,
referred to, 107.

Petition of sundry tribes of Bed Men, asking
exemption from taxation, referred to, 109.

Committee on, ordered to inquire to what extent
the State tax may be reduced without impairing
the ability of the State to meet its liabilities,
145.

The report of the Comptroller of the city of Bal-
timore, referred to, 177.

Report of committee on Instruction of the Blind,
referred to, 178.

Petition of Pearson Chapman and others, for
an act suspending the tax on the Potomac Fishe-
ries, referred to, 205.

Committee on, discharged from the considera-
tion of the bill for promotion of Internal Improve-
ments, passed 1835, chapter -----, referred to spe-
cial committee, 395; favorably reported, 277.

See Internal Improvements.

Leave granted to committee on, to introduce a
bill to amend the 77th article of the code of pub-
lic general laws, by amending the 17th section,
which provides for binding out children in the
House of Refuge, 267, reported favorably, 479.

See House of Refuge.

Resolutions of Virginia, touching the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal; referred to, 286.

Joint resolution of the Boards of Aldermen and
Council, asking the State to repeal the passenger
tax on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad ;
referred to, 306.

Order on clerk of Criminal court of Baltimore
city to report whether it is the practice therein to
tax the State's attorney's fee of $3.33⅓ more than