1860.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.          141

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Beall, reported favorably on the bill entitled, an act
to establish a uniform system of public schools in Allegany
county ;

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Worthington, from a select committee, reported favorably
on the bill entitled, an act to amend the public local laws, by
adding thereto a section relating to the sheriff of Baltimore
county ;

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Rasin, from a select committee, reported favorably on
the bill entitled, an act to authorise the clerk of the Circuit
court for Kent county to procure a suitable book, and tran-
scribe therein the indexes in liber J. N. G., No. 1, one of the
chattel recording books for Kent county.

On motion of Mr. Rasin,

The rules were suspended, the said bill read a second and
third time, and passed by yeas and nays as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Chaplain,	Straughn,
Kilbourn, Sp'r,	Stanford,	Krafft,
Durant,	Linthicum,	Booze,
Rasin,	Keene,	Seth,
Welch,	Wootton,	Berry,
Mackubin,	Jones, of P. G.	McAllister,
Briscoe,	Legg,	Turner, Balt. city,
Parran,	Jacobs,	Coudy,
Burgess,	Kessler,	Eakle,
Ford,	Claggett,	Brining,
Worthington,	Salmon,	Beall,
Quinlan,	Naill,	Roop,
Jones, of Talbot,	McCoy,	Gorsuch—38.
	Negative—None.

Mr. Mackubin, from a select committee, reported favora-
bly on the bill entitled, an act to confirm and make valid
a deed of mortgage from George H. Hall and Peter Bogert,
to William Morrison;

Which was read the first time, and by special order the
second time.

Mr. Harding made a favorable report upon the bill entitled,
an act to authorise the President and Directors of the Balti-