172              JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 25,

Mr. Parran from a select committee, reported favorably on
the bill entitled, an act to amend the 10th section of the 44th
article of the code of public general laws, which fixes the pay
for the support of pauper lunatics in the Maryland Hospital,
by reducing the amount to be paid for negro lunatics in said
Hospital;

Which was read the first time.

Mr. Gordon, from a select committee, reported favorably
on the bill entitled, an act for the relief of Charles McBlair
and Margaret S. Duncan, of Allegany county;

Which was read the first time, and by special order a sec-
ond and third time, and passed by yeas and nays as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Wilson, of Cecil,	Crowley,
Kilbourn, Speaker	Miller,	McAllister,
Welch,	Jones, P. George's	Smith,
Briscoe,	Starkey,	Turner, Balt, city
Parran,	Landing,	Denison, Balt, city
Ford,	Dennis, Worcester	Eakle,
Worthington,	Kessler,	Brining,
Denison, of Balt co	Johnson,	Gordon,
Jones, of Talbot,	Salmon,	Barnard,
Chaplain,	Naill,	Beall,
Long,	Wilson, Harford,	Roop,
Stanford,	Bayless,	Gorsuch,
Lawson,	McCoy,	Turner, Howard,
Linthicum,	Straughn,	Brown—43.
Keene,	Berry, Negative—None.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Jones, of Talbot,

The bill entitled, an act to make valid the bequests of Lou-
isa Dunning, late of Talbot county, Maryland, to the trus-
tees of the Methodist Church of St. Michael's, in said
county;

Was taken up.

Said bill was then read a second time, and by special order
a third time, and passed by yeas and nays as follow:

		Affirmative.
Messrs.		Keene,	Berry,
Kilbourn,	Speaker	Wilson, of Cecil,	McAllister,