180             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 26,

Mr. Turner, of Howard, presented the report of George
H. Dutton, sheriff of Baltimore city;

Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Ford presented a petition and affidavit of Frank A.
Bond, asking legislative action with reference to the Washing-
ton Turnpike road;

Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Mackubin, from the committee on Claims, reported
favorably on the bill entitled, an act to refund to Joseph
Wells, late tax collector of Cecil county, a sum of money
erroneously paid by him into the State treasury ;

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

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Wilson, of Cecil,	Booze,
Kilbourn, Sp'r,	Maxwell,	Seth,
Rasin,	Bryan,	Berry,
Medders,	Jones, of P. G.	McAllister,
Welch,	Legg,	Turner, Balt. city,
Mackubin,	Starkey,	Denison, Balt. city,
Parran,	Landing,	Coudy,
Compton,	Dennis, of Wor.	Eakle,
Burgess,	Kessler,	Stake,
Ford,	Claggett,	Griffith,
Worthington,	Routzahn,	Barnard,
Denison, Balt. co.	Johnson,	Beall,
Quinlan,	Salmon,	Roop,
Jones, of Talbot,	Naill,	Gorsuch,
Stanford,	Wilson, of Har,	Mills,
Lawson,	Bayless,	Turner, of How.
Linthicum,	Straughn,	Brown—52.
Holland,	Krafft,
	Negative—None.

The said bill was the sent to the Senate.

Mr. Turner, of Howard, from a select committee, reported
favorably on the bill entitled, an act to authorise commis-
sioners of Howard county, to levy a sum of money for the
rebuilding of the school house in primary school district
number one ;

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