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Compton,	Jones, of P. G.	Eakle,
Burgess,	Legg	Freaner,
Chaplain,	Starkey,	Griffith,
Dennis, of Som.	Jacobs,	Barnard,
Long,	Dennis, of Wor.,	Roop,
Stanford,	Claggett,	Mills,
Lawson,	Johnson,	Brown—31.
Linthicum,

Mr. Ford offered the following order:

Ordered, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of this House, be
directed to procure two gates, to be made and hung at the
entrance of the ladies' gallery;

Which was adopted.                        

Mr. Dennis, of Somerset, from a select committee, reported
favorably on the bill entitled, an act to allow William J.
Brittingham, late sheriff and collector of Somerset county,
further time to complete his collections;

Which was read the first time.

The bill entitled, an act to compensate Charles W.
Webster, for professional services rendered, under appoint-
ment of the Governor, in the Court of Appeals in the case of
Josiah Parrish vs. the State of Maryland;

Was read the first time; and,
On motion of Mr. Maxwell,

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

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Maxwell,	Berry,
Kilbourn, Speaker	Miller,	McAllister,
Basin,	Jones, P. George's	Smith,
Medders,	Legg	Turner, Balt. city
Briscoe,	Starkey,	Denison, Balt. city
Parran,	Jacobs,	Eakle,
Compton,	Landing,	Freaner,
Burgess,	Dennis, Worcester	Stake,
Ford,	Kessler,	Griffith,
Chaplain,	Claggett,	Gordon,
Dennis, of Som.	Johnson,	Barnard,
Long,	Naill,	Beall,
Stanford,	Bayless,	Roop, Mills,
Lawson,	Straughn,
Linthicum,	Beth,	Brown—45.
Keene,
	Negative—None.

Mr. Beall, from the select committee, reported the bill en-