262                JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 2,

Mr. Goldsborough proposed the following substitute:

A suspension of the rules, that the bills be now read this
third time;

Which was not concurred in.                                     

The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Ford;

It was concurred in, and the said bills made the order of
the day for to-morrow.

On motion Mr. of Seth,                                             

The House adjourned until to-morrow morning, at eleven
o'clock.

THURSDAY, February 2d, 1860.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened
with prayer by the Rev. Father Duffy.

Present at the call of the roll the following members :

Messrs. Kilbourn, Speaker, Durant, Morgan, Rasin, Med-
ders, Welch, Mackubin, Briscoe, Parran, Compton, Burgess,
Ford, Worthington, Denison, of Baltimore county, Quinlan,
Renshaw, Jones, of Talbot, Chaplain, Dennis, of Somerset,
Long, Stanford, Linthicum, Keene, Holland, Wilson, of
Cecil, Maxwell, Miller, Bryan, Jones, of Prince George's,
Legg, Starkey, Jacobs, Landing, Dennis, of Worcester, Kess-
ler, Claggett, Routzahn, Johnson, Salmon, Naill, McCoy,
Straughn, Goldsborough, Krafft, Booze, Seth, Berry, Mc-
Allister, Smith, Turner, of Baltimore city, Denison, of Balti-
more city, Coudy, Eakle, Brining, Freaner, Stake, Griffith,
Barnard, Beall, McCleary, Roop, Mills, Turner, of Howard,
and Brown.

The proceedings of yesterday were read.

Mr. McAllister presented a memorial of sundry ministers
of the gospel, praying certain relief therein mentioned ;

Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Eakle presented a petition of 67 citizens of district No.