448             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 18,

                                                       Negative.

Messrs. Bryan,                            Jones, P. G.—2.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.
On motion.

The House adjourned until this evening, at half-past seven
o'clock.

EVENING SESSION, 7½ o'clock.

The House met. Present at the call of the roll the follow-
ing members:

Messrs. Kilbourn, Speaker, Durant, Medders, Briscoe,
Parran, Compton, Burgess, Ford, Denison, of Baltimore
county, Quinlan, Renshaw, Jones, of Talbot, Dennis, of
Somerset, Long, Lawson, Linthicum, Holland, Maxwell,
Bryan, Landing, Kessler, Claggett, Salmon, Wilson, of Har-
ford, Bayless, McCoy, Straughn, Goldsborough, Krafft,
Booze, Seth, Berry, McAllister, Smith, Turner, of Baltimore
city, Denison, of Baltimore city, Coudy, Eakle, Brining,
Freaner, Stake, Griffith, Barnard, McCleary, Roop, Gor-
such, Mills, Turner, of Howard, and Brown.

The House took up for consideration the bill entitled, an
act to incorporate the Westernport Turnpike Road com-
pany;

Said bill being upon its second reading;

Mr. Barnard proposed the following amendment:

Insert, after the word road, at the end of line 15, section

7: "Provided, that said rates shall not exceed that now

charged on the National Road;"

Which was concurred in.

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

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Wootton,	Turner,	Balt.	city
Kilbourn, Speaker	Jones, of P. G.,	Denison	, Balt.	city