1860.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.           497

The question then recurring upon the order as amended;

It was adopted.

Mr. Goldsborough offered the following:

Ordered, That a committee of throe be and they are hereby
appointed by they chair, to inquire and report to this House
forthwith, how many police officers and supernumeraries are
in or about the Capitol, and what amount of compensation
they receive, and whether their services are required by the
public good;

The yeas and nays being ordered, appeared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Medders,	Miller,	Booze,
Welch,	Bryan,	Berry,
Briscoe,	Jones, of P. G.,	Crowley,
Burgess,	Legg,	McAllister,
Worthington,	Landing,	Turner, Balt. city,
Jones, of Talbot,	Dennis, of Wor.,	Denison, Balt. city
Dennis, of Som.,	Kessler,	Eakle,
Long,	Johnson,	Brining,
Stanford,	Salmon,	Stake,
Lawson,	Wilson, of Har.,	Griffith,
Linthicum,	Bayless,	Beall,
Holland,	McCoy,	McCleary,
Wilson, of Cecil,	Straughn,	Gorsuch,
Maxwell,	Goldsborough,	Brown—42.
	Negative.
Messrs.	Ford,	Smith,
Kilbourn, Speaker	Denison, Balt. co.	Freaner,
Durant,	Quinlan,	Gordon,
Mackubin,	Keene,	Barnard,
Parran,	Starkey,	Turner, of H.--14.

So the order was adopted,

And Messrs. Goldsborough, Mackubin and Gordon con-
stituted said committee.

Mr. Dennis, of Somerset, offered the following:

Ordered, That the committee on Ways and Means be in-
structed to include in the general appropriation bill for the
public service during the year 1860, to be by them reported,
the following item:

To defray the expense of retaining counsel and prosecuting
in the Supreme court of the United States, the writ of error