572               JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 25,

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Caroline
county delegation.

A bill entitled, an act to amend section 48, article 17, of
the public local laws;

Endorsed: "passed by yeas and nays."

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Queen
Anne's county delegation.

A bill entitled, an act to authorise and empower the trus-
tees of the Methodist Episcopal church, known as the Hall's
Cross Roads Methodist Episcopal Church, in Queen Anne's
county, to sell and convey the church lot upon which the said
church is built, and to invest the proceeds thereof in the pur-
chase of another lot, and to build a new house of public wor-
ship thereon;

Endorsed: "passed by yeas and nays;"

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Queen
Anne's county delegation.

A bill entitled, an act supplementary to an act entitled, an
act making an appropriation for the erection of an hospital
for the insane of this State, passed at January session, 1858,
of the Legislature of Maryland, chapter 179;

Endorsed: "passed by yeas and nays;"

Which was read the first time, and referred to the com-
mittee on Ways and Means.

A bill entitled, an act to change the boundaries of the
eight primary school district of Howard county;             

Endorsed: "passed by yeas and nays;"

Which was read the first time, and referred to the How-
ard county delegation.

A bill entitled, an act to extend the time of Alfred A. Du-
hamel, late sheriff of Queen Anne's county, for the collection
of fees;                                                                               

Endorsed: "passed by yeas and nays;"

Which was read the first time, and referred to the Queen
Anne's county delegation.

A bill entitled, an act to provide for the instruction of the
deaf and dumb;

Endorsed: "passed by yeas and nays;"'

Which was read the first time, and referred to Messrs. Bur-
gess, Ford and Denison, Baltimore city.