62                  JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 13,

On motion of Mr. Dennis, of Worcester,

The rules were suspended, to allow him to introduce a bill
entitled, a further amendatory act of an act, passed at the
January session, 1853, chapter 80.

On motion of Mr. Ford,
The House adjourned till to-morrow morning, at 11 o'clock.

FRIDAY, January 13th, 1860.

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

Present at the call of the roll the following members :

Messrs. Kilbourn, Speaker, Durant, Morgan, Rasin, Med-
ders, Welch, Briscoe, Parran, Compton, Burgess, Ford,
Worthington, Denison, of Baltimore county, Hunter, Quin-
lan, Renshaw, Chaplain, Dennis, of Somerset, Long, Stan-
ford, Lawson, Linthicum, Keene, Holland, Wilson, of Cecil,
Maxwell, Miller, Wootton, Jones, of Prince George's, Legg,
Starkey, Jacobs, Landing, Dennis, of Worcester, Kessler,
Claggett, Routzahn, Johnson, Salmon, Naill, Wilson, of
Harford Bayless, McCoy, Straughn, Goldsborough, Krafft,
Booze, Seth, Berry, Crowley, McAllister, Smith, Turner, of
Baltimore city, Denison, of Baltimore city, Coudy, Eakle,
Brining, Freaner, Stake, Griffith, Harding, Gordon, Roop,
Gorsuch, Mills, Turner, of Howard, and Brown.

The proceedings of yesterday were read.

Mr. Brown presented a petition from Thomas V. Canby
and Thomas Russell;

Which was referred to the committee on Claims.

Mr. Naill presented a petition of the president and direc-
tors of the Pipe Creek Benevolent Society praying an exten-
sion of their charter;

Referred to the committee on Corporations.