886              JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 9,

ceased, former State's attorney for Kent county, on the State
tax of 1845;

Was read the second time, and by special order the third
time, and passed by yeas and nays as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Linthicum,	Straughn,
Kilbourn, Speaker	Keene,	Booze,
Durant,	Wilson, of Cecil,	Seth,
Morgan,	Miller,	Berry,
Rasin,	Bryan,	Crowley,
Welch,	Legg, Starkey,	McAllister,
Mackubin,	Smith,
Briscoe,	Jacobs,	Turner, Balt city,
Parran,	Landing,	Denison, Balt. city
Compton,	Dennis, of Wor.,	Coudy,
Burgess,	Kessler,	Eakle,
Ford,	Claggett,	Stake,
Worthington,	Routzahn,	Griffith,
Denison, Balt. co.	Johnson,	Gordon,
Chaplain,	Naill,	Barnard,
Dennis, of Som.,	Wilson, of Har.,	Roop,
Stanford,	Bayless,	Mills—51.
Lawson,
	Negative—None.

The said bill was then returned to the Senate.

Mr. Roop, from a select committee, reported favorably on
the bill entitled, an act for the relief of Harris Porter, of
Carroll county;

Which was read the first time.

The bill entitled, an act to amend the code of public, local
laws, article 22, relating to elections;

Was read the second time, and by special order the third
time, and passed by yeas and nays as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs.	Wilson, of Cecil,	Straughn,
Kilbourn Speaker,	Maxwell,	Krafft,
Durant,	Miller,	Booze.
Morgan,	Bryan,	Seth,
Rasin,	Legg,	Berry,
Welch..	Starkey,	Crowley,
Briscoe,	Jacobs,	McAllister,