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ELECTIONS—

of the committee on, 103; accepted, and Mr. Dail, of
Dorchester appointed in his place, 104.

Report of the Majority of the Committee on, 394,
395, 396.

Report of the Minority of the Committee on, 396,
397, 398; proceedings on the reports, 398, 399; ma-
jority report adopted, 400.

ELECTIVE FRANCHISE—Leave to bring in a bill to protect
the people of Maryland in the exercise of the elective
franchise, and for other purposes, 12; bill reported,
303.

EXECUTION—The Committee on Insolvency instructed to
enquire into the expediency of exempting from exe-
cution property to the amount of three hundred dol-
lars, 12.

EXECUTIVE—Order adopted requesting the Governor to have
the National Flag displayed from the State House
Steeple, on the 8th of January, in commemoration of
the victory achieved by the American troops, at New
Orleans, 7.

Message proposing a joint committee to wait on
the Governor and inform him that the two Houses are
organized, adopted, 9; report of committee, 16.

Message from the, received and laid on the table,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20; on motion the message was read,
27; order offered to print ten thousand copies of the
Governor's message with the accompanying corres-
pondence between his Excellency and the Mayor of
Baltimore, 27; substitute offered, 27; proceedings on,
28, 29; substitute adopted, 29; order offered to print
five thousand copies of, 310; laid on the table, 311 ;
order offered, 407, order to print adopted, 408.

Message to the Senate, proposing to open the re-
turns of the election of Governor of Maryland, &c,
              34; message from the Senate in reply, 35.

Message from the Senate proposing the appoint-
ment of a joint committee, to examine the vouchers
which the Governor may submit for the expenditure
of the contingent fund, &c, 34; message from the
House in reply, 41; report of committee, 213.