112              JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 22,

On motion of Mr. Burgess,

Leave was granted the Charles county delegation, to report
a bill to incorporate the town of Port Tobacco, in Charles
county.

Mr. Smith, of Baltimore county, offered the following or-
der:

Ordered, That the chairman of each standing committee,
be required to place at some conspicuous point in the adjoin-
ing committee room, each day, a written notice of the time
and place of meeting of their respective committees;

Which was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Stirling,

Leave was granted the committee on Judiciary, to intro-
duce a bill to authorise incorporated church congregations
and religious societies, to sell and convey their property.

The Speaker laid before the House the following communi-
cation:

To the Speaker of the House of Delegates:

The Commissioners to simplify the Pleadings and Practice,
&c., in the Courts of this State, herewith present their report
on Pleadings and Practice in Equity, to the General Assem-
bly of Maryland.

William Price,
Samuel Tyler.
Frederick Stone,

January, 7, 1858.                                   Commissioners.

Also, the following communication:
To the Honorable,

The Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland,
The clerk of the Circuit Court for Calvert county, under a
statute of the State, makes the following report of the atten-
dance of the Judge of the Circuit Court for the Second Judi-
cial Circuit of the State of Maryland, in Calvert county, to
wit:

	3 days at	May Term	, 1856.
	4	"	Oct. "	1856.
	5	"	May "	1857.
	3	"	Oct. "	1857.
1	day at Dec.	Chancery	Term, 1856.
1	"	July	"	" 1856.
1	"	Dec.	"	" 1857.
1	"	July	"	" 1857.

Which is respectfully submitted by

Nathaniel Duke,

Late Clerk of the Circuit Court for Calvert county.
January 18th, 1858.