380              JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 15,

one hundred and fifty-seven citizens of Baltimore city, pray-
ing for a prohibitory liquor law ;

Which was referred to the committee on Judiciary.
Mr. Kilgour offered the following order :

Ordered, That the pages be instructed to place before the
House, no communication appearing over the signature of
Andrew B. Cross, unless first examined by a select committee,
appointed by the Speaker ;

Mr. Smith, of Baltimore city, moved to lay said order on the
table;

The yeas and nays, being demanded on the motion appear-
ed as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Hearn,	Smith, of B. city,
Wickes,	Thomas,	Kennard,
Meginnis,	Bowlus,	Lynch, of B. city,
Griffiss,	Root,	Harrington,
Magruder,	Koons,	Crowley,
Waller,	Hobbs,	Forrest,
Moore,	Hanway,	Alexander,
Tilghman,	Bacon,	Rohrer,
Dail,	McGonigal,	Summers,
Grieves,	Stirling,	Gray,
Davis,	Rogers,	McKinstry—35.
Ford, of Cecil,	McPherson,
	Negative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Ford, of Balt. co.	Spence,
Neale,	Goldsborough,	Schnebly,
Tongue,	Kidd,	Duvall,
Mackubin	Belt,	Worthington,
Burgess,	Wyville,	Thruston,
Stonestreet,	Contee,	Kilgour,
Walker,	Larrimore,	Barnard,
Allender,	Sudler, of Q. A.	Mountz—27.

So the order was laid on the table.
The Secretary of the Senate delivered the following bill:
A bill entitled, an act relating to the recording of deeds ;
Endorsed, "passed by yeas and nays ;"
Which was read the first time, and referred to the commit-
tee on Judiciary.

Mr. Ford, of Baltimore county, offered the following order:
Ordered, That this House will meet on Tuesday, Thursday,