1858.]          OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 435

The bill entitled, an act for the relief of the devisees and
legatees of Isaac C. Bowles, late of Howard county, deceased,

Was read the second time, by special order, the third time,
three fourths of all the members concurring and passed by
yeas and nays, as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Wyville,	Kennard,
Morgan,	Larrimore,	Lynch, of B. city,
Wickes,	Sudler, of Q. A.	Harrington,
Meginnis,	Landing,	Crowley,
Mackubin,	Spence,	Rohrer,
Magruder,	Hearn,	Summers, Gray,
Burgess,	Thomas,
Allender,	Harding,	Schnebly,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Bowlus,	Duvall,
Goldsborough,	Root,	Worthington,
Waller,	Koons,	Kilgour.
Tilghman,	Hobbs,	Barnard,
Dail,	Bacon,	Mountz,
Richardson,	Stirling,	McKinstry,
Davis,	Rogers,	Reindollar,
Ford, of Cecil,	McPherson,	Welling,
Kidd, Belt,	Smith, of B. city,	Dorsey—52.
Negative—None.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.

The bill entitled, an act to authorise the Commissioners of
Allegany county, to reduce the assessment of a tract of land
in said county ;

Was read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed for
a third reading.

The bill entitled, an act to exempt the Parsonage property
now belonging to the Methodist Protestant Church, situated
in Uniontown, Carroll county, from taxation ;

Being upon its second reading,

Mr. Stirling proposed the following amendment:

Add to section 1, "provided that this exemption shall con-
tinue so long as said property shall be used for Church pur-
poses;"

Which was assented to, and the bill was ordered to be en-
grossed for a third reading.

On motion of Mr. McKinstry,

The rules were suspended and said bill, was read the third
time by special order, and passed by yeas and nays as follow: