496             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 22,

county to re-survey the public roads in said county, and to re-
move obstructions therefrom.                                               

On motion of Mr. Mackubin,

Leave was granted the Anne Arundel county delegation,
to bring in a bill to authorise the Commissioners of Anne
Arundel county to levy a tax on the assessable property of
said county, for the purpose of repairing and adding to the
Alms-house.

Mr. Rogers offered the following order:

Ordered, That in honor of this day, the anniversary of the
birth-day of George Washington, the Father of his Country,
and to keep ever before every citizen of Maryland the me-
mory of that greatest of men and chief agent in achieving
that independence, and securing those blessings, which we
now enjoy, this House do now adjourn until to-morrow at 11
o'clock.

Mr. Stirling proposed the following substitute:

Ordered, That in the opinion of this House, a proper regard
for the character and example of the Father of his Country,
requires the House to attend this day to the public business ;

The yeas and nays being demanded upon the substitute,
appeared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Koons,	Kennard,
Wickes,	Baker,	Lynch, of B. city,
Meginnis,	Todd,	Crowley,
Allender,	Stirling,	Forrest,
Lynch, of B. co.,	McPherson,	Duvall,
Dail,	Smith, of B. city,	Dorsey—19.
Grieves,
	Negative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Davis,	Hanway,
Mackubin	Ford, of Cecil,	Rogers,
Griffiss,	Wyville,	Alexander,
Magruder,	Contee,	Summers,
Stonestreet,	Larrimore,	Schnebly,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Sudler, of Q. A.	Riddlemoser,
Clarke,	Landing,	Worthington,
Goldsborough,	Spence,	Kilgour,
Waller,	Hearn,	Barnard,
Moore,	Harding,.	Mountz,
Tilghman,	Root,	Reindollar—33.

So the substitute was lost.