570             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 24,

Mr. Hobbs called the previous question on the amendment;

Which was sustained.

The question then being,

"Shall the main question he now put?"

It was decided in the affirmative.

The question then recurring on the original amendment;
It was assented to.

Mr. Belt, proposed the following amendment:
Strike out the "second section;"

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

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Dail,	Lynch, of B. city,
Neale,	Richardson,	Alexander,
Wickes,	Belt,	Rohrer,
Meginnis,	Larrimore,	Summers,
Tongue,	Sudler, of Q. A.	Gray,
Burgess,	Landing,	Schnebly,
Stonestreet,	Hearn,	Riddlemoser,
Walker,	Koons,	Duvall,
Allender,	Hanway,	Worthington,
Ford, of Balt, co.	Todd,	Barnard—33.
Goldsborough,	Rogers,
	Negative
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Ford, of Cecil,	McPherson,
Mackubin,	Wyville,	Smith, of B. city,
Griffiss,	Thomas,	Kennard,
Magruder,	Harding,	Harrington,
Lynch, of Balt. co.	Bowlus,	Crowley,
Waller,	Root,	McKinstry,
Moore,	Bacon,	Reindollar,
Sudler, of Som.	Baker,	Welling,
Tilghman,	Stirling,	Dorsey—28.
Davis,

So the amendment was assented to.

Mr. Crowley moved to strike out the enacting clause of
said bill;

Which was determined in the negative.

A bill entitled, an act to amend the acts passed December
session 1843, chapter 174, and December session 1849, chap-
ter 373, reducing the tax on the auction licenses for Allegany
county in said acts ;