572              JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 24,

Allender,	Hanway,	Barnard,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Bacon,	Mountz,
Lynch, of Balt. co.	Baker,	McKinstry,
Smith, of Balt. co.	Todd,	Reindollar,
Moore,	Stirling,	Welling,
Sudler, of Som.	Rogers,	Dorsey—56.
Tilghman,	McPherson,
	Negative.
Messrs. Landing,	Bowlus.	Koons—3.

On motion of Mr. Smith, of Baltimore county,
The rules were suspended, and

A bill entitled, a supplement to an act entitled, an act to
incorporate the School Commissioners of Baltimore county ;

Was taken up for consideration:
Said bill being upon its second reading ;
Mr. Ford, of Baltimore county, proposed the following
amendments :

Strike out the 7th Section and insert the following addi-
tional section 7 ;

Section 7. And be it enacted that it be the duty of the
Commissioners of Baltimore county to have this act published
in at least one newspaper printed in Baltimore county and
in handbills to be set up at the most public places in each
Election District in said county, at least thirty days before
the election hereinafter provided.

Section 8. And be it enacted, that an election shall be held
in Baltimore county, on the 1st Wednesday in October, 1858,
and every legally qualified voter in said county, shall express
on his ballot in print or writing "for the additional levy or
against the additional levy," as his choice may be, and if it
shall appear on comparing the the votes, that a majority of
the votes cast at the said election are for the additional levy,
the provisions of this act shall go into effect and if a majority
of the votes cast at said election are against the additional
levy, this act shall be null and void ;

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

	Affirmative.
Burgess,	Landing,	Barnard,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Duvall,	Mountz—6.
	Negative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Richardson,	Rogers,
Morgan,	Grieves,	McPherson,