622             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 26,

Larrimore,	McGonigal,	Harding,
Landing,	Harrington,	Barnard,
Thomas,	Gray,	Mountz—17.

So the report was adopted.
Mr. Alexander proposed the following message:
By the House of Delegates,

February 26th, 1858.
Gentlemen of the Senate:

We have received your message of the 25th instant, propos-
ing to refer the work reported by Messrs. Scott and McCul-
lough, Commissioners appointed under the 17th section, arti-
cle 3d, of the Constitution, to revise and codify the Laws of
this State to a joint committee of the two houses, with power
to set during the recess, and report the same to the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly, and concur therein, and have
appointed on the part of this House, Messrs. Alexander, Stir-
ling, Goldsborough, Hobbs, Thruston, Magruder and Belt.

J. W. Clayton,

Chief Clerk.

The yeas and nays, being demanded on the message, ap-
peared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Goldsborough,	Stirling,
Neale,	Sudler, of Som.	Rogers,
Wickes,	Tilghman,	McPherson,
Meginnis,	Grieves,	Smith, of B. city,
Mackubin,	Ford, of Cecil,	Kennard,
Kilbourn,	Kidd,	Lynch, of B. city,
Griffiss,	Belt,	Alexander,
Magruder,	Contee,	Riddlemoser,
Walker,	Spence,	Thruston,
Allender,	Hobbs,	Reindollar,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Hanway,	Day,
Lynch, of Balt. co.	Bacon,	Dorsey—17.
Smith, of Balt. co.	Baker,
	Negative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Thomas,	Rohrer,
Burgess,	Harding,	Gray,
Waller,	Bowlus,	Duvall,
Moore,	Root,	Worthington,
Dail,	Koons,	Kilgour,
Wyville,	Todd,	Barnard,
Larrimore,	McGonigal,	Mountz,