724           JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 3,

After some absence the tellers returned and reported that
there were seventy-eight ballots cast in all, of which Llewellyn
Boyle received sixty-seven votes; that there were seven blank
votes, and four scattering votes;

The Speaker then declared Llewellyn Boyle duly elected
State Librarian for the term of two years.

The House resumed the consideration of the amendment to
the act regulating pilotage.

Mr. Tilghman moved to indefinitely postpone said bill;

The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion, and ap-
peared as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Kilbourn,	Dail,	McGonigal,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Davis,	Smith, of B. city,
Waller,	Sudler, of Q. A.	McKinstry,
Moore,	Bowlus,	Dorsey—13.
Tilghman,
	Negative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Ford, of Cecil,	Lynch, of B. city,
Morgan,	Kidd,	Crowley,
Wickes,	Wyville,	Forrest,
Meginnis,	Contee,	Alexander,
Mackubin,	Landing,	Rohrer,
Griffiss,	Spence,	Gray,
Magruder,	Hearn,	Schnebly,
Burgess,	Root,	Riddlemoser,
Stonestreet,	Baker,	Duvall,
Walker,	Todd,	Thruston,
Lynch, of Balt. co.	Stirling,	Kilgour,
Smith, of Balt. co.	Rogers,	Reindollar,
Goldsborough,	McPherson,	Welling --41.
Richardson,	Kennard,

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

The question then being on the following amendment:
In 6th line of section 1, strike out the word "south," and
insert "south-southwest;"

It was assented to.

The question then being on the following amendment:

Section 2, after the word "vessels" in the 1st line, "of two
hundred tons burthen and over," and the striking out in
the 3rd and 4th lines of the words, "and not embraced in the
1st section of this act."