1858.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.           763

Goldsborough,	Root,	Day,
Waller,	Koons,	Dorsey—53.
Moore,	Hobbs,
	Negative.
Messrs. Todd,	McPherson,	Rohrer—5.
Stirling,	Smith, of B. city,

So the amendment was assented to.

Mr. Kilbourn proposed the following amendment:

Add at the end of section 3, "Provided, that nothing here-
in contained shall be construed to authorise the Congress of
the United States, to abolish the relation of master and slave
in any territory or part of this State, over which jurisdiction
is hereby ceded;"

Which was assented to.

The bill, as amended, was read the second time.

On motion of Mr. Stirling,
The rules were suspended, and

The bill was read the third time, and passed by yeas and
nays, as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Dail,	Smith, of B. city,
Neal,	Richardson,	Lynch, of B. city,
Wickes,	Grieves,	Crowley,
Meginnis,	Davis,	Forrest,
Mackubin,	Belt,	Alexander,
Kilbourn,	Contee,	Rohrer,
Griffiss,	Sudler, of Q. A.,	Summers,
Magruder,	Spence,	Gray,
Burgess,	Thomas,	Riddlemoser,
Stonestreet,	Harding,	Duvall,
Walker,	Bowlus,	Worthington,
Allender,	Root,	Thruston,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Koons,	Kilgour,
Goldsborough,	Hobbs,	Barnard,
Waller,	Todd,	McKinstry,
Moore,	McGonigal,	Reindollar,
Sudler, of Som.	Stirling,	Day,
Tilghman,	Rogers,	Dorsey—54.
	Negative—None.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Sudler, of Somerset,
The rules were suspended, and
Leave was granted to the Somerset county delegation, to