804          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS         [March 5,

The bill entitled, an act to provide for the compensation of
James M. Schley for services performed by him under the ap-
pointment of the Governor, in the Court of Appeals of Mary-
land,

Being upon its second reading ;

Mr. Thruston proposed the following amendment:

In the 5th line of section 1, strike out "one hundred," and
insert "one hundred and fifty;"

Which was assented to.

And the bill, as amended, was read the second and third
times, by special order, and passed by yeas and nays, as
follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Sudler, of Som.,	Kennard,
Morgan,	Tilghman,	Harrington,
Neale,	Dail,	Forrest,
Wickes,	Richardson,	Alexander,
Meginnis,	Grieves,	Rohrer,
Mackubin,	Davis,	Summers,
Kilbourn,	Ford, of Cecil,	Gray,
Griffiss,	Kidd,	Schnebly,
Magruder,	Contee,	Riddlemoser,
Burgess,	Sudler, of Q. A.	Duvall,
Stonestreet,	Landing,	Worthington,
Walker,	Hobbs,	Thruston,
Allender,	Todd,	Kilgour,
Ford, of Balt. co.	McGonigal,	Barnard,
Smith, of Balt. co.	Stirling,	Reindollar,
Goldsborough,	Rogers,	Day,
Waller,	Smith, of Balt. co.	Dorsey—52.
Moore,
	Negative.
Messrs. Thomas,	Root,	McKinstry—5.
Bowlus,	Koons,

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.

The bill entitled, an act appropriating a sum of money
for the payment of the claims of John W. Davis, James Hop-
kins, James H. League, J. Wesley White, John E. Stalker
and Richard Brashears;

Was read the second and third times, by special order, and
passed by yeas and nays as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Moore,	Stirling,
Morgan,	Sudler, of Som.	Rogers,