1858.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 857

The bill entitled, an act to confirm and make valid a deed
from Clement F. Jones and Josiah Massey and wife, to Thomas
F. Cropper;

Being upon its second reading,

Mr. Davis proposed the following amendment:

In section 1, line 9th, strike out/the word "north" and in-
sert the word "south;"

Which was assented to.

The said bill was then read the second time, by special
order, three-fourths of all the members concurring, read a
third time as amended, and passed by yeas and nays as
follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Wyville,	Lynch, of B. city,
Mackubin	Sudler, of Q. A.	Crowley,
Magruder,	Thomas,	Alexander,
Stonestreet,	Harding,	Summers,
Walker,	Bowlus,	Gray,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Hobbs,	Schnebly,
Goldsborough,	Hanway,	Riddlemoser,
Waller,	Bacon,	Duvall,
Tilghman,	Baker,	Worthington,
Dail,	Todd,	Barnard,
Grieves,	Stirling,	Mountz,
Davis,	McPherson,	McKinstry,
Ford, of Cecil,	Smith, of B. city,	Reindollar,
Kidd,	Kennard,	Welling—43.
Belt,
	Negative—None.

The said bill was then sent to the Senate.

The bill entitled, an act to allow Nathan J. Lankford, late
sheriff and collector of Somerset county, further time to com-
plete his collections;

Was read a second time, and by special order, three-fourths
of all the members concurring, was read a third time, and
passed by yeas and nays, as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Thomas,	Crowley,
Mackubin,	Harding,	Forrest,
Magruder,	Bowlus,	Alexander,
Burgess,	Koons,	Rohrer,
Walker,	Hobbs,	Summers,
Ford, of Balt. co.	Hanway,	Gray,