906             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 8,

Dail,	Forrest,	Mountz,
Davis,	Alexander,	Welling—38.
Kidd,	Summers,

So the amendment was not assented to.

Mr. Sudler, of Somerset, proposed the following amend-
ment:

In section 5, strike out "three hundred dollars," and insert
"one hundred dollars;"

Which was not assented to.

Mr. Ford, of Cecil county, proposed the following amend-
ment :

In section 5, strike out "three hundred dollars" and insert
"five hundred;''

Which was not assented to.

Mr. Thurston proposed the following amendment:

"Strike out section 6;"

Which was assented to.

Mr. McPherson proposed the following amendment:.

"Add section 6. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to apply to debts or obliga-
tions existing prior to the date on which it takes effect;"

Which was assented to.

Mr. Summers proposed the following amendment:

"Add section 7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
act contained shall apply to any free negro of this State;"

Which was assented to.

The said bill was then read the second time, and ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading;
On motion of Mr. Forrest.

The rules were suspended, and

Said bill was read a third time, by special order, and re-
jected by yeas and nays as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Morgan,	Contee,	Alexander,
Meginnis,	Spence,	Summers,
Tongue,	Thomas,	Schnebly,
Mackubin,	Bowlus,	Riddlemoser,
Griffiss,	Hobbs,	Thruston,
Magruder,	Stirling,	Kilgour,
Smith, of B. co.	Rogers,	Barnard,