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at the December session; 1856, our ias
number having brought us to the close ol
the preceding session.


The Act of 1888, CHI. 369; authorized
loan to the Baltimore and Susquehanna
Railroad Company Of $4,000, to enable
the company to assist in the complelio
of the road from York TO Wrightsville
and for.,he payment of existing debts. The
bill passed the House of Delegates II. J.
1888, p. 665, $685. by the following
vote:


AfIirmatiye-Messrs. Ridgley, (speak-
,er,) Coade, Shaw, Constable, Estep, Wat
kins, Tyler, Orric, Turner, Risteau Hook
Rider, Williams, (of S. Handy, Jones.
Page, Woolford, Wootten, Bowie, Ghise-
lin, Swami, Spence, Redden, Purnell,
.Mauls6y, Forpood, Charles, Crore, Pitts:
Ridgely, Leary, Watson, Collins, Whar-
ton, Byr Stewart, Wilson, Dade, Bloch
er, .NeG-40.


Negative-Messrs Primrose, Stevens,
Matthews, Beall, Thomas, Colston, Nichols,
,Foard, Gillespie, Comegys, Calvert, VII
mer, Roberts, Spencer, Townsend, Nc
.Pherson, Schley, Biser, Geycr, Hope,
:WIHiams, (of H. Hardcastle, Waters,
Boyle Sho,cer, Berratt, Po,cder-2S.


Thirteen Van Buren, men in the affirma-
tive and nineteen in the negative. The
Same bill was sent to the Senate, and re-
ported farorably from the Committee on
Finance by Mr. Hugh Ely, (the V. Buren,
Senator from Baltimore co., and carried
uithout division, the parties in that bo-
dy standing TEN Wings, NINE Van Buren,
men, and two Independent. IS. }. 1888
P. 324.)


The Act 1888, CHI 1856, authorized
the'conyersion of the SIX PER CENT CUR
RENcY BoNDs-provided for by virtue of
the Act of 1885 ch. 395, and partly issued
under GOVERNOR GRAsoN's resolutions,
No. 26 of 1887, to the amount Of three
millions, to sthe Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, and three millions to. the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
into FIVE PER CENT STERLING BONDS.
The operation of this law, was 10 add
$4Oo,OO0 to the six millions Of dollars
OF debt contracted under the aforesaid act
and resolutions on account of those two
companies. The bill passed the House
of Delegates I'll. J. 1888, P. 67S) by the
following vote:


Alfirmative-Messrs. Ridgley, Speak
er,) Coade, Shaw, Constable, Estep, Wat
kins, Beall, Orrick, Turner, Kisteau,
.Flt=hugh, Hook, Thomas, Lloyd, Rider,
Williams, (ofT.) Handy, Page Nichols,
Woollord, Camegys, Calvert, Ghiseln!
Swami, Townsend, Spence, Redden, Pur-
nell, Schley, Hammond, Charles, Pitts,
Ridgely, Leary, Watson, Collins, Whar-
ton, Grove, Stewart, Wilson, Dade,
Blocher, NeG, Huddlcson-44.


Negative-Messrs. Primrose, McDan-
iel, Tyler, Stevens, Matthews, Jones,
Foard, Gillespie, Wootton, Bowie, VII
mer, Roberts, Spence, Nc PAerson, Biser,
Geycr, Hope, Williams, (of II. IIFor1cood,
Hardcastlc, Byer, Waters, Boyle, Shoper,
..aerrett, Po,rder-26:


FOURTEEN Van Buren, men in the alfir-
NATIVE. and EIGHTEEN in the negative
The bill was passed in the Senate acittont
a diriSio,l, the parties standing TEN wings
NINE Van Buren, men, and TWO lndepen-
dent, Is J. 1888, p. 1881


The Act of 1898, chap. 366, authorised
an additional subscription on the part of
the State to amount Of Sl,376,000, to the
stock of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal
Company. The bill passed the House of
Delegates (H.J. 1888, p. 66s) by the fol-
lowing vote:


Aflirmativc--Messrs. Ridgely, (speaker)
Coade, Shaw, Constable, Mcdaniel, Estep,
Watkins, Tyler ,Orrich, Turner, Risteau,
Fa=hugh, Hook, I homas, Lloyd, Rider,
Williams, (of s. Handy, Page, Calvert,
Bowie, Ghiselin, Swami, Spence, Redden,
.MaulsJy Forpard, Pitts, Ridgely, Leary,
Watson, Collins, Wharton, Bycr. Grove,
Stewart, Wilson, Dade, Biocher, .NiG.
HuddleSon-4l.


Negative-Messrs. Primrose, Stevens,
Matthews, Cclston, Nicols, Wooford,
Foard, Gillespie, Comegys Nc Phcrson,
Schley, Biscr, Hammond, Geyer, Hope,
Williams, (of H,) Hardcast!e, Waters,
BOYLE, Sho,cer, Be7rch, Powdcr-27.


Sirtcen Van Buren men in the aflirma-
tive and eighteen i'll the negative. The
same bill was reported from the Commit
tee on Finance by Mr.. William A. Purnell
(whig Senator from Worcester county,
and passed the Senate by special order on
motion of Mr.. Ohio Scott ivan Buren,
Senator for Hartford county, arithom a d.
rision Is. J. 1888, p. 325.)


The Act of 1898, chap. 4l6, author ised
a loan in State bonds to the amount OF
Si,OO0,00e (onc million Of fdollars) to the
Tide Water Crnal Company. The bill
passed the House (H. J. 1888, PIP. 6S4
$3.50 by the following vote:


Aflirmauve-Messrs Ridgely, (Speak-
err Mcdaniel, Constable, Orrick, Turner
Risteau, Hook, Thomas Gillespie, Come
gys, Swami, Roberts, Spencer, Readen