1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 87
And the House proceeded to another ballot for State Treas-

urer,

When it appeared that eighty-six ballots had been cast on
the part of the House of Delegates.

The Speaker then sealed the box and delivered the same
into the hands of Messrs. Gorman, Cameron and Streett, tel-
lers on the part of the House.

Mr. Marbury moved that the tellers appointed on the part
of the House come to the Speaker's chair and announce the
vote in conjunction with the tellers of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Lankford,

At 3 o'clock P. M., the House adjourned until to-morrow
morning at 11 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, January 19, 1870.

The House met, and was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Henderson.

Present at the call of the roll the following members :

Messrs. Latrobe, (Speaker,) Loker, Martin, Beck, Wilmer,
Kilbourn? Baldwin, of Anne Arundel, Wells, Owings, Duke,
Mitchell, Chapman, Carroll, Cameron, Shipley, Gatch,
Choate, Turner, Hammond, Hardcastle, of Talbot, Brattan,
Lankford, Harrington, Woolfbrd, Meekins, Touchstone,
Owens, Richards, Btddle, Marbury,Wootton.Duvall, Thomas,
of Q. Anne's, Brown, Dennis, Purnell, Thomas, of Frederick,
Bowlus, McCreery, Ritter, White, Harris, Ady, Baldwin, of
Harford, Streett, Hopkins, Hardcastle, of Caroline, Garey,
Banner, Hamilton, Cooper, Morse, Blake, Webb, Wilson, of
Balto. City, Wiley, McLane, Coltou, Kirk, Collins, Ehlen,
Gardner, Markland, Marshall, Hoblitzell, Neill, Welty,
Murdock, Sword, Seibert, Hilton, Veitch, Watkins, Kean,
Wilson, of Allegany, Standish, Myers, Percy, Shower,
Jordan, Winters, Grouse, Merrick, Gorman, Crawford,
Gordy—86.

The Journal of yesterday was read.

The Speaker laid before the House the following commu-
nication from the President of St. John's College, together
with accompanying report: