Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-03-16
Mr.. Long was absent-gone home. :.

Wooten is sick. One vacancy in the
Baltimore city delegation, and one in
Washington county.
Before the vote was announced, Messrs.
Bryan, Crowley, Miller of Cecil, and
Beall, changed their votes to the mega
tive, ESQ as to be able to move recon-
sideration. it is presumed, } and the vote
as announced was ayes 80, nays 39-the
bill being rejected.
Mr. Briscoe moved to reconsider the
vote on the Brock bill, and called for the
ayes and nays. He said he wanted to
get rid of this bill. when bill has
not received the constitutional vote Of
3S, member who voted on either side
can move, under the rules, to reconsider
it.
The motion to reconsider was put, and
resulted as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Medders, Mackubin,
Compton, Quinlan, Dennis of Somerset,
Stanford, Lawson, Keene, Wilson of
Cecil, Maxwell. Miller, Bryan, Jones of
Prince Georges, Legg, Starkey, Land
ing, Dennis of Worcester, Clagett, John
son, Routzahn, Naill, Wilson Of Hartford,
Bayless, Mccoy. Straughn, Goldsborough,
Kraft, Seth, Crowley, Smith, Stake,
Griffith, Harding, Gordon, Beall, Nc
Cleary, Roop, Gorsuch, Mills-39.
NAYs.-Messrs. Kilbourn, speaker;
Durant, Morgan, Rasin, Welch, Br;scoe,
Parran, Ford, Burgess, Worthington,
Denison of Baltimore county, Renshaw,
Jones of Talbot, Chaplain, Linthicum,
Holland, Jacobs, Kessler, Salmon, Booze,
Berry, McAllister, Turner of Baltimore
city, Denison of Baltimore city, Coudy,
Eakle. Brining, Turner Of Howard-28.
So the bill was reconsidered, and laid
on the table.
ANNAPOLIS, March 10.
SENATE.-On motion of Mr.. Stone,
his bill to publish the local laws in the
different county and city newspapers,
(and which he has most perseveringly
advocated, } was taken up, but the bill
could not be found by the clerk, and it
was passed over.
The House bill to prohibit the future
manumission of negro slaves and author
izing free negroes to renounce their free
dom, &C., was passed--ayes Is, noes 6
and is now a law.
Mr.. Goldsboroggh offered an order
that the Governor BE requested to issue
a commission 10 The Hon. James Alfred
Pearee, as United States Senator, &c.
Adopted.
The bill for calling convention for
framing new constitution, providing
for taking the sense of the people on the
subject, was taken up.
A message was announced from the
Governor, communicating his acquiesc-
ence in the request to remove Judge
Stump from the judgeship of the Crimi-
nal Court Of Baltimore city, and announc-
ing that he is hereby removed. Entered
on the journal.
The motion Of Mr.. Yellott to fill the
blank in the convention bill with first
Wednesday in November, 1860, was then
adopted.
The bill was acted upon by sections,
and 1st Of May, 1861, inserted as the
time for the holding Of the election for
delegates to the convention, and the LIST
Wednesday of June, 1861, fixed as the
day for the meeting of the convention
Mr.. Yellott moved to amend the bill
so that the convention shall convene its
session on the LIST Wednesday of Novem-
Der, 1861.
The bill having been ordered to third
reading, motion was made by Mr.. Nc
Kaig to suspend the rules, to give the
bill third reading by special order,
which was lost--ayes 16, nays 5.
Night Session. The bill for calling
out the militia was passed over.
Bills Passed-which have become
laws--House bill for the reduction Of
licenses to oyster houses. To pay GER
tain sums of money to the Montgomery
Guards. To incorporate the town Of
Rockville, in Montgomery county. To
pay constables for serving attachments.
The general appropriation bills from
the House, for the support Of govern
ment for the years ending January, 1861
and 1862, were read first time and re-
ferred to the committee on finances.
The bills were reported back and passed
without amendments.
Mr.. Kimmell offered the following re-
solutions:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the Sen
ate are due and they are hereby rendered
to the Hon. John d. Brooke for the abili-
ty, impartiality and promptness with
which he has discharged the responsible
duties Of president Of the Senate.
Resolced, That the Senate hold in high
regard his rulings and decisions as prcsi-
dent as courteous and just.
The resolutions, after compliments
ny address from Senator Kimmell, we're
unanimously adopted, with some applause
in the galleries, which was promptly sup
pressed.
A very handsome and appropriate re-
Spouse was made by Col. Brooke, the
President of the Senate, to the compli-
mentary resolutions previously offered and
passed in his absence, after which, at ii
o'clock, he declared the Senate adjourned
sine die.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES. Mr.. Morgan
called for the order Of the day, being the
reports of the committee on elections.
The Contested Elections. The Speaker
said the report Of the committee on tho
contested elections Of tho Baltimore city
delegation, was the first in order Of the
order Of the day.
The report Of the committee, with re-