for his expenses on the commission to adjust the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland; approved March 16, 1874.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. May two days and Brown four days.

Mr. Coghill presented the following report:

The joint committee appointed to confer with the commissioners appointed by the State of Maryland, and ascertain their wishes as to the manner of communicating to this general assembly the resolutions of that State relative to the adjustment of the boundary line between the two States, respectfully report, that after conferring with said commissioners, the committee have ascertained that it will be agreeable to them to appear before the general assembly of Virginia in joint convention, and in person present said resolutions. The committee, as directed by said resolutions have tendered to them the privileges of the floor of the two houses, and recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the general assembly, That the senate and house of delegates will at one o'clock P. M. of this day assemble in joint convention in the hall of the house of delegates to receive the commissioners of the State of Maryland, appointed by the general assembly of that State to present to this general assembly certain resolutions in relation to the adjustment of the boundary of the two States, and to hear such other and further communication as they may desire to make in respect to that subject.

Resolved, That the rules adopted for the joint meeting of the senate and house of delegates in the election of a senator of this State in the congress of the United States, on the 12th day of January, 1874, be adopted as the rules for the government of the joint meeting on this day, as far as the same may be applicable.

Which was agreed to.

LOUIS C. H. FINNEY, Chairman senate committee.

R. A. COGHILL, Chairman house committee.

Mr. Coghill moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the report was agreed to, which was rejected.

Ordered, That Mr. Coghill carry the report to the senate and request their concurrence.

A message was received from the senate by Mr. Finney, who informed the house that the senate had agreed to the report.

The following were presented and referred under rule 37:

By Mr. Banks: A bill for the relief of the late township collectors of the counties of the Commonwealth. Referred to committee on finance.

By Mr. Cockerille: Petition of the citizens of Fairfax county, asking the passage of a law for the protection of sheep. Referred to committee on finance.

By Mr. Alexander: Petition of the members of the bar of Pulaski county, asking an increase of the compensation of sheriffs. Referred to committee on finance.

By Mr. Lipps: Resolution instructing the committee on schools and colleges to inquire into and amend certain sections of the law relating to free schools.

By Mr. Cockerille :

Resolved, That the committee for courts of justice be requested to report a bill amending the act passed February 20, 1874, for the relief of the sheriffs of the Commonwealth.

The resolution offered by Mr. Griffith (unfinished business of the morning hour), came up.

The hour of 12 o'clock M. having arrived,

On motion of Mr. Lovenstein, the calendar was postponed until 1 o'clock P. M.

The resolution offered by Mr. Griffith again came up.

The hour of one o'clock P. M. having arrived—

The senate of Virginia entered the hall of the house of delegates, preceded by the president of the senate and the clerk of the senate; whereupon the president of the senate, in accordance with a joint rule, assumed the chair and called the joint assembly to order.

The commissioners appointed by the State of Maryland to communicate to this general assembly the resolutions of that State relative to the adjustment of the boundary line between the two States, entered the hall of the house of delegates, accompanied by the joint committee appointed to tender to them the privileges of the floor of the two houses.

The commissioners were presented to the joint assembly by Mr. Finney of the senate, and a welcome was extended by the president of the joint assembly.

Mr. Isaac D. Jones, on the part of the Maryland commissioners, addressed the joint assembly on the subject of the boundary line between the two States, and presented the following preamble and resolutions:

Senate joint resolutions in relation to the boundary line between the States of Maryland and Virginia.

Whereas, the commissioners heretofore appointed by the States of Virginia and Maryland to adjust the boundary line between said States have submitted to their respective legislatures their final report, setting forth the propositions for adjustment reciprocally submitted and declined, and finally their inability to agree upon a boundary line to be jointly recommended for adoption by the legislatures of the two States;

and

Whereas, the general assembly of Maryland, upon consideration of the several propositions of boundary which have been suggested pending the present controversy, is impressed with the justice and fairness

of the following lines of boundary, to wit: The boundary line from "Smith's Point" to be a right line across the Chesapeake bay to the centre of "Cedar Straits" upon the Tangier sound, near the south end of Watkins' Point; thence by a right line in a southeasterly direction to the channel of Pocomoke bay or river nearest to "Cedar Straits;" thence up by and with the channel of said Pocomoke bay and river to a point therein opposite to the place on the east shore of said river ascertained by De La Camp in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven to be the beginning on said shore of the divisional line said to have been run and marked by "Calvert and Scarborough" in sixteen hundred and sixtyeight; thence by and with said divisional line as surveyed and laid down on the map made by said De La Camp for the joint commissioners of Virginia and Maryland in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight to the Atlantic ocean. The right of fishing and taking oysters in Pocomoke bay and river to be common to the citizens of both States and subject to concurrent regulations by the two States, or, if preferred by the Commonwealth of Virginia, this latter provision may be omitted: therefore,

First. Be it resolved by the general assembly of Maryland, That the said line of boundary be and is hereby respectfully submitted by the State of Maryland to the general assembly of Virginia for adoption as the line of boundary between the two States from Smith's Point to the Atlantic ocean; and if concurred in by the general assembly of Virginia, that the same be declared by concurrent act of the general assembly of each State to be and remain forever the line of boundary between the two States.

Second. And be it further resolved by the general assembly of Maryland, That in the event that the general assembly of Virginia shall decline to concur in adopting the said line, that this general assembly does hereby propose that the general assembly of Virginia and of this State pass concurrent acts referring the entire controversy concerning the line of boundary between the two States to the arbitrament and final decision and determination of the Honorable Jeremiah S. Black, of the State of Pennsylvania, as chancellor, exercising the equity jurisdiction in the premises of the supreme court of the United States, each State in and by said concurrent acts of assembly pledging its faith to accept and abide by his award in the premises as final; each State to be represented by counsel before the said arbitrator, subject to such regulations as he may prescribe.

Third. And be it further resolved by the general assembly of Maryland, That pending the said boundary controversy the general assembly of Virginia be and it is hereby respectfully requested to take such action as shall secure to the citizens of Maryland equal rights with the citizens of Virginia to take oysters and terrapins in the waters of Pocomoke bay and sound and river; and further, that in the waters of Tangier sound, pending said controversy, the rights of the citizens of the two States shall be regulated according to the line and agreement known as the "Lovett and Davidson line" and agreement.

Fourth. And be it further resolved by the general assembly of Maryland, That Honorable John W. Davis and Isaac D. Jones, of Balti

more city, and James W. Dennis, of Somerset county, be and they are hereby requested, without compensation, to bear immediately the foregoing resolutions to the general assembly of Virginia at Richmond.

JOHN LEE CARROLL,

President of the senate.

JESSE R. HINES,

Speaker of the house of delegates.

Maryland, sc.

I, James S. Franklin, clerk of the court of appeals of Maryland, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy taken from the original resolutions deposited in and belonging to the said office of the clerk of the court of appeals of Maryland.

In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix [L. S.] the seal of my office this 13th of March, A. D. 1874. JAMES S. FRANKLIN,

Clerk of the court of appeals of Maryland.

Which were read by the clerk of the joint assembly.

On motion of Mr. Dooley, the preamble and resolutions were ordered to be printed for the use of the general assembly.

On motion of Mr. Dooley, the joint assembly adjourned sine die. A message was received from the senate by Mr. Smith, of Nelson, who informed the house that the senate had passed senate bill entitled an act to prescribe how hypothecations of products and commodities shall be made, and to prohibit the hypothecation of consignments except on conditions (No. 165).

In which they respectfully request the concurrence of the house.
On motion of Mr. Griffith, the calendar was postponed until to-

morrow.

The resolution offered by Mr. Griffith again came up.

The amendment offered by Mr. Griffith was agreed to.

The substitute offered by Mr. Koiner was rejected-yeas 51; nays 56. On motion of Mr. Boykin, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Bagwell, Banks, Beaton, Boykin, Brooks, Campbell, J. A. Carter, P. J. Carter, A. J. Clark, Cockerille, Coghill, Critz, Dooley, Fitzpatrick, Foster, Franklin, Fulkerson, Gardner, Gilman, Graves, Harrison, Henderson, Hoenniger, Hudgin, Jordan, Koiner, B. W. Lacy, Lewis, Longley, Lovell, Lovenstein, Loving, Lybrook, Magruder, Massey, McMullan, Moss, Neeley, O'Neal, Round, Shumate, Stuart, Swann, Taliaferro, Wallace, Webb, Williams, Withers, and Mr. Speaker-51.

NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Armstrong, Bickings, Brady, Jack Carter, Cox, Crank, Davis, Finney, Flood, P. Gibson, T. S. Gibson, Gilliam, Goodwyn, Grayson, Griffith, Haden, Hale, Hamilton, Harris, Holbrook, William Hoskins, John T. Hoskins, Howard, James, P. K. Jones, J. Horace Lacy, Lamkin, Lee, Lightner, Lipps, Lipscomb, Lucas, McGonigal, Morris, John L. Nash, W. A. Nash, Nickens, Norton, Pannill, Pendleton, Popham, Powell, Rains, Richmond, Riddlebarger, Rogers, Scruggs, Sellers, Spratt, Stovall, Syphax, Thomas, Turner, Yager, and Young-56.

54.

The resolution offered by Mr. Griffith was rejected-yeas 52; nays

On motion of Mr. Griffith, the vote was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Armstrong, Bickings, Brady, Jack Carter, Cox, Davis, Finney, Flood, P. Gibson, T. S. Gibson, Gilliam, Goodwyn, Grayson, Griffith, Haden, Hale, Hamilton, Harris, Holbrook, William Hoskins, John T. Hoskins, Howard, James, P. K. Jones, Lamkin, Lee, Lightner, Lipps, Lipscomb, Lucas, McGonigal, Morris, W. A. Nash, Nickens, Norton, Pannill, Pendleton, Popham, Powell, Rains, Richmond, Rogers, Round, Scruggs, Sellers, Spratt, Stovall, Syphax, Thomas, Turner, and Yager-52.

NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Bagwell, Banks, Beaton, Bohannon, Boykin, Brooks, Campbell, J. A. Carter, P. J. Carter, A. J. Clark, Cockerille, Coghill, Critz, Dooley, Fitzpatrick, Foster, Franklin, Fulkerson, Gardner, Gilman, Graves, Harrison, Henderson, Hoenniger, Hudgin, Jordan, Koiner, B. W. Lacy, J. H. Lacy, Lewis, Longley, Lovell, Lovenstein, Loving, Magruder, Massey, McMullan, Moss, Neeley, O'Neal, Riddlebarger, Shumate, Strother, Stuart, Swann, Taliaferro, Wallace, Webb, Wharton, Williams, Winn, and Mr. Speaker-54.

On motion of Mr. Riddlebarger, the house adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock A. M.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874.

The journal was read by the clerk.

A communication from the senate, by their clerk, was read as follows:

In Senate, March 18, 1874.

The senate have passed house bill entitled An act to authorize the vestry of Grace Protestant Episcopal church, Lexington, Virginia, to borrow money; No. 215.

And they have agreed to joint resolution authorizing the superintendent of public buildings, with the approval of the governor, to furnish accommodation in the capitol for the records of the Southern historical society.

In which joint resolution they respectfully request the concurrence of the house of delegates.

Senate joint resolution authorizing the superintendent of public buildings, with the approval of the governor, to furnish accommodation in the capitol for the records of the Southern historical society, was read twice and placed on the calendar, the rules having been suspended, on motion of Mr. Anderson, requiring its reference to a committee.

No. 165. Senate bill entitled an act to prescribe how hypothecations of products and commodities shall be made, and to prohibit the hypothecation of consignments except on conditions, was read twice and referred to the committee for courts of justice.

No. 210. Senate bill entitled an act to provide for the payment of certain claims for printing and binding the new edition of the Code, was reported from the committee on printing.