American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-02-25

BILLS BEFORE THE observation-disclosures
ment of Wheat, Sc. We are indebted to the at
tcnton of F. Gallagher and N. II. Ware, esqs.
of the House of Delegates, for several impor-
tant documents.
appointment of Wheat Inspectors. This is a
bill reported by Mr.. Morsell, the LIST section of
which provides that the Governor, with the
consent OF the Senate, shall annually appoint
two inspectors of Wheat in the city of Balti-
more whose duty it shall be to inspect, weigh
and measure all wheat brought to said city tor
sale by land or water, which shall be measured
by the Maryland sealed bushel.
The I'd section authorizes said inspectors to
appoint one or more deputies, for whose acts
they are to be held liable.
The Sd section makes it necessary for said in
spectors and deputies to take an oath before a
Justice of the peace for the faithful performance
of their duties, before entering upon their dis
charge.
The 4th section enacts that all wheat brought
to the city of Baltimore for sale sha ] weigh
ed by said inspectors and deputies to the pre-
else ounce, and the same TO be certified by them
to the commission merchant or other persons
selling such wheat; said inspectors and deputies
are also directed to weigh one bushel IN every
sixty bushels measured out, for the purpose of
carrying out the intentions of the act.
The 9Th section provides that the compensa-
ton to said inspectors shall be paid one-half by
the purchaser and the other half by the seller,
of - of a cent per bushel so inspected, weigh
ed and measured.
The 9th section declares that when DISPUTE
shall arise between the purchaser and seller OF
wheat in relation to the sample drawn and the
cargo, the inspector shall be the judge in the
matter, and his decision shall govern the pur-
chaser and seller.
The eth section fixes the penalty at $50 for
every time master of a vessel or other person
bringing wheat to Baltimore, shall allow it to
be sold without being first inspected, weighed
and measured.
The sth section imposes penalty Of $40 for
each offence Oh every person buying or selling
wheat not inspected, weighed and measured.
The 9th section imposes penalty of not less
than S., nor more than $40, on the inspectors
who shall cause unnecessary delay in the dis
charge of their duties.
The 10th section directs that all penalties
imposed by this act shall be collected in the
name of the State, as other fines, one-half to
the informer and the other to the State.
Conjugal Rights, as they regard Property. A
! pIl lepOIltu ny WI, leuuudll, vi
county, enacts that any woman may become
possessed of real or personal property in her
own name, 10 the same extent as if she were a
teme sole.
Sec. 2. All property of married woman,
whether possessed before or acquired after mar
liage, shall be held for her sole and separate
use, unless otherwise limited by the will or
conveyance thereof to her. and shall not be
liable for the debts or contracts of her husband.
Sec. 8. Any married woman without the
) consent of her husband, may dispose of her es-
tate or property whether possessed before or
after marriage.
!, Sec. 4. The estate or property of a married
woman to be liable for her debts, &c., and may
} be proceeded against as the property of Jeme
sole, provided such debts be made upon the
credit of such property.
, Sec. 5. The property of the husband not to
: be liable for the debts of his wife contracted
} before marriage, but the same to be recovered
out Of the property of the wife.
Sec 6. If any married woman shall die in
testate, her property If real, shall descend d
rectly to her heirs at law, subject to the pay
ment of her debts, and her husband shall moi
be entitled to any estate or right therein, a:
tenant by the courtesy-if personal, to pass tc
her administrator and be distributable, after
: payment of her debts. funeral expenses, and ex
: penses of administration, to her next OF kin, az
: if she were feme sole, provided her HUSBAND
: shall be entitled to administration thereon II
. preference to any other person.
y. Sec. T. In case of the death of the wife be
ore her husband, whether leaving will o.
diving intestate, he shall be entitled to the likt
> interest in her real estate and to the same share
: of her personal property as she would be emit
, tied to in his real and personal estate, it ne diet
: before her, according to the laws and usages o
this State; provided that he shall have the sam'
. right to take under her will, ifshe leave one,
to renounce the same, as the widow has nov
: by law. Nothing in this act contained shall b.
construed to interfere with marriage contract
U made before marriage.
l. ITEMS OF News. Mr.. Nathan Holland
h post master at Rockville, Md, has resigned hi
u office, to take effect on the LIST Aprii-Ih
-, "Fool Chief" head war chief of the kansa
e nation, was killed few days since in drunk
't en- brawl, by one of his own tribe.-TheI
J. has been religious revival in the Methods
=. Protestant Church at Centrevile, Md.-W;
s, shngton College, time honored institution
as Chestertown, Md, was brilliantly illuminate
IN on Saturday evening in honor of the birth
n Washington.-William Whitaker, a your
c. gentleman of East Feliciana, La, recent
m committed ucide.-Cassius Nj. Clay,
Z Kentucky, is about to start paper at Lexin
q. ton to advocate the gradual and constitution
ct emancipation of the slaves of that State
In Mr.. Davis, as we stated, yesterday, was cleo
~ ed mayor of Boston on the sth trial; in Is;
~ .. his father-in-law, Hon. William Jackson, W
" elected to Congress on the Sth tral.-T