Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1846-02-19


county. Ordered to be printed.
Also, reported a bill TO authorize the
Orphans court of Charles county to draft
in favor of the trustees of primary schools
in said county in certain cases. Passed.
Mr.. FERGUSON reported supplement
to an act to subject stocks and funded pro-
perty to attachment and execution for debt.
Laid on the table.
The bill reported by Mr.. FEEDER to re-
peal the fifth section of the act Of the 1881, j
chap. 281, so far as Charles county is con-
cerned, was taken up for consideration, and
after several motions to include other coun-
ties, it was made the order of the day for
Friday, the 18th inst.
Mr.. Hook, chairman of the committee on
the Constitution, made a favorable report
upon the bill from the Senate establishing
biennial sessions, which was laid on the
table.
Mr. JOHNSON, from the same committee,
in accordance with previous notice, deliver
ed report of a portion Of said committee.
Ordered to be printed. See first page of
this paper.
Mr.. HOLIDAY called up his resolutions
directing the committee on Ways and Means
to inquire into the expediency of allowing
taxpayers to pay instanta their ratio of the
direct tax. Adopted ~
Thursday-Mr. Cox presented petition
from citizens of Baltimore, relative to the
inspection of fish.
Mr. ScHLEY reported bill for taking the
sense of the people in reference to the call
of Convention to suggest amendments to
the Constitution, to be approved of or re-
Ijected by the people through the ballot-box.
Referred to the committee on the Consttu-
Ition.
Mr.. STREET submitted resolutions provid-
ling for the payment of taxes either into the
Treasury or to the collector, as may best
suit the people of Hartford county. Laid
on the table.
Mr.. JOHNSON reported bill supplement
tary to an act for revaluing and assessing
the real and personal property, SC. Order
ed TO be printed.
Mr.. BOWIE, from the committee on Fee
deral Relations, to whom had been referred
so much of the Governors message, and the
resolutions submitted by Mr.. Cox, relating
to the Oregon question, reported thereon.
Five hundred copies ordered to be printed
Messrs. MURRAY, THOMAS and JOHNSON
7 depressed some dissent, as members of the
COMMITTEE, to the reasoning, if not to the
facts assumed in the report, and expressed
their intention of submitting other reports.
A bill from the Senate relative to run
away slaves; ..>
A bill providing for the collection of the
direct taxes;
A bill repeating so much of an act as re-
quires the stamping of naturalization papers,
and providing for returning new certificates
in place Of those heretofore stamped, free of
cost; were passed.
Friday.-An unfavorable report was SUBJ
mitted by the committee on the Constitution,
on the bill to abolish the High Court oil
Chancery.
An unfavorable report was made on the
leave to report bill to reduce the salary OF
the Librarian.
Mr.. JOHNSON reported bill supplement
tai to the license law to traders, SC. chap
III of 1927.
Mr.. Hoover reported bill to tax free
negroes for the use of the Colonization So
ciety.
Mr.. McLANE reported bill divorcing
Ex-Governor Francis Thomas from his wife
a vincuzo matrimonii. Passed.
A bill to exempt from execution the eff
fects tof persons owning property to an
amount not greater than 5000;
supplement to the act to empower the
county courts to extend the time of collec-
tors to make collections; were passed.
Mr.. McLANE, from the minority of the
committee on the Constitution; delivered
the following report:
The minority of the committee on the
CONSTITUTION, to which was referred the me-
mortal of the committee appointed by the
Reform Convention, praying the passage OF
an act calling a Convention, and also the
several bills on that subject, have had The
same under consideration, and have come
to the conclusion that, under the Bill o.
Rights and Constitution of the State o
maryland, it's competent for the Legislature
to pass a recommendatory act, providing
for taking the sense of the people of thu
State as to whether they will have Con
vention called for the purpose of alterin!
the present, or framing a new Constitution
, and Form of Government; and that it is thu
{ duty of the Legislature to pass such an &C
at its present session: and the minority Sc
report, resting upon the fundamental prin
fciples of our political institutions, which has
vested all sovereignty in the people, ano
leaving to the people their right to deter
mime nnon the exnediencY of exercising