The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-13
JOUR ANNAPOLIS coRREsPoNDENcE
The Reform Memorial Present.
ed in the House.
JOINT CAUCUS ON THE POLICE
AND ELECTION LAWS.
PASSAGE OF THE CODE IN THE HOUSE.
THE LOTTERY LAW.
THE US URY LAW .

THE USuRY LAW.
ANNAPOLIS, JAN 18th, 1860.
To-day the great Baltimore memorial on the out
RACES of the second of November, signed by be.
tween eight and nine thousand voters, was present
ed in the House by Mr.. Freaner, of Washington
county, with most eloquent and telling speech.
The feeling against allowing the Baltimore delega-
ton to sit, is evidently growing stronger as the
country members becoming better informed as
to the real character of that election The
evidence of the contestants, which has been
generally distributed and read, is producing
degree of indignation which is daily gaining
strength, and which will certainly result in
the expulsion of the sitting members. No one
here now entertains doubt of this-not even the
individuals who claim to represent you.
The Police and Election laws were sub
mitted to joint caucus of the Democratic
members of both Houses last night. 1t is un-
derstood here that they were explained and
advocated by Mr. Wallis in a speech, which is said,
by those who heard it, to have been able and eo-
quent beyond even what that gentleman's reputa
ton had prepared his audience to expect.The joint
caucus unanimousy adopted resolutions approving
of the principles of the measures, and resolved to
meet in separate caucus tonight to select Commit
tees to take charge of these bills.
As predicted yesterday, the code passed the
House of Delegates to-day, and is now the law, and
the only law of the State. Lawyers hardly
realize that all the Statutes of Maryland whether
relating to the State at large, t. the different
localities, embraced in two volumes, neither
of which is larger than an average of those
CO ntainng the legislation of a single session. AL
though no change whatever has taken place in our
institutions, and the laws to-day are Just the same
as they were yesterday, yet the adoption of the
code will, in some particulars, have all the effect
which many people supposed could only be oh
tanned by new legislation. | referred Yesterday to
the position in which the vendors of lottery tickets
are placed by the code and as a matter of great in
terest to you, transcribe its provisions on that
head entire.
los. No person shall draw any lottery sell any otte
ry ticket in this State shall any person sell what
called policies certificates, any thing by which the
vender or other person promises guarantees that
particular number, character, ticket certificate shall
in any the happening any contingency
title the purchaser holder to receive money property
evidences of debt.
1O9 All devices and contrivances designed evade
provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed
ofenses against it.
no Every person. his aiders and abettors offending
against of the provisions of the two preceding sections
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on convc-
ton thereof shall be fined each oGense any sum in
the discretion of the court exceeding thousand
dollars, imprisoned not exceeding twelve months,
may be both fined and imprisoned aforesaid.
Ill. In addition to the penalties prescribed in the pre-
ceding section person who may give money any
other thing for lottery ticket certificate any other
device by which the vendor promises that he other
person will pay deliver to the purchaser any money,
property evidence debt on the happening of any
contingency in the nature OF lottery, such
giving may recover, small debts recoverable from
the person to whom he gave the same his aiders
abettors double the amount value of the thing given
and such person shall be competent witness prove
the giving of the money or other thing
1l2 The preceding sections relating lotteries shall
apply to all lotteries whether authorized by any other
State district territory by any foreign country and
the prohibition of the sale of any lottery ticket other
device in the nature thereof shall apply to lotteries drawn
out of the State, well those drawn within it.
13 The courts shall construe the aforegong provisions
relating to lotteries literally and shall adudge all tickets
Of
by which money any other thing is to be paid
delivered on the happening any event or contingency
in the nature of lottery, to be lottery tickets.
Nothing, you perceive, is wanting to rid
you of the lottery nuisance but executing the
laws. But when you remember that these same
laws have been daily violated for nearly twelve
month with perfect impunity, and not only by the
connivancc, but actually by the express judicial
allowance of your Criminal Court, You can have
no great hope of relief until Judge Stump meets
with his deserts. Will all your lottery offices close
tomorrow Will your Grand Jury-among which
| perceive the name of Mr.. France, who, / under
stand, is Of Sheriff buttons suretes-begin
at once to do its duty? few days will show
The law of usury is also Of great interest,
and as it is also settled by the CODE transcribe it
usURY.
SEC l. Interest may be charged or deducted at the
of six per cenum per annum and the same may he
calculated according TO the standard laid down in Row
lett's Tables
3 No plea usury shall available against any legal
equitable assignee holder of any bond bill obgato
instrument "here such assignee or endorsee or holder
shall have received the same for bona de and legal
consideration, without notice any usury the
subsequent assignment thereof
g. If any person shall exact directly indirectly for
loan of money goods chattes be paid in money
above the value OF SIN dollars for the forbeance of
hundred dollars for year and after that rate for
greater or lesser suI or for longer shorter time he
shall be deemed guilty of usury.
Any person guilty of usury shall forfeit all the ex-
above the real value Of the goods and chaes
actually lent advanced and the legal interest on such
value, which forfeiture shall the benefit
of any defendant who shall plead and prove the
s. Every plea of usury shall state the sum of money
the value of the goods and chattes lent advanced
with the time at which the same was so lent or advanced
and the plaintiff shall be entitled to the of
the value of the goods and chates actually
or advanced with legal interest from the time the
was so lent or advanced.
1t is ascertaned, as | am informed, that there
will be no impeachment to voting the address of re-
moval of Judge Stump, in the Senate This,
think, puts the question at rest, | regard the
matter as virtually settled in the House. All in
vestgation which may be had by the Joint Com
mittee will only strengthen the feeling against
the Judge. Quitei curious correspondence
is said to have taken place between Messrs.
Jarrett and Purnell, the Comptroliers in and
posse. Mr. j. wrote to inform Mr.. p. of his hav-
ing filed notice of contest with the Governor and
that he meant to claim the COMPREHENSIVE through
the action Of the House of Delegates on the ground
of the Baltimore frauds.
Mr.. p, in reply, thanks Mr.. j. for his extreme
kindness in notifying him of his intention to turn
him out of comfortable quarters in this cold wealth
err, which he thinks would be great outrage. He
wonders whether he will be expected to move out
without resistance, and says that he will have a
much worse opinion of Mr.. Us honor and honesty
If he serious, DC, &c. There is doubt at all
that Mr.. Jarret is perfectly serious, and very little
that a majority OF the Legislature is equally so.
In consequence of several members of the Senate
wishing to leave, it adjourned over to Monday
next. 1t is to be regretted that such gentlemen as
Mr.. Goldsborough, of Talbot, find it necessary to
absent themselves. They can be very i'll spared
CORRECTION
Messrs. Editors Il regret to find the remarks
made by me at the meeting of the "Corn and Flour
Exchange" Yesterday, to some extent enormously
reported in your paper of this morning | did not
say that at ,oas fact that man acould dare to
dispute that the present Inspectors incapable to
discharge their duties that they not judges of the
quality Of -four, and they had receired their appoint
n,entS merely for partisan Services" What said
was wholly in reference to the General Inspector,
not word in reference to the Deputies. | said
that the General Inspector had received his APP
p0intmenD solely because he was a personal friend
of the Governor, and not because of his capacity
for the off CO."
didnot say that ''the opening of the railroad to
the Ohio river had not brought one more barrel of
flour to the city, but thisthat 81 was aware and
sorry to notice the fact, made apparent by recently
published statistics, that the -four trade of the
city of Baltimore had not increased since the
opening of the railroad to the Ohio river" The
inspections vi nour IN Ddltlmore IN 1o4O were Sou
600 barrels; in lS47 $50 900 barrels in 1850 S96 900
barrels in 1852, 1907 900 barrels in 1858, lS3
600 barrels and last year but S66 900 barrels only
$4,000 barrels more than there were Is years ago.
By publishing the above you will oblige
Yours, truly,
BALTIMORE, January H. 1860. C. II. KINKS
CIVIL WAR IN VENEZUELA-GREAT LOSS
OF LIFE.
By the arrival Of the bark Thomas Dallett. at
Philadelphia on W Wednesday, we have adyices from
Puerto Cabello up to the 9Th ut