Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-01-20

the tax on collateral inheritances, exec
utors and administrators commissions
&c. BY Mr. Burgess, to carry into eff
feet the 39th section Of the 4th article of
the constitution, to exempt from execu-
ton a reasonable amounto Of the property
Of debtor, BY Mr.. Brining, for the
protection of creditors against married
women holding property in their own
right.
Mr.. Harding offered an order that
Elihue s. Riley be elected printer of the
House, and that the committee on print
ing contract with him for the same,
which was adopted.
BY MIR. Jacobs: An order that the
committee on ways and means inquire
into the expedicncy of reporting bill to
repeal the remaining direct tax adopted
The speaker presented the report of
the inspector of tobacco warehouse No.
., stating that the number of hogsheads
shipped from May, 1859, to November
1859, was %, 497, which yielded S31, :
o1l.25. The amount received fer extra
work was $7l6.5 SO; for doing up stays
81, $40; rodraws $3l050 coperage
50, 526 %; extra storage $40 .63; scraps
~, III. 90. The expenditures were, for
labor $26, 72S. 81 current expenses a.
374; and amount paid for nails 1878 sc.
The stock on hand was A ,207 hogsheads.
The inspector recommends some modif-
cations in the law of tobacco inspections
The speaker presented communities.
ton from the Governor enclosing the re-
port of the commissioners on the boun.
Diary line between Maryland and Virgin
ia, Crhomas "a. Lee, Of Maryland, and
A. W. Mcdonald, of Virginia. stating
that the Secretary of War detailed It,
W. Mitchler, Of the United States To.
biographical Engineers, to aid them, with
map exhibiting the progress Of the
work, and recommending that monuments
be erected to mark the line.
On motion of Mr.. Long, a committee
Of five was appointed by the Speaker
consisting Of Messrs. Long Dennis, o.
Somerset, Barnard and Jacobs, to whom
the report was referred
On motion to suspend the rules tC
give bill second and third reading
Mr.. Harding suggested to members the
Importance of suspending their final &C.
ton on bills until the action of the lie.
gislature should be finally taken on the
code of revised statutes His views ap.
peared to be generally concurred in.
1 i
A. Lngan Jarrett, contesting the right
Of VIM. II Purncll to the office of conn.
troller of the treasury The petition
sets forth that the memorialist receiy cd
3S, All votes in the State at large, anG
that VIM. H. purnell received AZ, 10.
votes for comptroller; Of which the me.
moiialist received in the counties 80, 07t
votes, and said Purnell 30, 584 votes
and chat Of the votes cast, said Purnel
received in the cityo Baltimore Is, lis
vetos, and memorialist received 5,33,
votes for said office. The petition aver
that the election in the city of Baltimore
was illegal and fraudulent, and SHOULD
be set aside; and declares that the me
morialist received a majority Of the lega
votes Of the State. The petition ask
that the proper committee be authorized
to send for persons and papers to prov
the allegations Of the memorial. Tn
petition was referred TO the committee OF
elections.
When the order Of the day was an
nounccd, Mr.. Denison said that he har
accomplished all he required by bis reso
lutions, which was to place himself RICH
upon his vote upon Mr. Freaner's reso
lutious which never having been oTerel
10 any caucus Of the democratic party
he considered as Mr. Freaner's regolu
tons, and not those Of the Democrat
party, and did not feel that he was a
all bound by them; and rs he did no
wish TO force an expression Of Opinion
from any member OF the House, nor fron
the House itself, upon the subject, h.
moved to lay his resolutions upon tn
table.
Mr.. Ford spoke in explanation Of hi
motives in wishing on Friday to refer th
resolutions Of Mr.. Freaner to the com
mittec on federal relations. If bis mo
ton had prevailed, aud the resolution
had been deliberately considered in com
mittee, all the subsequent difficulty woulo
have been avoided. He then renewed
the motion Of Mr.. Den.son TO lay hi
resolutions upon the table; which wa
adopted without opposition Adjourned
ASNAPoLIs, January ~.
SENATE. Mr.. Lynch offered an ordoi
appointing Beale II Richardson, Of Bal
timore city, printer to the Senate which
vas adopted
Mr.. Duyall asked leave 10 report
bill in favor Of Mary Ann Cecil Of Mont
gomery county; also TO establish pub
lie school in Montgomery county.
Several bills we're read second time
Mr. McKaig offered message % tbt
House proposing that the committee on
the constitution Of The Senate. and tho
committee on the judiciary Of the House
Of Delegates, be authorized TO consider
jointly what changes IN the forms Of bills
and legislation has been considered ne
cessary by the passage Of the code Of re-
yised laws, and report thereon adopted.
The Senate adjourned until Monday
next at - o'clock.
House. or DELEGATES. Mr.. Freaner
presented the memorial Of S,005 citizens
III Baltimore city, protesting against the
validity Of the election Of the sitting
members from Baltimore city. The inc