Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-01-13

! On porpOlhuOns ana JOINT STOCK companies.
Messrs Lynch, Kimmel, MeKaig, Goldsbo-
rough, Of Dorchester, and Townsend.
On Elections --Mcssis McKaig, Whitaker,
Miles, Goldsborough, Of Dorchester, Lynch.
On Nilitia-Messrs. Heckart Stone McKaig,
! Bradley and Franklin,
On Agriculture. Messrs. Watkins Kimmel,
/ biitrkisiUne, " Whitaker, ana DuVai.
! On Printing Miles, Nuttle, Wat
6ins, Gardiner and Smith
On Education.-Nessrs. Duyali Dashiell,
Goldshorougb, Of Talbot, Stone and Lynch.
On the Constitution essrs. Smith, Town
send, lellot, McKaig, and Goldsborough, Of
Talbot.
On Executive Nominations -Messrs. Black
istone, Bradley and Duyall.
On Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries
hessrs. Dashiell, Townsend Graham, Black
istone and Gardiner.
The resolutions of the House of Dele
gates relative to the course of the Mary
land members of Congress on the Speak
ership question, were read and will be
called up tomorrow morning.
HOUSE oF DELEGATES. The Speaker
announced the following standing COM
mittees:
Committee on Elections.--Messes Freaner,
Morgan, Wilson, of Hartford, Harding, Colds
borough, Medders, and Gordon.
On Ways and Means.-Messfs Long, Dem
mis-, Of Somerset, Ford Fraener, NALL, Berry.
Burgess, Barnard Dennson, Of Bait. county.
On Claims. --Messrs. Maclubbin. Briscoe,
MAXWELL Harding, Strengthen, Mccoy, Seth.
On the Judiciary .-Messrs. Gordon, Frea-
ner, Briscoe, Miller, Chaplain, Long, Kraft
Renshaw, and Dennis, Of Somerset.
On Pensons.-Messrs. Nail, Landing, GriE
fifth, Barry, Bcall, Jones, Of Talbot, Eales
On Internal Improvements Messrs. Coudy,
Starkey, Beall, Jones, Of p. Georges, Raisin,
Smith, and Crowley.
On observation-disclosures. Briscoe, Worthing-
ton, Keene, Turner, Of Howard, Dennis Of
Worcester, Bryan and Parran,
On Militia.-Messrs. Jacobs Brown, Durant
Hunter, Holland, Booze and Lawson.
On Agriculture. --Messrs. Morgan, WEIGH
kesser, Eaylis, Wilson, of Cecil, Barnard and
Linthicum.
On rporations.-Messrs Goldsborough,
Maxwell, Turner, Of Baltimore city, Gordon
Harding, Legg, Medders, Morgan, Stake.
On Inspections. --Messrs. johnson, Wooton,
Roop, Dennis, Of Worcester Welch, Denni-
son, Of Baltimore city, and Legg
On Colored Population. -Messrs. Jacobs
Burgess, Dennis Of Somerset Bryan, Gordon
Hall and Clagett
On Lotteries.-Messrs. Briscoe, Mills, Har-
ding, Kraft Dennison, Of Baltimore county,
Chaplain, and Compton
On Library .-Messrs. Salmon, Parran, Colds
borough, Medders, Mills Stake, and Brining
On Printing Landing, Morgan
Weleh, Jones, of Talbot, Worthington, Sal
mon, and Wilson, Of Cecil.
On Insolvency .--Messrs. Chaplain, Wooton
Durant, Mc0leary, Cowdy, McAllster, and
Lawson.
On Engrossed Bills and Resolutions -Messrs.
Mackubbin, Briscoe, Kepler Routzhan, Par
ran, Brining and Stanford.
On Expiring Laws. -Messrs Brown, Comp
ton, LintMcum, Straughan, Barnard, Jones,
Of Talbot, and Keene.
On Federal Relations.-Messrs. Compton,
Chaplain, Wooton, Clagett, Quinlan, Griffith,
and McUleary.
On Currency. Dennison, OF Bald-
more county, Gordon, Jones, Of r. Georges
Renshaw, Routzahn Goldsborough Gorsuch
On Contingent EaHa -s,sssfs. Burgess, iiiuti-
ter, johnson, Stanford, Morgan, Miller and
Medders.
On Roads and Highways.-Messrs. Wilson,
Of Cecil, Barnard, Turner, OF Howard, Mccoy,
Eakle, Starkey and Bayless.
The Speaker announced the reception
Of the papers in the Baltimore contested
election case, which were referred 10 the
committee on elections.
Mr.. Gordon, of Allegany presented
memorial, signed by 500 citizens of Bal
timore city, praying the House of Dele
gates to address the Governor to remove
Henry s. Stump, judge of the Criminal
Court of Baltimore city, which was re-
ferred to select committee Of five, APP
pointed by the Speaker, consisting Of
Messrs. Gordon, Frcaner, Briscoe, Smith
and Goldsborough.
On motion, Mr.. Gordon, Of the above
committee, was empowered to send for
persons and papers.
The Speaker presented the report of
the commissioners on the code, and the
report of the joint committee thereon,
appointed by the last Legislature, which
were read and referred to a select COM
mltce.
Leaves to introduce bills were asked as
follows; BY Mr. Gordon, that the CON-
mittee on education report bill proyid-
ing for a general system Of education
throughout this State. By Mr.. Coudy,
to exempt reasonable amount of the
property of a debtor from sale by execu-
ton. BY Mr.. Briscoe, to render more
uniform and efficient the criminal laws
of this State. BY Mr. Eakle, for better
regulation Of religious worship of colored
people. BY Mr.. Miller, to repeal the
tax on mortgages.
A message was received from the
Senate proposing to refer the new code
to joint committee, and naming Messrs.
McKaig, Goldsborough of Talbot, and
Ycllot on the part ofthe Senate.
On motion of Mr.. Long, a message
was returned, concuring in the message,
and appointing Mcssrs. Long, Maxwell,
Briscoe, Gordon and NALL on the part Of
the House.
On motion of Mr.. Compton the COM
mittce on the judiciary were instructed
to inquire into the expedicncy Of enact
inga law legalizing the testimony OF
slaves, free negroes and mulattoes against
white men in cases where white men at
tempt to incite slaves to escape or to in
surrection.
Mr.. Denison, of Baltimore county, Of
fercd the following resolutions, to explain
his vote on The resolutions of Mr.. Frea-
ner passed on Friday:
Reso'rea, That that the last resolution Of a
series Of resolutions offered by the member
from Washington county, and passed by the
House on the 9th of January, is not to be UNI
derstood as advising or approving the demo-
cratic members of this State in the House Of