The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-16

the interest of the State at heart. There was an
order adopted last night to close tie testimony to-
by the investigation such that it should
be prolonged up to this time.
Mr.. LEGGE would vote for the order-he did not
know of any action of the committee to close testi
mOny.
Mr.. HARDING stated that the Chairman has de-
fined the position of the committee. We will close
the testimony tomorrow. There are witnesses of
Importance to be examined, and the investigation
should not now be mufled.
A motion made to Law the order as amended
on the table, and carried.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
BY Mr.. MILLER, leave to bring in bill to author
ize the Commissioners of Cecil county to sell
land.
Mr.. QUINLAN presented the petition of Jas w
Alnut and others, of Baltimore, in relation to
three cent passenger railway in that city. Re-
ferred to Committee on Corporations
Mr.. KRAFT called up a bill to regulate the re-
moval of causes from the Baltimore Courts. The
bill was re-commtted to Committee on Judiciary.
BY Mr. MACKUBBIN, leave to bring in bill to
regulate the free negro population of Anne Arun-
del county. Referred to Committee on Colored
Population.
By Mr.. SMITH leave to bring in a bill to incor-
porate the Charles-street Avenue Company of Bal
tlmore. Referred to the Committee on Corpora
tiOns.
Mr.. WoRTHINGToN, of Baltimore county, offered
resolution to furnish Capt r. J. Worthngton,
of the Resterstown Rifles, with so MIME rifles and
accoutrements. Read and laid over.
An order offered by Mr.. SETH tn ask the
State Whtrfnger if he ever ordered the Port War
den to have any sediment removed from the dock
opposite the State Tobacco Warehouse at Neil
derry's wharf. Adopted
BY Mr.. maxwell, leave to bring in bill to in
corporate the Elkton Gas Company. Referred to
| Committee on Corporations.
BY Mr.. MORGAN, the petition of Jas. Adams, VIM.
Bingham others. in hn state tOha
| warehouse, asking legislation for their relief Re-
| ferred to Committee on Claims.
MIR. MAcKUDBTN, of the Committee on Claims re-
| porteduntavorably upon the following bills:
bill to indemnify Jos. Sprigg for the loss of a
negro man, who was murdered at riot in Will
Transport, through neglect of the authorities to en-
| force the law. Also, bill to compensate James
| Pope for arrestng kidnappers.
| bill for the relief of Richard France of Balt-
| more city, was reported and referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary, as it involved a legal
| question.
Mr.. LONG, of the Select Committee reported
bill to define the boundaries of the State as to the
State of Virginia.
Mr.. STAKE, of the Committee on Corporations,
| reported iavoraby upon the following bills: A
bill to incorporate the Brothers Relief Temper
| ance Association of Carroll county Also favora-
| bly, on bill to incorporate the Patuxent Steam
| Company.
| Mr.. JOHNSON, of Committee on Inspections re.
ported favorably bill to repeal and modify the
laws relating TO the Tobacco Inspector of Balt-
more; also, a bill to regulate the inspection and
cording offre-wood, and to appoint Inspector
Mr.. GoLDsBoRoUGH, of Committee on Corpora
tions, reported favorably upon the following bills
viz F.: bill supplementary to act to incorporate
the Towsontown Plank Road Company; bill to in
corporate St Vincents Orphan Asylum of Balt-
| more; bill to incorporate the Mutual Insurance
Company of Baltimore county; bill to incorporate
| the Mt. Clare and Georges Creek Coal Company;
| also, Senate bill to appropriate sum of muney
for State House repairs, enlargement of the House
| hnllhInu a irn-nrOof pnr1n off Go
Mr.. MORGAN presented the report of The Joint
| Tobacco Warehouse Investigating Committee
Partly read and ordered to be printed.
DR.. MILLS, of Carroll moved to print 900 COPIES
of the report of the joint Committee on Tobacco
| Warehouse Inspections.
Mr.. BRINING moved to amend by inserting l 900
copies instead of 5000, which passed.
Mr.. KEsLER, of the Committee on CORPORATIONS
| reported bill to incorporate the Mechanicstovn
Savings Institute.
COMPENSATION OF MILTON WHITNEY.
Mr. MACKUBBIN called up a bill to compensate
Milton Whitney, States Attorney of Baltimore
for legal services in the trials of VIM Ford and
- Watkins, in the Court Of Appeals The bill
allows him Si0O as compensation for arguing the
two cases.
Mr.. TURNER moved to strike out S4OO and insert
$500 as compensation.
The SPEAKER voted in the affirmative on the
| amendment. He explained a reason, that by his
own report, Whiney received SO 900 per annum as
salary, and that should be pay enough for all the
with the Speaker.
Mr.. MAcKUBBIN stated that the Committee on
Claims had already cut the claim of Whitney
down. In one case he charged 5000. $500 for
each case is what it has been customary to allow
Others had received like sum, and in the present
instance the Committee had carefully consid-
cred the matter.
The question was put and the amendment adopt
ed-ayes 2s; nays "a.
On motion of Mr.. BERRY, the bill was laid on the
table.
On motion of Mr. DENNIS, of Somerset, it was
ordered-that the Comptroller be directed to furnish
this House, at as early day practicable, with
statement showing the amount of State tax levied
and paid into the State Treasury since lS4l, by
| Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline Dor
chester, Somerset and Worcester counties respec-
| tivey
Mr.. BRYAN, having obtained suspension of the
| rules, called up bill to amend the laws, so as to
protect the Potomac h7heries-prevent the use of
gi-nets or large seines and fixing the time of fish
ing in said waters from March Ist to June lst pro-
vidng fine for all violations of not less than $50
nor more than $500. Read second time and made
| the order of the day for Monday.
On motion of Mr.. CHAPLAIN, the bill relating to
! the change in the lottery laws made the order
of the day for Saturday.
THE COLONIZATION BILL.
Twelve o. clock having arrived, on motion of Mr.
Jacobs the House took up for consideration the
der of the day, being bill entitled an act to repeal
the lst, 3D. Sd, 4th, 5th, 9Th 7th. Sth, 9th, 10TH
llth, 18th, l3th l4h 18th, 10th, 18th, 18th, 10TH
|
Public General Laws, which provides for the ap-
pointment ofa Board of Managers to remove from
this State free people of color, and prescribing
their powers and duties, and appropriating funds
for that purpose Last evening, after my letter
closed, section was the only article of the Code
repealed under Brscoe's amendment. This section
appropriated $4,000 per annum to the society un-
conditionally for four years. The vote on repeal
! ing it was-ayes As, nays 46.
Mr.. DENNIS, of Somerset, said: that in repeating
every section of the colonization laws except the
9th, which appropriates to them per capita Of $40
| upon all negroes sent out of the State, provided
the annual did not exceed s., 900, which he re-
cognized as a wise provision 1t is to our interest
to send the negroes away. The Colonization Soci-
ETY. has not done what it contemplated. 1t thrust
its into the treasury but did not give any ade
| allow them per capita, but nothing else. When
the absolute appropriation of the additional of
$4,000 in section was stricken out he was con-
tent to retain the per capita section.
! Mr. BRIsCoE explained the bill. He said Mr.. ia
cobs bill proposed to repeal all twenty of the art-
ces of the 10Th section of the Code By the amend
ment of yesterday he had stricken from the bill of
Mr.. j. all the sections he desired to repeal except
the Sd section. Consequently, in the Code all the
sections remained as they except the 3D.
| The striking out of any section as named in the
"bill to repeal" made them remain on the statute
| book.
Mr. JACOBS reviewed the provisions Of the Code
He argued that as the Code now stood amended
the Society was required to give no bond for the
| fulhlment of their per capita appropriation. He
proposed to amend by striking out the 7th and all
the succeeding sections. He afterwards withdrew
the motion.
Mr.. GoRDoN, of Allegany, asked the gentleman
to strike out from the 7th to the 10th section in
elusive and the Goth section. The question, shall
there be any future manumission Of slaves, should
be our first consideration. If we determine not to
allow future manumission, we should make such a
law 1t seems to be the sense of this House that no
negroes in future shall be set free, unless there is
sufficient money provided them BY their former
owners to send them out of the State. Under the
decision of the Court of Appeals, the law does not
make this course obligatory upon owners of slaves.
| He thought that the law of 1881 accomplished the
desired end but it had been differently nterpre
| ted.
Mr.. BRIsCoE offered as an amendment, to strike
out from the bill (thus making them remain in the
Code) the LIST, I'd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 18th, 18th and
18th.
He explained again that the bill was a repeating
one. and that all the sections not stricken of it
were to be repealed from the Code.
Mr.. BRIsCoE's amendment was adopted.
All the law therefore left, bearing upon the Colo
nization Society, is contained in the sections l. q
| 4, 5, 6, Il, Is and 10, as follows:
Section l provides for the appointment of a
| Colonization Board by the Governor. Section 2
directs the bond they shall give. Section au-
thorizes the Board to collect full information with
regard to Liberia, and to provide for the emgrants
on their landing there. Section 5 gives per cap
ita tax of $40 for every free negro sent to Liberia
who has been a resident of Maryland for five years
previous. Section II requires the Sherfs to ma Ike