Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-16
STATE LAWS,
LAWS OF MARYLANn
PUBLIC GENERAL-CHAPTER 81.
Official

lVHc1aA.I
BILL entitled An Act to Encourage and FaciIi1
tate immigration to the State of Maryland.
Maryland, That there shall be Snnonfad hy tbe
Governor Commissioner, to be STYLED 'rom9m rs
sSner OF immigration :n Of the State of Maryland"
who In conjunction With the duties assigned him bv
this act as hereinafter mentioned shall aIso at s
secretary of the Board of Public Works kean eg o
lar Journal Ct the proceedings of said Board and to
De the custodian OF all papers documents and other
records apperaning to said Office and shall be nnder
the mu edate control of said Board Of Public Works
seeton z And be it enacted, That said Commis-
sloner shall open an office in Baltimore that shall
pc accessible at all times TO the agricuturalists and
business men Of the State that tho Board of Public
WORKS snail Keep for general reference specimens
81 tne ieading agricultural and mining products of
me state OF Maryland, and the daily prices current
or Ene market for the convenience of agr-
P % ana others visiting said office; and said
Board snail furnish. whenever desired in connection
WIN the operations of said bureau reliable nforma-
uo1 N regard TO the internal improvements and gem
eraI financial condition of the State together With
authentic maps and charts showing the geographical
system now completed or proposed to he hnilt
section And De 1t enacted, That said Commits
sIoner OF Immigration shall be specially CHARGED with
me GUY Oh inviting capital and labor into the State
OF Maryland by means of immigration: he sha nre
pare and distribute, or cause to be prenared d dc;
rinuted both at home and abroad, such facts and in
formation as may c0nduce to a complete fulT and
satisfactory understanding of the AGRICULTURAL min
eral, manufacturing, and general commercial reSonr
ces OF the State of Maryland, and shall keen ALWAYS
open to inspection in said Office reliable erh;btS -
all property in the market for sale with the terms
annexed, as far as such information can be obtained
together with accurate maps and charts, showing the
location OF such property and the relation in which
1t stands to railways now built or intended to he
anu sben Gtner faculties by means of navigahle
Section l. And De further enacted, That said Com
missioner shall, immediately after his appointment
open communication with such points as well abroad
as at home as will advance the object of immigration
to the State of Maryland, and shall distribute or
cause to be distributed from time to time as oDnoT
nd Infpr IN
to the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and gem
eral commercial resources of the State of MARYLAND
and cause the same to be vigorously distributed in
such manner and at such points may best couduce
to the speedy increase of population and the oc
cupation of our lands by capital and labor.
Section 5. And be II enacted That it shall be the
duty OF SAID Commissioner to collect and publish or
the twentieth of January, in each and every year,
authentic statistics of the operations and results al
every department of trade and business within the
limits of the State of Maryland.
! Section b. And be it further enacted, That said
commissioner shall receive annual salary of fifteen
hundred dollars. payable quarterly, and shall en-
poy clerk, to be appointed by the Governor at an
annual salary of one thousand dollars payable in
the same manner, with such allowance for office
rent, advertising and contingent expenses as NAV be
agreed upon by the Board of Public Works, not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars.
Section 9. And be st further enacted That it shall
be unlawful for any other agent runner or solicitor
to visit vessels arriving with immigrants on board
for any purpose whatever, until such Immigrants
have been seen and properly instructed by the Com
missioner. or his clerk. provided for in this act.
Section 10. And be HJurther enacted That any per-
son or persons violating the last preceding section
shall be liable conviction in any court of law OF
this State, having competent jurisdiction, to a fine
of not less than fifty dollars more than five hun
dred dollars Imprisonment for not less than thirty
days or more than sixty days. at the discretion of the
court, said fine to go to the State.
Section IL. And belt further enacted That no one
shall be appointed as Commissioner of Immigration
OF clerk to said Commissioner. who is directly or in
individual having for their object the Transportation
OF passengers by land or water the sale of public
or private lands outside Of the State of Maryland
Section Y And be Il further enacted, That all ex-
penseS growing out of the establishment of said
Office together with all salaries appertaining thereto
hereinafter mentioned shall be paid bv the Treas
urer quarterly, on the warrant of the Comptroller.
Section IL. And be II enacted, That this act shall
be in force from and after its passage.
We certify that the atoregoing is true COPY of the
original act which passed the General Assembly Of
Maryland January session, 1866.
C. HARDWOOD,
Secretary Senate.
w. r. COLE,
mhl3-lw Chief Clerk House Delegates.
AN ACT entitled An Act supplementary to IAN Act
passed passed March 24th 1865, Chapter 1873, emit
tied, An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Government for the year ending on the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven
Section l. Be it enacted. by the General Assembly
of Maryland, that for the expenditures in the sup
port OF the Government for the year ending on the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, the following sums of money, much there
OF as may be necessary, be, and the is hereby
appropriated, In addition to the appropriations made
under chapter one hundred and eighty-three Of
eighteen hundred and sixty FIVE. that is to say pay
the members of the General Assembly, their officers
and attendants, including the cost Of printing
and miscellaneous expenses, and the ten dol
lars s per diem to the Sneaker Of the House
One hundred thousand dollars, for the postage
of members of the General Assembly. including
Secretary Of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the
House of Delegates five thousand dollars for the in
dexing of the laws and journals of the Senate and
House of Delegates eight hundred dollars for sta
tlODery for the session of tha General As
sembly, Tor so much thereof may be necessary
including the extra articles ordered the of nine
thousand dollars for three hundred copies of the
Supplemental Code Sd volume. ordered by this
House, nine hundred dollars pay for the Constitu-
ton OF Maryland, ordered by this House-l25 copies
one hundred and eightyseven dollars and fifty cents
for binding the laws. journal and documents of the
present session. two thousand dollars for the expenses
OF distributing the bound copies of laws, documents
and journals OF the present session, to the clerks and
registers Of this State and the States and Territories
one hundred and fifty dollars for the expenses of dis
registers of this State and the States and Territories
fifty dollars for the expenses of distributing English
Statutes and joint resolution No. s. of January ses-
sion 1860; fifty dollars for the expenses of dstrbu
ting Cohen and Lees DigeSts, under joint resolution
Nicholas Brewer for cost of paper used in printing
ports of the Court of Appeals; eleven hundre
and eighteen dollars and eighty eight cents for extra
compensation to Samuel W. Brooks, messenger to
the Executive two hundred dollars for the year 1866
for contingent fund for Board of Public works. eight
hundred dollars for additional clerk for Comptrol-
to volumes 20 and q of the Reports Of Court Of Ap
Peals in addition to appropriation already made,
four hundred doilarey TO William Camden, Clerb of
the Treasurer, three hundred dollars to Aiexander
Miller and Thomas M. Wolfe, each three bHnaUe5
and nifty dollars for services clerks to the Adm
M NH nnde q inc Sta u ne sarolen Of the
n Ben, SanintStrator Of james p MayhegY deceas,
Cd. enrolling officer Of Militia In Washington COUNT
rs1 G0ia 20! a'hE and recording the laws and
i, Oh M present session. three hundred and
NJ .vAars; for four copies OF the first and second
supplemental code for new members at four dollars
each thrtyotwo dollars for reftting the Adutant
secretary to Governor, two hundred dollars, for
Daniel NJ Moore. for services rendered one hundred
dollars and eighty -four cents for fees due him rs
States Attorney for Dorchester county; Francis i.
n SxtytnEee dollars and eight cents for fees
county; Alexander Wooltord. nine dollars for fees
due him as Sheriff Of Dorchester county; the same
being IN full compensation for fees due for suits
brought by order of the Comptroller under Joint
resolutions No. 20, of 1862 for collection Of claims
due the State, To Dennis B. NJ. Dixon Clerk Of the
circuit Court for Calvert county thirtynine dollars
ana elghtyhye cents for fees due him by the State
to James Wallace. the sum of one hundred dollars
Tor legal services rendered the State by order Gov
ernor bradford In the case Of State Uersus Robert
Bell and Others; to Hayward. Bartlett Il Co. one
thirteen cents for work done about the State Honse
by order Of the Lieutenant Governor and the Stae
Librarian, and to Alexander B. Hagner one hundred
and three dollars and fourteen cents for costs for
Thomas Il. Phipps. George Williams and Robert
Ford for costs recovered in the Court of Appeals
against the State and H. S. Shryook & Son ffty-une
dollars and twenty-five cents; John r. Franklin for
salary as Circuit Judge of the Twelfth judicial Cir
cut from November 18th, 1865, five hundred and
tmrteen dollars and seventy five cents: for j. E. n
IT, Munroe for articles furnished the General Assem-
bly, sixty dollars and twenty cents: to osias
,. Simmons, of Dorchester county, forty-seven dol
lars and ninety cents for taxes enormously maid
INTO the Treasury; to James S. Waters the sum Of
forty dollars and fifty cents, and to Cushngs & Bal
ley tWentyfour dollars, for stationery furnished the
Lieutenant Governors room; for the Assistant State
Librarian, two hundred dollars additional the Pr
Yate Secretary of the Governor one hundred dollars
addtiona to Lttleton r. Pole for professional SER
Small 4 Straun, three hundred dollars for money
erf9nesusiy paid into the Treasury as merchandise
broker
Section 2. And be It enacted That the Treasurer of
the State. upon the warrant of the CoInDtroIer ~
the treasury Department. disburse the said sums of
money herein appropriated for the objects and pur-
poses peehe to or upon the order of the person or
persons bodies polite corporate, seyerally emit
tied thereto, and upon the proper vouchers
section s. And be 1t cngct5i!, That this Act shor
Jake ehec' iro me date OF its passs;e mbl5-Iw
BILL entitled an Act to repeal the sixteenth and
twenty-nlnth sections of the seventy fourth Article
of the Code of Public General Laws relating to
Plots, and to substitute in lieu thereof the follow
ing
Section l. Be Il enacted by the General AssemJly Of
hdrgidRd, That sections sixteen and twenty mine of
Article seventy four, of the Code of Public General
Laws. relating to Pilots be, and they are hereby
pealed, and the following substituted therefor
Section 10. All masters of foreign vessels and YES
sells from foreign port and all vessels sailing under
aerfof n,,l polt