Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-20
STATE LAWS
LAWS OFF MARYLAND.
I0NicinE.
PUBLIC Observation-Disclosures 81.

of Maryland that for the expenditures in the sup
port of the Government. for the year ending 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 same is hereby
appropriated, in addition to the appropriations made
under chapter hundred and eghty-threc OF
eighteen hundred and siXty-ve, that is to say to pay
the members of the General Assembly, their officers
and attendants, including the cost of printing
and miscellaneous expenses, and the ten dol
lars per diem to the Speaker of the House
OF Delegates and President of the Senate, each.
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
ueAlng Of the laws and journals of the Senate and
House OF Delegates; eight hundred dollars for sta
SfiS oi tne present. session OF the General AS
semoiy' (or so much thereof may be necessary
including the extra articles ordered the sum of nine
thousand dollars for three hundred copies Of the
nupplement2l Code, 30 volume, ordered by this
House; nine hundred dollars to pay for the Constitu-
ton of Maryland, ordered by this House-125 copies
ono hundred and eghty-SeYen dollars and fifty Giants
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
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;
hty dollars for the expenses of diSribu ting English
Statutes and JOINT resolution No 8, of January SEES
SION, 1861 fifty dollars for the expenses of distribu-
ting Cohen ard Lees DigeStS, under joint resolution
No.9, of January session, 1866 fifty dollars to pay
Nicholas Brewer for cost of paper usedn printing re-
ports OF the Court OF Appeals; eleven hUndrc 4
and eighteen dollars and eghty-eight cents for extra
compensation to Samuel w. Brooks, messenger to
the Executive: two hundred dollars for the year 1866
Tor contingent fund for Board of Public works; eight
hundred dollars for additional clerk for ComptrOl-
Ter; twelve hundred dollars to pay State subscription
TO volumes ~ and u OF the reports of Court of APP
pcals IN addition to approximation already made,
four hundred dollars to William Camden. Clerk OF
the treasurer three hundred dollars; to Alexander
Mil Ter and Thomas NJ. Wolfe, each three hundred
and hlty dollars, Tor services clerks to the Adu-
ant General OF the State in the enroIlmcns Of the
uOdnr of oh r.. .,L
Il, Bell administrator of James Z. Mayhew deceas-
ed, enrolling officer Of Militia in Washington county,
eighty dollars Tor tng and recording the laws and
resolutions of the present session three hundred and
fifty dollars for four COPIES of the first and second
supplemental code for new members, ut four dollars
each. thirtytw dollars; for reGtting the Adutant
Generals room, three hundred dollars; for private
secretary to Governor, two hundred dollars; for
Daniel NJ. Moore for services rendered, one hundred
dollars; to GeOrge W. Jefferson, the Of fynne
dollars and eghty-tour cents, tOr fees due him
States Attorney for Dorchester county; Francis
Henry, siXtyhree dollars and eight cents, for fees
due him Clerk of tho Circuit Court for Dorchester
county; Alexander Wooford, nine dollars, for fees
being in full compensation for fees due for suits
brought by order of tho 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, thirty nine dollars
and eightyiyc cents. for fees due him by the State:
to James Wallace, tho sum of one hundred dollars
for legal services rendered the State by order Gov
ernOr Bradford in the of State Uersus Robert
Bell and others; to Hayward Bartlett az Co one
thousand Two hundred and siXty-Our dollars and
thirteen cents for work done about the State House
by order of the lieutenant Governor and the State
Librarian, and to Alexander 3. Hagner one hundred
ana thrce collars ana fourteen cents for costs for
Thomas Ii. Phipps, George Williams, and Robert
against the State and H. S Shryock Il Son fftv-nine
dollars and twenty-five cents; John r. Franklin for
salary as Circuit Judge OF the Twelfth judicial Cir
cut from November 18th, 1860, five hundred and
thirteen dollars and Seventyfve cents; for j. T. x
g. Munroe Tor articles furnished the General Assem-
ply sixty dollars and twenty-eight cents; to lOsaS
5. Simmons, of Dorchester county, lorty-seVen dol
lars and nlnetyone cents for taxes enormously paid
into the Treasury: to James S. Waters the sum Of
forty dollars and fifty cents and to Cushings AZ Bal
ley twentyiour dollars, for stationery furnished the
Lieutenant Governors room; for the Assistant State
Librarian, two hundred dollars additional; the Phi
vatc Secretary Of the Governor, one hundred dollars
additiona to Litteton r. Pole for professional ser
vices in full one hundred and twenty five dollars; to
Small u Straun, three hundred dollars for money
errone9usly paid into the Treasury as merchandise
broker.
the State, upon the warrant of the Comptroller of
the Treasury Department diSburse the sand sums OF
money herein appropriated for the objects and mr.
poses specified to upon the order Of the person or
persons bodies polite or corporate severally emit
tlea thereto, and npon the proper vouchers.
Section 3. and be Il enacted That this Act shall
take effect from the date Of its passage. mhl5-lw
BILL entitled an Act to repeal the sixteenth and
twenty ninth sections OF the seventy-fourh Article
Of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to
Pilots and to substitute in lieu thereof the follow
ing
Section l. Be enacted jy the General AssclabIy of
HGry,aad That sections sixteen and twcnty-nine Of
Article seventy-tour. of the Code of Public General
Laws relating to Pilots, be-, and they are hereby re-
peaied, and the following substituted therefor
Section 1t. ALI masters of foreign vessels End ves
regster bound to and from E;SSeS sailing under
vessels engaged exclusively in the 00asti;l trodte
snail take lcense pilot or in case of refusal
Such plot, shalt himself oHneTs or cOnsnneec nv,
the said pilotage as if one had been emninved an
suca plotage shall be paid to the pilot first Speakin
G 49, S services as pilot TO such vessel before
Section y. The pilots shall be required under the
direction of the board to keep as many as three I
DG9ls az sea- one OF said boats to be stationed fifteen
nl1eS = the north OF Cape Henry-one in the lati-
tSde Of and ten miles from Cape Horny, and one If
EaIa i f SoGa q ape Henry, and the board shalt
LA lul! power 20 make rules and regulations for
tneir cruising and may designate and apDoint five
I9ts and grant them authority to enforce such rules
anu regulations as t5ey may adopt and 10 nsDect III
D0atS In service from time to time and GenersII
an thogs which may be necessary for the eficignny
OF the pilots and the boats used in the service
peetl9h Z: ARd be 1t enacted, That this nct .baI
take elect from and after the date ofis passage
mhl0-lW p''''"so'
DILL entitled an Act tG secure the conpletion of
@, "ie f2stern Shore Railroad.
SECTION L. BE ii enacted ty the General AseeD,bk, o
Marytdn9, That the lien held by the State of Mary-
Iand on the property Of the Eastern Shore Railroad
Company to secure the payment of Six ner centJ,ro
interest out OF the profits of the work on the shares
State, shall not be ccnstsued to giya Ereferepc ~
the SAID state the bond holders of the said Com
panyr anq the SAID lien is hereby expressly waived
POS'touCu duO uSIerrGu III favor OF the holders of
bonds of the said Company which NAV be issned for
inc construction and equipment of the said Railroad
70 an amount not exceeding IL the whole five hun
Section 2 And be 1t enacted, That the said Com
9any mas u power to issue its bonds or other secu
rtles on the pledge of its property estate and fran
chlses, bearing interest at rate not exceeding iy
PEI, eentun per annum, redeemable at any time
m-.hlh twenty years, and not exceeding in amount
he sum OF hYe hundred thousand dollars in addition
to its bonds already issued and dispose of the sane
LOT the objects aforesaid; and bonds u the said
company issued, IN good faith, faz taa Construction
IopIeII0h OF equipment OF toe said Railroad, shall
ne annulled or abateG, because the same NAV baVe
been dsgaasd OF by the said Company at less than its
Section 3. And be Il enacted. That in the election
OF directors on the part of the private Stockholders
the STOCK OF the State stock shall not be votod nor
snail the Same be counted in ascertaining the pres
enee OF quorum necessary for such election.
Section a. and be It enacted, That this Act shall
take f1ect and operate from the day ofitS passage
BILL entitled An Act further 10 regulate the re-
Iatlon OF creditor and debtor between the State of
maryland and the Susquehanna and Tide Water
Canal Companies. ~
Whereas, The Susquehanna and Tide Water Canal
Companies by of the calamitOus freshef which
occurred in the Susquehanna about the time Of fIo
passage of the act of the last session in relation To tbe
said Companies have been unable to comfy with The
Terms ana condluonS OF the said act and whereas IL
is manesy the interest Of the people of this ST. ~
20 continue and increase in every possible w fb oe
encency OF said works, which can ont. IA d y, 'nu
the fostering encouragement of ina State. thTeforS
Secion L. be 1t eaocfe,5 M he General IsseaSEy n
Mdryt0Rd, mat the Governor ComptrolIar anJ
treasurer Of The State, conformity or any two al them
~ ana tney hereby are authorized and instructed To
Lelhfulsh the arrearages Of interest and exchange
uue from Inc SAID Companies to the first day of Jan
ury eighteen hundred and sixty five and to settle
with the said Companies unon the terms Of said AcI
Oh Assembly OF last session. except as TO the said ar
rearageS provided that in case of any default In the
payment OF the said interest on tho renewed bonds in
ACCORDANCE with the said Act of Assembly of the last
session, the sad arrearages shall be revived and
agalh become due and payable as fully and complete
ly as II this act bad never been passed
oecuon l. And be HJtrther enacted, That hereafter
through the outlet lock at Bells Ferry and loaded
IN or to be discharged at Port Deposit the tolls shall
be one-twefth less than the tolls charged on articles
OF the same class from Columbia to Havre de Grace
and at all future elections for managers six of the
number shall be residents Of and chosen from Me..
land, and the principal Office of the said companies
shall be located in the city of Baltimore as heretofore
Section s. ARd be It enacted, That the said compa-
MES shall, on completion % enlargement of thu
canals with which they in connection make their
canal Q! corresponding depth.
SECTION /. and be Il enacted, That much Of the |
provisions OF the act Of eighteen hundred and sixty
ve chapter one hundred and ninetysix, page thgee
hundred and seventy three, is inconsistent with
the PROVISIONS Of this act be and the is hereby
repealed.
Section s. An9 be- enacted That this act shall take
effect from the date OF It's passage. NH 10
A BILL entitled An Act to amend the thirtv-frst |
section of Article twentysiX of the Code of PukI;c
General Laws OF this State entitled CORPORATIONS
Section l. BE It eaaced by the General AssembLJ If
MGrylqa That the thirty first section of the TWEEN
ty sixth Article OF the Public General Laws of this
State be amended, and Te-enacted as follows.
Before SucI association shol