Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-02-09
MARYLAND Legislature.

MONDAY, Feb. 5.-The Senate, to-day, pas
sed the bill amending the general law for the
formation Of corporations.
In the House, petitions from 3, 100 citizens
of Baltimore were presented against the pas
sage of the proposed new Sunday law. Petit
tons were also presented for and against the
Registry law; and from colored men in Bslti-
more asking the right of suffrage. The bill
to restore certain parties TO the full rights Of
citizenship was defeated for want of a two
thirds vote. The Senate bill for the re-assess-
ment of property in the State was slightly
amended by the House and passed. adrhe vote
by which the bill to indemnify ex-Goyernor
Bradford was rejected was reconsidered and
the bill laid over. The resolutions adopted
by the Baltimore Union City Convention in
opposition TO the repeal or modification of the
Registry law, were presented to the two
Houses in Joint session, by the committee APP
pointed to perform the duty. The bill TO in
corporate the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac
Tidewater Canal Company, has passed both
Houses, and is now law. The purpose of
this bill is to extend water communication
from Cumberland, by way of Washington to
a point on the Severn river, twelve miles above
Annapolis, thus making the latter place a
great depot for the shipment of Maryland
coal.
TUESDAY, FEB. 6.-The bill for the general
assessment of property in the State has passed
both Houses. The Senate has passed the bill
to sell the dividend stock Of the State In the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and
the House bill incorporating the Maiden s
Choice Passenger Company: also the House
bulls to endorse first mortgage bonds of the
Gwynn's Falls Railroad, and to incorporate
the Union Railroad Company.
Among the bills passed by the House are the
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Agricultural College; to reduce the shares of
stock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Company. The new Sunday law bill was re-
iected-ayes l6, nays 40, but subsequently,
reconstructed and referred to the committee
on ways and means. The House ordered 10
be printed the petition of the IL, 900 citizens Of
Baltimore in favor OF the repeal ofthe Registry
law, together with the names attached there
to- The resolutions from the Senate enfranchis-
ing all the members of the General Assembly,
disqualified to vote, were adopted, and the
bill TO make the apprentice law apply equally
to white and colored, was passed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. THE special session OF
the Legislature will, it is presumed, end to-
morrow, by the constitutional Limitation OF
thirty days. A large number OF bills of more
OF less interest, have been passed during the
week. The new militia bill is said TO have
failed for want of time. The bill ofMr. Vckers
to modify the Registry law was laid on the
table in the Senate.
The House has passed the bill to authorize
colored witnesses to testify in the several
courts Of the State. The resolutions offered
some time since By Mr.. Speaker Frazier en-
dorsing the reconstruction policy OF President
johnson, condemning colored suffrage, COM
plimenting the foreign policy of Secretary
Seward, and approving of the Monroe doc
trina led IN a N excitino sdahata The recoi,,.
ton complimentary to Secretary Seward was
stricken ont by vote of 81 to IS, and then
as amended, adopted--yeas Al, nays "a. Mr.
Frazier again offered the resolution endorsing
Secretary Seward, which was pending wher
the House took recess.