The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-02-17

committee to have power TO send for
persons aud papers, to employ compe-
tent accountant to aid 10 their labors.
and to report within fifteen days 70 the
General Assembly. Upon tIi6 failure
Of the Company to pay to the State,
within twenty days, the amount which
this joint committee may report due,
and the adoption Of its report, tic AT.
torney General is to forthwith institute
proceedings by writ of scire tacias
against the Company to ascertain
whether its charter ought not be vacated
and annuled' Speeches were made
by Mossrs. Bowlus Of Frederick, Wiley
OF Baltimore city, aud Catch of Balti.
more county, aud it was then ordered
that the futher consideration Of the
resolutions be postponed until Monday.
FeJrmHy l2.-ln the Senate the House
bill Furnishing the officers Of any vessel
for emptyiDg any ballast, ashes. filth,
earth, soil, oysters,or oyster shells in the
Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point,
or in any river, creek or harbor in
Maryland, under q penalty $3.50 for
each offence, was passed. The House
resolution requesting the Governor to
extend an invitation to Hon. lloratio
Seymour, Il. Ii Roosevelt aud other
gentlemen to visit Annapolis and deliver
lecture on fish culture was adopted.
The House resolution rejecting the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Consttu.
ton of the United States were reported
favorably and read the second time.
Senate bills amending the charter Of
the Maryland Agricultural and Mechan.
zeal Association, incorporatingth the Home
Missionary Society OF the Maryland
Annual Conference, and amending the
act Incorporating the Baltimore Ware
house Company were passed, and the
Senate adjourned In the House of
Delegates large number Of petitions
asking pensions were presented aud re
ferred The message of the Governor
relative to the refusal of the authorities
of Pennsylyasia aud New York to sur.
render iugitives from Justice from
Maryland was referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations. A memorial
was received from citizens of Allcgany
county asking that the charter of the
Consolidated Coal Company of that
county be SO amended rs to limit the
powers of the cooperation. The petit.
TONERS, who are principally miners, ap.
prove the proposed consolidation of the
coal companies in the Cumberland region.
Bills to authorize lien upon growing
crops for the payment of rent, aud pro.
viding that property exempted from exc.
cution shall not apply to any execution
on Judgment rendered on any con-
tract, or to any liabilities which now
exist, or which may exist when the
proposed act shall take effect, aud that
the new law shall not apply to any
person except actual b0na fde residents
of Maryland, were reported from the
Judiciary Committee. aud ordered to be
cngrossed The resolutions instructing
the Comptroller Of the Treasury to re-,
ceivo gold only from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company in payment of
the SIX per cent. guaranteed dividend,
were postponed until Thursday.
February If. The entire session of
the Senate was occupied with the con
sderation of local bills.
In the House, after the consideration
OF large number Of local bills, the
Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad resolutions
came up as the order OF the day, aud the
discussion was continued until the hour
Of adjournment.