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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
[CHAprER III
J
AN ACT

ANACT
To repeal section eighteen of Article sixteen of the
Code Of Public General Lavs, entitled Chancery,
subtitle auditor, and to re-enact the same so as to
read as follovs:
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted by the General assembly of
Maryland, That section eighteen of Article six
teen of the Code ofPublic General Laws, entitled
Chancery, subtitle Auditor, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
Sec. 1s. Every Judge of Court of Equity may
appoint, during his pleasure, person of integri-
ty, judgment and skill in accounts, to be auditor
for the Court of which he is Judge, who shall,
before he enters upon the duties of his appoint
ment, take an oath, to be administered by the
Judge making the appointment, we'll and faith
fully to execute the duties of his Office without
favor, affection, Partially or prejudice, and all
accounts to be stated, audited or settled by such
Court, shall be referred for such purpose to the
auditor, who shall have power to administer
oaths to all witnesses and persons proper to be
examined upon such accounts, and shall audit
state and settle such accounts agreeably to the
order of the Court, and shall return the same to
think Just, and that IN all cases where the regu-
lar auditor Of any Circuit Court of this Stats
may be interested in any cause or connected
Herewith as counsel, or in case of sickness or
absence OF such AUDITOR, or for other cause exist
ing where it may not be proper for such auditor
to act, it shall and may be lawful for the said
Court, or the Judges or Judge thereof holding
the same, to appoint by order a special auditor,
to whom reference shall be made instead of the
regular auditor, and the powers duties and COM
pensation Of such special auditor shall be in all
respects the same as those of the regular auditor
of said Court, and such special auditor shall in
all cases, before acting such, take the oath
prescribed to be taken by the regular auditor.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of it's passage
Approued February II, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
{ CHAPTER 1851
J
AN ACT

AN ACT
To repeal section thirty-fve of Article eighteen,
of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary
land, relating to Clerks of Coorts, and to re-en-
act the same with amendments.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That section thirty-6ve Of
Article eighteen, of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title Clerks of Courts, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:
35. The Clerks of all the Courts to which ju-
rers are summoned, shall administer to the She
riff the oath required to be taken by him on his
returning panel of jurors, and the Clerks of the
several Courts of this State, and their deputies,
are hereby empowered to administer oaths upon
all legal papers for file in their respective Offices,
upon which affidavits are required by law.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
fCHApTER 25S.1

AN ACT
To remove the disabilities of all persons which
have been incurred under the forty first Sec
ton of Article third of the Constitution, and
to restore them to the full privileges Of cti-
Zens.
SECTION l. Re it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That all persons otherwise
entitled to hold Offices of profit or trust within
this State, who have fought duel with deadly
weapons, or sent or accepted challenge so to
do, or who have acted as second or knowingly
aided or assisted in any manner those offending,
be and they are hereby relieved from the disa-
blities imposed upon them by Article three,
section forty-one, of the Constitution of the
State, and are hereby restored to their full privi
leges as citizens, so far as the same may have
been affected by said section and Article.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from and after the date of its
passage.
.approred April 4, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
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ing peremptory mandamus in any ca4e here.
after brought involving the title or right to a
public office, either party shall have tight to
appeal within twenty days, and on such appeal
the Clerk of the Court shall forthwith transmit
the original papers, including the judgment or
order to the Court of Appeals and said Court
shall Immediately hear and determine the case.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from and after the date of its
passage.
Approved April 4th, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
LN2US---Ge1lerNZ.

five nor more than twenty-five dollars, for each
and every offence, and the said Justice of the
Peace shall pay over one-half of said fines and
forfeitures to the informer and the other half to
the School Board of said county or city.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted. That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
[CHApTER 1851
AN ACT.

To amend the Act of eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, chapter eight, relating to "Exemp-
ton of Property from Execution"
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland That section six, of the
Act of 1861, entitled, an Act to amend the
eighty-third Article of the Code Of Public
General Laws by exsmpting certain amount
of property from execution, be and the same is
hereby repealed, !and re-enacted SO as to read as
follows:
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the exemp-
ton herein shall not apply to any execution on
judgment rendered on any contract, or to any
liabilities which now exist, or may exist when
this Act shall take effect, and provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to
apply to any persons except actual bona fde
residents of the State of Maryland.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
TCHAPTER 405.1

AN ACT
To protect the "Craighill Channel" at the
mouth of the Patapsco river.
Section l. Be it enacted by The General AS
sembly of Maryland, That it shall not be law
full for any person or persons 10 rake, drag or
dredge for oysters within five hundred yards of
either edge of the new channel, at the mouth Of
Patapsco river, known as the "Craighill Chan
nell" extending from the seven-foot knoll to the
mouth of Magothy river.
Sec 2. And be it enacted, That any person
or persons violating the first section of this Act
shall forfeit his boat or vessel, and it shall be
lawful for any Justice of the Peace of the coun-
ty or city, in which such person or persons shall
be arrested, to try such person or persons, and
on conviction to condemn said boat or vessel and
sell the same on five days notice, and fine the
said offender or offenders sum not less than
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
1CHAPTER 394.1
AN ACT.

AN ACT.
To amend the Act of Assembly of 1867, chap
ter BAL, relating to the valuation and assessment
of property in this State.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Act of Assembly of 1867,
chapter BAL, be and the same is hereby amend ed
by adding to section two of said Act the follow
ing words or proviso, exemptng mortgages from
assessment and valuation, viz:-Nor shall any
tax of any kind be assessed, levied or collected
on any mortgages of any kind, or on any mort
gage bill of sale, upon any property in this
State
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
laws heretofore passed in relation to the assess
ment and valuation of property in this State so
far as they are inconsistent with this Act, are
hereby repealed; and this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved4 April, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
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GENERAL LAWS
PASSED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND
1T the January Session, 1870.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.


To regulate and make uniform the fees Of Jusii-
ces of the Peace.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That all sections OF the
several Articles Of the Code OF Public Local
Laws of this State relating to the fees of JUS
tees of the Peace, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That Sec
lions seventeen, eighteen and nineteen of Article
thirty-eight, of the Code of Public General
Laws, relating to the fees of Justices OF the
Peace be repealed, and the following sections be
adopted in lieu thereof:
II. The Justices of the Peace Of this State
shall be entitled to receive the fees allowed IN
the following table, and such fees shall be tax
ed and paid by the party against Whom Juog-
ment shall be rendered, to wit: For issuing
each summons in debt or damages, or writ OF
replevin, twenty-five cents; for each summons
for witnesses, including all the witnesses ap-
piled for at the same time, twenty-five cents;
for venire to summon freeholders, thirty-hve
cents for ieri facias, thirty cents; for ven
ditioni exponas, thirty-five cents; for sclre ia
cias, forty five cents for every supersedeas,
twenty cents for every oath or affidavit, ten
Judgment rendered where there is no trial,
twenty five cents for every judgment rendered
on trial, sixty cents for every warrant OF at
tachment against resident debtor, 1orty-hve
cents for every attachment against non-res-
dent or absconding debtor, one dollar for at
tachment of contempt, twenty-five cents Tor
venire to summon a jury in case OF 1orclble
entry and detainer, and summons to tenant, one
dollar; for taking inquisition and return thereof,
four dollars for warrant of restitution, one
dollar; for taking every acknowledgment OF
every deed or other instrument of writing from
each person making an acknowledgment, thirty
cents for certificate of estrays, forty cents;
for issuing writ of attachment by way of execu-
ton, forty -fve cents for taking replevin or
other bonds, twenty-five cents for entering
every continuance, ten cents; for every tran
script from the docket, fifteen cents for every
search, ten cents for binding apprentices, each
Justice twenty cents.
Is. They shall be entitled to be paid in crimi-
nal cases, by the county or City of Baltimore,
as the case may be. the following fees Ear IS.
search warrant, twenty-five cents for taking
recogniZances of witnesses, each twenty-five
cents for taking recognizances in each case re-
ported to Court, twenty-five cents for every
commitment, twenty-five cents; for every release
ment, twenty five cents ; for holding an inquest
upon a deceased person, five dollars for issuing
an attachment for witness refusing to attend
on summons of commissioner, fifty cents for
taking dispositions in cases of contested cleo
tons, per day, three dollars.
Sec 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
approved April 4, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
TCnAPTER 92.7
AN ACT

AN ACT
To repeal section torty-hree, Article sixty-one of
the Code of Public General Laws title Mechan-
ic's Lien, and to re-enact tile same wiM amend
naents
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted by the General assembly of
Maryland That section forty-three of Article
sixty-one of the Code of Public General Laws, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
as follows:
Sec. 43. The provisions of the preceding Sec
tons of this Article shall not apply to Kent,
Charles, Calvert or Saint Mary's counties.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approred .qprI 4, 1870.
ODEN BOWIE,
Governor.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-05-27
TCHAPTER 257.1
AN ACT


To repeal the Act of eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight, chapter two hundred and ninety
four, entitled an Act to add new Article to
the Code of Public General Laws, to be enti-
tied Domestic Insurance Company, providing
for annual reports of the condition of the
said several Insurance Companies incorpora-
ted under the laws of this State, and doing
business within the limits thereof, and to re-
enact the same with amendments.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That the Act of eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, chapter two hundred
and ninety-four, entitled an Act to add a new
Article to the Code of Public General Laws,
entitled Domestic Insurance Company, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted SO
as to read as follows:
Sec. 1t shall hereafter be the duty of the
President or Vice-President and Secretary, or
other proper officer of each company or associ-
alton organized under the laws of this State, to
transact the business of insurance annually on
the first day of February, or within one month
thereafter, to prepare under their own oath and
deposit in the Office of the Comptroller of the
Treasury statement of the condition of such
company or association on the thirty-tirst day
of December then next preceding; axhibiting
the following facts and items in the fol10w4ng>
form, namely:
First. The capital stock Of the company; Sec
ond, the property and assets held by the compa-
ny or association, specifying first, the value or
as nearly as may be, of the real estate held by
such company or association; second, the
amount of cash on hand and deposited in banks
to the credit of the company or association, spe-
cifying in what banks the same are deposited;
third, the amount of cash in the hands of agents
and in course of transmission: fourth, the
amount of loans secured by bonds and mort
cages constituting the first liens on real estate ON
which there shall be less than one years interest
due or owing; fifth, the amount of loans on
which interest shall not have been paid within
The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23
NoRRIDGEwocK, Nov. q. 1870

NoRRIDGEwOCK Nov. q. 1870.
II the Editor OF the Press:
The bridge across the river at this place il
now completed. 1t is the best one on the
Aennebec Its cost will not exceed twelve
thousand dollars, and may fall some short o.
',iat ngure. The bridge was open for trave
tne hrst of October, although it was not fin
lshed ull last week, and its earnings have been
six hundred dollars The old toll bouse is be.
ing raised up and repaired, and will soon pre-
sent quite respectable exterior.
SNOW.
Saturday afternoon, about the time danob.
ter was born to Hon. S. d. Lindsey, Presiden,
OF the Senate of go, a snow storm commenced
which lasted we'll into the night, covering the
ground with three or four inches of snow. Al
Arson, further up the river, but an inch and a
half fell, while at Waterville, further down
there was a foot or more.
THE SOMERSET R. r.,
is being vigorously pushed-the grading
mean-in the towns above US. From West
Watervile to this place the road is ready fol-
the seepers. 1t is understood that the COM
Pany Is about to.sue the towns of Scion and
bingham, and large number of private per-
sons Tor subscriptions to the stock of said
company which they have failed to paw.
IN GENERAL.
Inc new and elegant residence orc. G. Hale
Esq., is approaching completion and is an or-
namen' 10 'ne village. The Messrs. Perkins of
Harrington Falls, shoe manufacturers. are
talking OF coming to Norridgewock to carry on
their business and will probably do so if thew
can purchase the Douglass residence. They
give employment to twenty or more men.
The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23
Tns SHERMAN STrrf.-''ha Nav yo+,

4Hsa 0AasshW1N uS NOW
Tribune declaims in savage vein because J.
Edwin Sherman of Duckspolt, Maine, has
gone to England by Invitation of the Lords OF
the Admiralty for the purpose of testing his
wonderful invention for converting iron into
STEEL 1t cries out in great fury that Ameri-
can inventors get no encouragement at home
and are obliged to look to "blarstcd" foreign
ers for recognition of their merits. The fact
is, though the Tribune does not know it, that
the success of the invention has been fully
recognized here, and that two or more manu-
factories are already in operation. One of
these is at Bucksport and has been completed
since Sherman went to England with Rev.
DR.. left. 1t will be remembered by our read
ers that Mr.. Sherman is young man who
was formerly blacksmith, but was at the
time OF perfecting the invention a clerk in one
OF the departments at Washington. He has
made one of the most wonderful and valuable
discoveries of the age by accident, as we are
informed. His good fortune can hardly fail
to make him something more than million
afro
The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23
A National Medicine.

One can hardly pick up newspaper or turn a
street corner nowadays that he docs not find.
staring him in the face the announcement that
Prot soand-so has just discovered medicine which
is panacea for all the ills that flesh is. or NAV he
heir to. These wonderful" discoveries usuallv
have an existence of few months, then disappearl
from public notice. The reason for their sudden ex-
tinguishment is apparent. They were humbues.
At the outset all medicinal preparations have an
equal chance for success, as all equally unknown
but the chaff is soon winnowed from the grain by
the practical test which an unpre udiced public an
plies to all things. There are but few prenarations
of medicine which have withstood the imnart;a,
judgment of the people for any length of time. One
OF the few which we have now in mind. and which
has been for long time familiar to eye,v bouse.
hold in the land, is the celebrated Hostetter,s
Stomach Btters. Their almost universal sala ond
use, and their emphatic endorsement from all nor
lions Of the country, compel he,admisson.tbat tbev
must be specific fer the ailments tor which thew
are recommended. Letters before us attest their
efficacy in diseases OF the throat, bowels and liver
In that truly terrible complaint, dyspepsia. thew
are regarded as sure cure. In Pitt.burp whora
these Bitters are manufactured, their sale for home
use is immense This fact alone speaks volumes n
their tavor.-Ertractst from the Wuscafine Comr;e,
Io,cd, FEB, Z, 1867. ''o''
The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23

A SCARED TowN.-The Titusville (Pa Her.
AID has an amusing account of the manner il
which quantity Of nitro glycerine was recev
ed and disposed of in that city few days ago
Something of sensation was occasioned a,
the railroad depot yesterday, by the report thai
carload of nitro gycerine had arrived there
and was to be unloaded and hauled through
the city. A messenger was sent to Mayor
Bates with the request that he would go dowr
and examine it, and order the arrest of the
owners. The Mayor was very busy, and sent
word to the Council, suggesting that they go
down in body and attend to the matter The
Council declined to interfere, but sent word 10
the Chief of Police, who despatched several Of
the regulars, who in turn notified the specials.
The latter, knowing nitro.glycerine to be con.
traband of ordinance, gave notice that any
body could examine it who thought proper
Nobody seemed DESTROYS of investigating it on
his own account. There were fifteen pack ages
five of which weighed one hundred pounds
each, and ten fifty pounds each. During the
removed to the torpedo factory.
The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23

IaE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT. 1.-THE
tnird party movement only receives encour.
ragement from the World and otbor nomo
cratic organs. Outside of the CHICAGO Tr;b-
~ne, the st. Louis Democrat, and the Ne,,
York Eveming Post, no Republican ionrna,,
OF any standing take any stock in he n na,1
shoot" Carl Schurz announces yerv DIV div
tinctly that he has no intention of "gonr II
alone" Several other scorbutic politicians
VINO manifested willingness to join in the
boit already begin to realize that they are not
yet yeady to be lett "out lin the cold" The
three able journals engaged in this move
ment ought to be admonished by the disas-
yer that followed "the three tailors of Tooley
sstreet; II not they should call to mind what
saieil the patriots who took part in that mem
oraele effort for a third party, backed by a
,uola and unscrupulous President. Instead of
e eno sprat. swallowing the whale, the Demo
s Srssic whale swallowed the third party sprat
HIS VIII be the fate of Gratz Brown and his
LSa Qui1ote followers.-N. Y. Com. Adv.
The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23
yeats, died In his chair, while engaged 10 kind.
Hsr, N Aen 10 a.

years, died IN his chair, While engaged 10 kind.
ling a fire, last Saturday morning
The Batchelder store ut Ford's corner in
Palermo, was burned on Tuesday morning
18th inst, ateabout four o'clock. The cause Of
the fire is unknown. The store and contents
were entirely consumed. The building cost
$1,000, and was insured for $780, The goods
were insured for 5000. The loss on store is
$500, and goods about $1,000, says the Kenne-
bee Journal
We learn from the Bangor Wing that the
Directors of the Maine Central Railroad Com
pany have rccinded their agreement to submit
the question of accepting the lease of the Bel
fast and Moosehead Lake railroad to the State
Railroad Commissioners. Their reason for re.
vokng the decision is that Col Wildes, one Of
the Commissioners, was engeneer in charge
during the building of that road, and, there.
fore, he is an interested party. They were
willing to submit the matter to the other two
gentlemen, Messrs. Corser of Portland, and
Blake of Bangor, and abide their decision
The Directors of the Belfast and Moosehead
Lake Railroad insisted that Col Wildes should
have voice in the decision, and the Directors
Of the Maine Central very properly revoked
their agreement.