The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-02-12

nit the hunting of foxes in keut county,
passed to a third reading. The text of the
bill is as follows:
Section |. BE 1t enacted by tie general As
ss,nbly Of Maryland, That it shall and may
be lawful for the citizens of Kent county to
hunt the fox in said county from the first
OF October to the eighteenth day Of April,
in each and every year, and in pursuance of
this right or privilege, no person shall be
convicted Of trespass in any suit which
shall or may be hereafter instituted against
him, urlcss it shall be proven that he uu-
lawfully and maliciously injured the lands
Or property of the complainant or COM
plainants, over which he may or shall have
passed in chase.
We have not seen the bill, or text of
it, which was introduced by Mr.. Richards
for the protection Of cartridges in this
county but presume it is similar to the
above.
Our State Senators act on the principal
Of paying the men who do the work. as will
be seen by the following order, passed on
Tuesday:
An order was adopted fixing the compen-
sation of the Secretary, the Reading and
Journal Clerks of the Senate at $40 per
day each, and all other officers at s. per
day. The Sergeant-at-Arm to be allowed,
it addition to s. per diem, such additional
compensation for extra services as the SEN
ate may deem equitable.
The following resolution was offered in
the House:
Resozred By the General assembly Of Mary
land, That the six per cent. dividend upon
the So, 600, 900 of stock in the Baltimore
and Ohis Railroad Company, subscribed by
the State of Maryland, in pursuance of the
provisions of the act of Assembly of 1885,
chapter 393, the payment of which was
guaranteed by resolution of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company in general
stockholders meeting, held on the 18th
day Of July, 1886, is, according to the true
import and legal effect of said act and said
guarantee, payable to the State in gold
coin.
Ind be it further resolced, That the Trca-
surer of the State is not authorized to &C
cept payment therefor in United States
Treasury notes, or any other currency
which is not at the time of such acceptance
at par 'riM gold coin.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ques-
ton was accidentally sprung upon the Sen
ate Oh Tuesday, and lively debate ensued
between the friends of the Railroad and
those in favor of using stringent means to
compel the Company to pay the State the
amount due and withheld by the Company.
Is DECAPITATIoN IMMEDIATE DEATH p
| This question, SO often discussed, has been
! suggested anew by the guillotinins Of
Traupmann in Paris. A French savant.
! DR.. Pinel, in letter upon it, takes the
ground that the Trunk retains life after the
head is separated from it for long period,
though it ceases to have any consciousne S
as soon as it is emptied of blood. The head,
he says, on the other hand, both lives and
thinks; sometimes one hour, sometimes
| two, and even three. The brain remains
uniniured, and continues its functions until
it is benumbed by loss of blood and of the
nervous fluid. 1t sees, hears, and smells,
and must therefore suffer the most crue
agonies. For this reason he deneunces the
guillotne as altogether too cruel a punish
ment for the most atrocious murderer.
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