The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-03-12
Annapolis.

generally observed as holidays. If the tive
Houses don tadjourn over, there are seldom
members enough in their places to form IA
quorum. This is more the fashion with
the Senate than the House. This is per-
haps the second best thing they can do
The best action on the part of the whole
body would be to adjourn sine die and go
home This would he 4 sad calamity to
the clerks, doorkeeepers, folders, and the
army of attendants which have no business
at all to claim their attention at homo, but
it would be relief to the bankrupt and
empty Treasury of the State.
Among the petitions presented to the
House, this week, is one from the Beard of
Trade of Baltimore, requesting the General
Assembly to pass law requiring each
foreign insurance company, doing business
/ in this State to file sworn statements i'll de
tail to it's condition, to DC filed periodically
with the Comptroller of the State, and pub
liShed by him; also requiring deposit
with him of invested capital Of not less than
800, 600 by each company.
The petitions would have stated their
case more directly had they asked the Leg
stature to pass law forbdding all foreign.
or insurance companies having their priHci
pal office in some other State, to transact
any business in the State of Maryland
A law of the kind here proposed would
subject every citizen Of the State, holding
a policy from Life Insurance Company
e A. Id,
from his dividends to the amount of the
onsrous tax imposed by the State, which
would result As Il tax upon our own citizens,
the object of which would be to compel
them to insure in Baltimore company
fire insurance companies, it would drive
entirely out Of the State, the mutual com
pauies of this class which take risks at low
rates arc not titut ions which accumulate
large amounts of capital, but receive IL"
more from their members than is necessary
for their mutual protection. We iiAd this
latter day Democracy at war upon the Re
publican party which proposes to disorimi
nate against foreign importatons of manu-
factured articles. and foster manufacturing
in the United States, but eager to tax mu
tual benefit companies ii found to have
,onle Office in All adjoining State, out of
xistence for the benefit of = few mon"po-
lists in the city of Baltimore.
The bill to authorize persons to contract
II writing for a rate of interest not to ex-
iced ten per cent. being on its second read
n., Mr.. Dennis moved to strike out the
,nacting clause, which was lost, and the
ill postponed.
Mr.. Biddle has obtained leave to report
dill to amend the charter of Cecilteu in this
.:,unty.
The chairman of the Committee on the
Judiciary reported bill TO amend the
:harter of the Cecil and Hartford counties
loom Company, and to require said com
,,any to rcmove certain and all distractions
LACED by them in the SusquellanHa river in
.iul,tion Of their charter.
Also, bill by Mr.. Owens, from Select
Committee, to enable the Nottingham
Presbyterian Church, in Cecil county, to
receive 4 lot of ground.
"a Dlll was lGpoitSu ny CiiiSn.
Hartman of Committee of Ways and
leans, to transfer the sum appropriated by
he State to the Elkton and Sassairas Rail-
Dad Company from said company to the
Elkton and Massey's Railroad Company.
The several bills for the protection of
wild fowl were made the order of the day
or yesterday.
The following bills were passed by the
| House on Tuesday:
The bill increasing the amount of license
20 be paid by traders, retailers of spiritu-
,us or fermented liquors, keepers of oyster
treating houses. The bill relating to for
| ign insurance companies, with amendment
| retlucin. tho amount of license from $500
70 $500. and also that the Comptroller shall
require AS Il condition precedent that the
ssent shall exhibit authority from the
arent office to accept service Of all legal
process against said company. For the
protection of fish in Mill and Principle
creeks, in Cecil county.
| The bill to relieve and protect minor OPP
eratives in the cotton and woolcn factories
IN the State Of Maryland, and to prohibit
minors under sixteen years of age from
being employed over ten hours day in the
cotton and woelen factories Of this State,
being on its third reading in the House Mr..
derrick asked the unanimous consent of
he House to strike out the first section of
rhSbill, making ten hours Il legal days
! ,v,,rl- i,o rl.r t.,i ha
bill was debated in the Committee of the
! Whole tie first sectisn stricken cut and
the bill p used.
The bill before the HouS repe ted from
the Committee on the ciary, rcpcal>
the act of 1867, which is as follows:
Before any of tie Circuit Courts Of
this tat. or tie Court of Common Pleas
of the city of Baltimore shall proceed to
hear or try cases brought to their respec-
i've Courts by appeals from the judgments
# Justices of the Peace, they shall at first
re satisfied that all costs incurred on the
Judgment and proceedings before tho Gus
tice aforesaid shall have been paid by the
appellant" The bill takes effect from the
LAY of its passage.
The bill before the House to amend arti-
Gle II. relating to Bills Of Exchange and
Promissory Notes" provides: THAT when
Christmas day, Or New Years day. OF
Twenty-secend Of February, or the Fourth
lay of July shall he ON Sunday, the mex,
succeeding day Monday shall he observed;
md all bills of exchange, drafts or promis-
sorry notes becoming due and payable ON
the aforesaid Monday, shall be payable Oh
he Saturday previous.
The bill to amend the General Laws
relating to County Commissioners provides
at they shall make out condensed st ate
ment of the CO ,hty expenses, shown. tn.
aggregate amount of expenditure unde
Zach particular head of the expenses OF
said counties, and publish once a week fol
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