The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-04-07

Al ia day : session tho bill upUrODfIa.
,;ng s1go25 20 in n,vment G,r ihr can
.rnc,inn ,f stable nj tho Government
If,u.c ,v,s ,n,,l. tho sneci,l or,lrr far
n.d,y Tho net coutinuing the Bureau
ar D,n,rtmenr Of Lobor and Aoricul.
tnyc was rejected pnd this olfiee. there.
G,ro cvpircs virl, tho term of tho nrrs.
ont inrnmbcnt
1orH1-In the Senate nj the even
inc session of Thursday the considera.
Inn or tho Gonernl Public School Hill
w,s r,sumcd and Mt the close of the dis.
cnssion tho lin was nassed. The STATE
Liam hin os amended proyidiur far
the sale of certain bank and railway
stock held by the State, was passed
| AZ the session of to day number of
hills we're rcported after which the
Spates Investigating Committee made "A
report generating Mr. Spates from the
charges preferred against him. The re.
port was adopted. a number Of bills
Uf merely local Importance were pass
cd, The General Appropriation bill
At the evening session of the House
on Thursday large number of local
bills were read second time. and a
number Of other bills reported. The
bill repeating the Inspection llws after
January, 1872, but excepting from the
provisions of the bill the wcighcr Of
live stock and tho inspector of hay and
straw was passed The bill repeating
the tax on mortgages was also passed
The bill to assign the stock Of the State
in the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal
Company, aud to change the manage.
ment, was discussed aud ordered to be
engrossed for third reading. TO days
session was occupied by communications
from the baltimore city Council, and
several bills Of u local character
Apra I'm the Senate ON Frida
evening the General Anoronrint;on Rim
for 1870 was considered and n mo,ion
to.strike out all the APPROPRIATIONS TO
charitable institutions was rejected
On Saturday the Registration hill ITO nj.
low the names of colored votes to be
placed ON the listO was renogtel from
the Committee on Elections and read
twice. The Foreign Passenger net
was lost for want of n constitutional
majority and notice piyeu that nation
would be made to reconsider the vote
The School bill was received back from
the House, slightly amended, and again
p ssed, Among the bills passed we're
the General appropriation act for 1871
to give the Institutions for Instruction
of the Blind $4,000, to pay the de.
licicncy of SGD, 2J6 in the cost Of the
Governors Mansion, the Pension bill,
to tax all railroad property in the State,
to provide for annual reports of the
condition Of all domestic insurance com.
panies to create State banking institu
tions, to provide for the appointment
by the Governor Of u Commissioner to
examine the fisheries of the State. with
a Wow to their Improvement and pro.
lection. Leave was granted to each
Senator to introduce a new bill, under
which only the following of importance
were offered: 10 regulate uopuin,tnrcs
bv the cnnvic,s in Ibo non;,nn,iann 70
Yy,.;I, III. ~ e"''c'' Ia y "
P,U''t' 'iUu9e Vi heiuSe ior colofcd
children, and the Free Railroad law,
none OF which were acted on.
In tho Uo,so =, Ed. o;
H., io''c y" 'lu'y oNen'nS
the pensioners in the Pension hin some
two hundred fran baltimore city ,,on,
TLo Liu - -, H. ~ "'o'o, .
~ 0i'' ''0 J"''aH 'e''o" U,
JUSTICES Vi tue Ieace TO s5OO III all
cases of debt or damage was rejected,