Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-03-15
THE Legislature OF MARYLAND.
ANNAPoL1s, March 6, 1872.

THE LEGISLATURE OF MARYLAND.
ANNAPOLIS, March 6, 1872.
SENATE-Mr. Earle, from the committee
on Finance, made an unfavorable report Oh
the petition from twenty-four citizens of Har-
ford county, asking that $500 be paid to per.
sons who furnished substitutes in the late war
/ Mr.. Downs thought it was wrong to pre-.
clude citizens from the benefit of the State
b"unty simply because they were swift to re.
spond to the government call, and give others
the benefit who delayed a month or two.
The report was ,adopted-yeas 10, nays 2
Messrs. Claggett and Downs.
| Mr.. Earle, from the committee on Finance
made an unfavorable report on the applica.
ton from the Deaf and Dumb Asylum ask.
ing for an appropriation of 100000.
Mr.. Steiner regretted that the committee
reported unfavorably, and hoped the Senate
would not adopt, the report, and moved te
substitute the bill for the report.
Mr.. Tuck moved that the subject be post.
poned and made the order of the day for the
18th instant.
The order of the day. being the veto of the
Governor to the bill relating to the Washing
ton county conrt house, it was taken mp.
Mr.. Claggett made speech in opp ,sitor
to the veto. The yeas and nays were then
called upon the passage Of the bill notwith'
standing the Governors veto, with the follow
ing result:
Yeas-Messrs. President, Blake, Compton
Carroll, Clagsett, Davis, Downs, Henry
Jump, Lnngwell, Miller, Stephenson, Spencer
Tuck and Wilson-15.
Nays-Messrs. Dennis, Earle, Fields, Sell
man, Steiner, Tfmmons and Williams-7.
+ Absent-Messrs Crawford, benson ane
Spates-3.
| The bill having received the assent of three
6fths of all the members elected to the Senate
passed.
House bills read the second ine:-To a
mend the code relating to divorces to amend
the code relating to licenses, sub-titled fishe
ries and horse races to authorize the Comp
troller to settle the accounts nf certain State
collectors accrued prior to 1869; to amend
the code relating to the assessment Of stock
for State purposes.
On motion of Mr.. Carroll, the bill to change
the name of the Pittsburg aud Connelsvllt
Railroad Company to the Pittsburg, Wash
ington and Baltimore Railroad Company, on
its third reading. was taken up.
On motion OF Mr.. Stephenson the bill was
amended giving the Legislature the right t.
alter the charter at pleasure. The bill was
then engrossed for third reading.
HOUSE OF DELEeArEs.-A message was re-
ceived from the Senate proposing joint CON-
mittee to confer upon upon the claims against
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for one-fiftt
of passage money between Baltimore and
| Il; ,,th e., i,,oS, >apfw if
out further litigation on the principleset forth
by the Court of Appeals, May 80, 1871, and
to consider the expediency OF reinquishing
the claims in future aud imposing tax III
lieu thereof. Messrs. Tuck, Earle, Carroll
Compton, Miller for the Senate. The cunsid-
Grafton Of this message was made the order
for IL o'clock. 9th instant.
Unfavorable reports from the committee on
Ways and Means upon the following bills
were submitted by Mr.. Stone and adopted
Senate bill to allow the Comptroller to pay t.
Hagerstown Academy the annual appropria-
supply codes and supplements to certain Off
GERS OF Kent and Queen AnDe's counties; to
prohibit liquor sales near Emory Grove Camp
Meeting ground and House bill to provide
for reference of liquor sales in Caroline county
to voters Of each district.
A message was received from the Senate
transmitting the veto upon the Washington
county court house bill, and announcing that
the Senate had passed the bill over the veto.
The consideration of the message was post
poned.
The militia bill came up as unfinished bu-
siness, the bill amended and read a second
| time.
At the evening session the House bill to
allow Washington City and Point Lookout
Railroad Company to extend their road into
the District of Columbia, and to run line OF
steamers from st. Mary's county to Norfolk,
Richmond, Orange and other points, was read
second time.
The following House bills were passed {:
To increase the number of the directors Of the
Drum Point Railroad Company; to authorize
Commissioners of Anne Arundel county to
subscribe two hundred thousand dollars to
the same company; to authorize Commission
ers Of Calvert county to increase election dis
tricts.
March 7-SENATE.-Mr. Tuck offered an
order that the committee on Internal Improve
ments inquire into the expedency of the cleo
ton of the Board of Public Works by the
people, to consist of one from each congress
sioDal district. Adopted.
The Senate bill to create State Insurance
Department 10 the Comptroler's office under
the control of an Insurance Commissioner APP
pointed by the Comptroller; read the second
time. Mr.. Earle offered various amendments
to the bill intended to perfect it, which were
severally adopted. An amendment was a.
dopted striking out the words giving the COM
panies the power to loan at ten per cent !;
also, to provide that the companies pay $500
license. Mr.. Longwel proposed to amend so
as to make companies pay one and half per
cent. on premiums collected, as we'll as on the
license. Pending which the Senate postpon-
ed the matter until IL o'clock to morrow.
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs.-Mr. Stone offered
an order, which was laid over, fixing the in
depreciation of the provision against the bills
originating during the last ten days of the
session SO as to exclude, except by two-third
vote by yeas and nays, any bill not actually
reported in form on or before the 22d March
of the present session. He observed that the
purpose of the order was simply to fix the
meaning of doubtful clause.
A communication was received from the
Governor transmitting report of Board of State
School Commissioners, which was referred to
the committee on Education. Also, copy
Of law passed by New JERSEY Legislature ap-