The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-02-17
Maryland Legislature.

/ In the Senate on Friday, the Comptrol-
Ter was requested to furnish a statement of
the bids and contracts for public printing
at each session of the Legislature since
1864. The bill to authorize Calvert coun-
! " to subscribe to the stock of the Drum
! Point Railroad was amended and ordered
to final reading. A favorable report was
made from the Committee on Finance on
the bill in relation to foreign insurance
Companies doing business in the State, and
it now awaits action. The House bill for
keeping the election polls in Baltimore
open from o'clock A. NJ. to o'clock p.
NJ, on election day was adopted and only
needs the Governors signature to become
a law. In the House of Delegates the res
olution of the Baltimore City Council ask
ing authority to issue 81 ZOO, 900 additional
in bonds for the construction of the City
Hall was referred to committee consist
ing of Messrs. Griswold, Clark ond Coope.
The President of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal was called upon for a statement of
the receipts and expenditures during the
past four years. A bill to authorize Anne
Arundel county to subscribe to the stock
of the Drum Point Railroad Company was
presented and read, The Washington
county Court House Bill was taken up and
the substitute rejected. This was intend
ed to place the erection of the building in
the hands of the County Commissioners,
where it properly belongs, and its defeat
insures the success of Mr.. Claggett's
scheme to create special Commission to
supervise the work. The fact that the
County Commissioners are Republicans is
the motive of the effort to remove the con-
struction of the building from their con-
troll, and the Democratic majority in the
House have, SO far as they are able, con-
verified it into political job.
In the Senate on Monday, the Comptrol-
Ter or Adjutant General was requested to
furnish statement of the number of men
drafted or who paid communication money
and that have not already received bounty.
Leave was asked to introduce 4 bill con-
tinuing the present system of lumber in
spections. The bill authorizing railroad
companies to make any junction whatever
with other companies was postponed until
Wednesday, The House proposition for
joint committee on providing a uniform
system of charges in the offices of Regis
trars of Wills and Clerks of counties was
adopted. The House was not in session.
In the Senate on Tuesday, the Commit
tee on Finance was instructed to inquire
into the expediency of amending the code
so as to reduce assessments on property
where improvements destroyed by fire have
not been rebuilt. The bill to increase the
compensation of clerks and judges of cleo
tion in Baltimore was fayorably reported
upon, and large amount of private bust
ness transacted. In the House of Dele
gates communication was received from
the Maryland delegation in Congress in
relation to furnishing statues by each State
of its prominent men for the Old Hall of
Representatives at the Capitol, which was
referred to the Committee on Federal Re-
lations. A petition from States Attorney
Revell for compensation for services in the
trial of Mr.. Wharton was presented. The
Senate proposition, to appoint committee
on the fees of Clerks of Courts and Regis
tiers of Wills was concurred in.
In the Senate on Wednesday, leave was
asked to introduce bill to pay the jurors
in the trial of Mrs. Wharton five dollars
per day. The bill to authorize Calvert
county to subscribe 100000 to the stock
of the Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad
Company was passed. In the House of
Delegates the bill relating to tobacco in
spections was adopted. The portion of
the Frederick City bill which provides for
redivinng the wards of the city provoked
debate, several Democratic members
opposing it because it is merely intended
by "gerry Wandering" process to re-
tore the city to the control of their party. |
Messrs. Stone and Groome spoke very
strongly agaist the scheme, and the House
adjourned without reaching VOTE
In the Senate on Thursday, leave was
asked for the introduction of BILL in &C
cordance with a petition from the Mary
land College of Pharmady, to prevent in
competent persons from selling drugs and
medicines in Baltimore. A communication
was received from the Comptroller, stat
ing that 1 1856 applications have been made
by drafted men for communication money.
The bill confirming the ordinance appro-
priating an additional million of dollars for
the completion of the Baltimore City Hall
was read twice and is now ready for adop-
ton, having previously passed the House.
The appropriation bill for 1872 was concur
red in. In the House of Delegates the
Frederick City bill was again discussed in
Committee of the Whole, and Messrss
Henkle, Sparrow, Turner and Bowie advo-
Gated it most strangely because it was neces-
sary to restore to the Democratic party
the control of town which had ventured
to give Republican majority at the last
election. Mr.. HURT opposed this punish
ment of the people of Frederick, but by
the small majority of six Mr.. Groome's
substitute, which provided only for reg
istration of voters without that redistrict-
ing of the city, which is the most import
ant part of the gerrymandering scheme,
was rejected, and the bill reported without
amendment to the House.