The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-03-16
Maryland Legislature.

Tn the Senate, on Friday, the Committee
on Pensions reported against the applica-
tons of large number of persons for ser
vices in the War of 1912, the committee
arguing that If the claims are just they
will be paid by the Government at Wash
ingto H. During the debate which followed
Mr.. Fields said there seemed to have been ,
a resurrection of defenders of Maryland in
1S1o-an opinion which great many peo-
pie who have noticed the food of petitions
FOR pensions, during the present session,
will share with him. The subject was .
postponed until Wednesday. Bills were
introduced for the settlement Of the boun-
,lary line between Maryland and Virginia,
to take the vote of the section of Allegany !
county proposed to be embraced in a new
county, as to whether the people are in
favor of or are opposed to it, and to trans
fer grant of money from the Elkton and {
Massey's Railroad Company to the Middle i
town and Elkton Railroad Company. The
House bill Incorporating the Butchers and
Drovers' Bank of Baltimore, passed a sec
ond reading, with an amendment giving the !
Legislature power to repeal the charter
The bill amending the charter of the Bati-
more & Drum Point Railroad was amended
by authorizing the Company to mortgage
the road and its franchises to secure pay
ment of the bonds. The House bill legal
/ iZing the election in Baltimore in aid of the
| Western Maryland Railroad was passed.
| In the House of Delegates petitions for the
repeal of the Compulsory Pilotage law were
| presented. The bill prohibiting sales Of
liquor within one mile of Emory Grove
camp meeting was amended by excepting
| persons now engaged in business in that
locality, and was passed. Leave was asked
! ~, ,,,%rr f,r fI,n Of ha
Pension law, and an unfavorable report was
made on all petitions for pensions, on the
same grounds as given by the Senate COM
mittee. The Committee on manufactures
reported unfavorably on the bill to abolish
shoemakng and coopering in the peniten-
tiary, but the House reversed its action by
substituting the bill for the report, and then
ordered it to be printed. The bill repeating
the restriction on banking companies i'll the
law of limited partnerships was lost by the
adoption of an unfavorable report. Bills
were introduced and read to provide for
the inspection of leather and gauging of
casks and liquids. Messrs. Griswold, Chap
man. Cotton, Baldwin and Ford were APP
pointed as the House members on the COM
mittee to settle the case of the State against
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The
, Baltimore City Police bill was amended by
. striking out the appointment of physicians
) and increasing the pay of policemen to $50
, per week. The death of Senator Maddox,
of st. Mary's was announced in both
Houses, and they adjourned until Monday.
In the Senate On Monday, it was ordered
that no bill originating in the Senate shall
be considered after the 22d inst, without
the consent of thirds of the members.
The House amendments to the bill prohib-
: itng the sale of liquors near Emory Grove
Il.
| favor of dealers already engaged in the bus
1 mess in that locality, were concurred IN
e and the bill was passed. On its second
. reading the bill creating an Insurance De-
# partment was amended SO as to require
y that foreign Life Companies shall, in addi-
l. ton to the $500 license, pay tax OF three
u per cent on the gross amounts OF pre-
a miums received. Another amendment re-
: uuiring the companies to invest their net
VI reserve in real estate in Maryland was re-
e ected A number of other bills were pass
|, ed through their second readings without
o amendment. The Baltimore Pharmaceu-
5. fists bill was recommitted to the commit
+ tee. In the House of Delegates petitions
:. were presented for the icrease of maSis-
a trates' jurisdiction to $3.50, for the refund
!, ing of money paid by drafted men for sub
IN stitutes, for modification of the Sunday
T. of flour. The report of the Committee OF
D the Maryland and Virginia Boundary Lint
I'd was submitted and ordered to be printed
IS The Committee on the Chesapeake anC
- Delaware Ship Canal reported their actor
@ Il, Washington. Mr.. Cotton asked leave t,
y introduce bill to authorize the Mayor ant
le City Council of Baltimore to widen ant
lie deepen the ship channel in the Patapsc'
to and to make the necessary appropriations
ce The joint resolution directing the Attorne
+. General to employ additional counsel t.
y defend the Registers and Judges of Elee
in tipns of Anne Arundel County, indicted il
A the United States District Court for viola
to ton of the Enforcement Act, was passed
be A similar resolution is pending i'll the Sen
RS ate. The bill to punish the fraudulent us
OF gas and water was rejected by the strik
N, ing out of the enacting clause. The amend
ed ment to the Baltimore Police bill, increa:
H. ing the pay Of policemen to $50 per week
Is. was reconsidered and rejected.
is In the Senate on Tuesday, petition
Ir. were presented from colored citizens i
he favor of separate schools. The amendment
on to the bill regulating the practice Of phal
I'm maceutists in Baltimore were adopted an
III, the bill passed through 4; second reading
tes There was some debate on the bill to II
oh new the tax on mortgages, which was o
is dered to an engrossment by majority
in four, an indication of its probable passag
Inc To the bill to amend the charter OF IL
as Western Maryland Railroad an amendmel
nd was adopted authorizing the State to ia
mt the capital stock OF the Company. In IL
for House bill was introduced to repeal hi
in section of the law of 1870 relating to ii
NO exemption of mortgages from taxation
The The Committee on Pensions reported b
ms to. repeal the Pension law, but it was q
nts most Immediately returned by the Hou
The with instructions to report bill gvil
re- pensions to deserving applicants. b
pe- for the deepening and widening of ii
en- Patapsco channel was reported and re:
to the first time
an On Wednesday petitions were presentt
IT. ia allow Baltimore city to issue bonds
lad the amount of S30O,0 for the improv
the ment of the channel in the Patapsco, al
en- for and against the amendment of the Su
mt. day law. In the Senate a resolution w
act adopted asking Congress to inquire in
nes the expediency of refunding the cotton ia
SEES The amendment bill in relation to Il
sed charter of the Drum Point Railroad Wy
left passed. The Optional Liquor Law bill W
the referred to the Committee on Finance.
5 in Leave was asked to introduce bill to l
re- lieve banks holding State charters of t
me twenty per cent. tax. Bills were report
of to make an appropriation Tor the Eye al
no. Ear Intimary OF Baltimore and to prote
by life on the highways. A bill to crea
tee "Garrett county out Of a portion
of Allegany county passed through secol
on reading. The Advanced Money Mortga
svl- bill was postponed until Monday. T
ook bill to employ additional counsel to defer
nd the Registers and Judges Of Election
led. Anne Arundel county was passed. In t
use House of Delegates leave was asked
,es- introduce bills forbidding members of t
ties Legislature from receiving profits in a
lere State contract, and to exempt the sto
nix and property Of railroads from taxati
ap- and tax gross receipts. The Usuary |;
ice. was defeated by the striking out of t
-ain enacting clause. The bill appointing
ned Commissioner OF Immigration was debat
re- but no action was reached. At the evt
cial ing session the bill providing for an insp'
lion ton of steam boilers in Baltimore W
late passed.
MIA. In the Legislature on Thursday, the r.
de- olntions of the mass meeting of Germa
flee in Baltimore in opposition to the repeal
;l the Sunday law were preeented Mr. d.