Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-03-22

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day.
| The Senate bill to provide for the creation
of a new county in Allegany, and the bill to
amend the code relating to licenses, were
passed.
The bill to amend the charter of the Union
Railroad Company, with an amendment to
the bill to allow the bonds and stocks OF the
road to be taxed, was passed
House OF DELEGATES MIR. Stone obtain
ed leave to introduce the following bills: To
allow reassessment of property of j. H. u.
Wingate, and to amend section 2, chap. AL,
laws of 1870. To reassess property through
out the State. To provide q State loan to
take up overdue and sterling debt. To i'm
pose tax on commissions of Commissioners
Of Deeds for other States.
The following bills read the first time: To
provide for cancelliug State stocks and bonds
held by Treasurer to credit of sinking fund
and to provide for investment of augmenta-
ton of said fund. To make further appro-
priations for the years 1872 and 1878. To
regulate inspection oil four.
Mr.. Stoue, from the committee of Ways
and Means, reported unfavorably on the bill
to promote agriculture and mechanical aud
household arts.
On motion Of Mr.. Gol,isboro, the bill was
substituted for the report and read FIRST
time.
The bill to increase jurisdiction of Justices
of the Peace was passed. Before the passage
of this bill Mr.. Stewart explained that this,
taken with the bill passed several days ago,
to extend jurisdiction of Justices in Baltimore
city, would establish uniform law through
out the State. The previous bill had passed
with onlv three dissautino votes
The report of the j,int committee Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Was submitted by
Mr.. Griswold, aud made the special order for
Wednesday next
March Observation-Disclosures Gassaway,
Secretary of the Senate, by reason of the leave
of absence of the President, called the Senate
to order. Present at roll call Messrs. Comp
ton, Spates, Sellnan, Steiner and Spencer.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
House OF DELEGATES. The proceedings
to-day were unimportaut, being principally
of private and local character.
March 8-SENATE-Mr. Carroll obtained
leave t. Introduce bill to authorize the trans
fer Of States interest 10 the Annapolis and
Elk Ridge Company to the Drum Point Rail-
road Company.
The bill from the committee on Judiciary,
to amend code relating to evidence; also, bill
to amehd the code relating to mechanics
liens, were read first time.
The Senate bill t. protect fish and terrapins
in st. Mary's county, Was read u second time.
4 The House bill to protect wild turkeys in
Charles county also, bill t. protect fish aud
terrapins in Charles and St. Mary's counties
below Maryland Poiut, were read a second
time
The bill to regulate the mode of holding
post na0rtem examinations and making cheml-
cal analyses where poison is suspected also,
bill to incorporate the Real Estate Bank OF
Baltimore, were passed.
The House bill to allow an additional clerk
in the Treasurer's "ffice; alsu, bill to amend
the code relating to licenses, sub-titled fshe
ries aud horse racing, were passed.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES Leave was obtain
ed to introduce bill to amend registration
laws of the State; referred to Messrs. L. Fl.
Hamilton, Jamart, Stewart, L. A. j. Lam"tte,
Clark of Montgomery, Chapman, and Waller.
Mr.. C,nper, from the COMMITTEES on the
Chesapeake Bay, reported anfavoraole on the
bill to change the style of the Oyster Police
Board. Mr. Stewart moved to substitute the
bill for the report. The question was post
poned.
Mr.. Spencer submitted the report of the Sc
lect committee appointed to inquire whether
any member of the House was interested in
the printing contract, and if So whether it
was consistent with his oath of nffice. The
report states that ''there is difference of u
pinion, majority of the cammittee believing
no member to be interested, directly or iudi-
rectly, aud minority OF the committee be-
lieving to the contrary" The testimony was
ordered to be printed on the Journal.
March 19-SENATE.- Petitions against
modification of the Sunday law.
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill for the de-
struction of hawks, and to protect insectiver-
Gus birds in Prince Georges county.
The Governor returned the Senate bill to
extend the jurisdiction of Justices of Peace to
assault and battery cases in Talbot county
without his approval The consideration oI
the veto was postponed.
The Senate bill to appoint weghers of
grain, was taken up.
| Mr.. Compton moved to amend so that grain
coming by rail will have to be weighed.
Mr.. Carroll said the sum and substance OF
this at this stage was additional patronage to
the Governor. This bill goes further than any
law we have had on our statute books.
hold the more we can lop off public offices for
the good Of the people, the better it will be for
the community. There is not a gentleman
who will not bear me out that this whole u-
spection system is fraught with injury.
/ Mr.. Earle said that the word inspector does
not occur in the bill. There is no inspector
of grain contemplated. He contended that
Experience favored the weighing of grain. 1t
was in favor in those counties where it has
been weighed. If we could get our grain
weighed by elevators we would all prefer it,
We hold that the buyer and seller are both
interested in the matter
Mr.. Miller assumed on introducing this bill
he did it in the interest of the farmer. | in
troduced the leave early in the session, and
not one petition has come here against it, We
waited to the end of the session to see if there
! would be. Counties which have had it do not
! object to it.
MIR. Williams said the inspection of grain
is to be made compulsory because the emolu-
ments of the Office when it was optional were
J not sufficient for the Office holders. If you
make the inspection optional men will be paid
, according to their faithfuness in office
. The amendment of Mr. Compton was adop-
5 ted,-
4 Yeas-Messrs. President, Blake, Compton,
Crawford, benson, Davis, OWNS, Earle,
Fields. Henry. Miller, Spates and Timmons
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