Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-04-05
THE LEGISLATURE OF MARYLAND
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constitutioually increasing the salaries of pub
lie officers, and because of the general COM
plant concerning the cost of the present ju-
dicial systems
Mr.. Cotton thought it was not unconstitu-
tional, and urged the proprety of the increase.
The bill was lost for want of constitution
al majority.
The bill to appropriate SIS 900 to the Mary
land Agricultural and Mechanical Institute
being ON its passage
Mr.. Stone moved to refer it to the commit
tee of Ways and Means. Directing to the APP
preparation as unnecessary and unwise in the
present condition of the Treasury.
Mr.. Turner said that much larger sums
were given by other States for similar pur
poses; that this Institute was of great benefit
to the interests of the State, and that without
aid it would be impossible to hold the usual
Fair this year.
Mr.. Goldsborough also urged the claims of
the Institute to State aid, and the motion of
Mr.. Stone was lost, and the bill then passed
On motion Of Mr.. Miller, resolution of
thanks to the Hon. A. P. German, Speaker,
was unanimously adopted.
The bill to attach money in hands of pub
lie officers was defeated by the House refusing
to adopt it as substitute for the unfavorable
report from committee.
Mr.. Stewards bill, Furnishing seduction, fail
ed for want of a constitutional majority; yeas
SO, nays 4. House pension bill was read a
second time.
The following House bills were passed -
To Incorporate the Real Estate Bank of Bal
timore; to incorporate Farmers and Mer-
chants Association of State Of Maryland
General Educational bill, amended by unani-
4
stead of eighteen cents; to amend code reat-
ing to ejectment; to cede Fort Foote, Prince
Georges county, to United States Govern
ment; to incorporate Maryland and Delaware
Ship Canal Company.
March 29-SENATE.--The Senate bill Great.
ing State Insurance Department was return
ed from the House amended. Messrs Earle
and Miller were in favor of the amendments
Mr.. Williams opposed the amendments.
The amendments were then coucurred in
and the bill as amended passed-yeas 81
nays Messrs. Longwell and Williams, g.
Mr.. Wilson, from the committee on Fede-
raj Relations, made favorable report on
House joint resolution relating to National
Steamship Company Read second time
By Mr.. Tuck-Authorizing the Governor
to appoint two Commissioners to attend the
don, July 8, 1872.
The following Senate bills were passed :
For the relief of st. Johns College-yeas 49,
nays-Messrs. Blake, Crawford, Fields, Jump
and Stephenson-5; to amend the cude relat-
lug to licenses. and to make party selling
liquor to uliAors responsible only when the
seller knew the minor was under age-yeas
IL; nays-Messrs. Blake, Downs, Jump
Fields, Stephenson, Steiner. Timmons, Tuck
and Compton-9.
The following House bills were passed -
To regulate the taxing of coal mining compa-
!nies for State purposes.
Mt. Spates argued against the bill as an
additional tax of $40 per acre on coal lands.
The bill passed-yeas Is; nays-Messrs.
Blake, Miller, Spates and Williams
To tax gross receipts of railroad companies
for State purposes one-haH of one per cent.
Mr.. Carroll explained that the bill would
bring before the Judiciary the question wheth-
er the State had the right to tax railroads ex-
empt Ia their charters not. If it was right
he favored the taxation of these corporations
Passed-yeas %; nay-Mr. benson.
To provide for the canceng of bonds or
certificates Of State stock, and to provide for
the investment of the augmentation of the
sinking fund; to prevent telegraph and ex-
press companies not organized in this State
transacting business without license. amend
ed to perfect bill. By Mr.. Stephenson
Amended also TO make telegraph companies
file their charters and names of stockholders
in the Circuit Courts of the counties through
which they pass; amended.
House bill making married women's pro-
perry amenable for debt was lost for want of
constitutional maj rity.
Senate bills were passed authorizing Anna
polls and Elkridge Railroad to extend rad to
Annapolis harbor; to authorize sale Of States
interest in Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad
to the Drum Point Railroad relating to the
removal of causes; amending the code relat-
ing to evidence.
House bills W, re passed making appropri-
atoms for the State Government for 1872 and
1873; amending code relating to revenue and
taxes; to appoint Commissioners to settle
claims of State against the Government.
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs.-On motion of Mr..
Stewart, the bill to punish seduction, lost last
night for want of a constitutional majority,
was reconsidered and passed
Mr.. Goldsborough. from select committee
reported favorably on the Senate bill for
weighing grain, with an amendment making
optional the weighing of all grain transported
by land.
Mr.. Lnthicum maintained that the whole
system was worthless and nuisance and
worked to the detriment of the people; still if
the lower counties desired it he was not dis
posed to refuse it to them; but it would be
great injustice to make the upper counties pay
for this. 1t would moreover greatly interfere
with the grain trade of Baltimore.
Messrs. German, Godsborough, Turner,
Sasscer and McColgan also supported the a
mendmsnt. which was opposed by Messrs.
Stone, Bowie, Smith, HURT and Bond.
The amendment was adopted-yeas 46,
nays 26.
Mr.. Stone submitted an unfavorable report
from the committee of Ways and Means on.
the bill granting 800, 900 for completion of
the Frederick Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.
MIR. Bowie moved to substitute the bill. and
made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the in
stitution and the class of unfortunates whom
it. benefits. in which he was seconded by
Messrs. Goldsborough. Griswod, Porter. Hen
kle, Clark, Cotton and Chapman.
Messrs. Bond, German, Stone and McCol-
gan opposed the increase of taxes involved in
the bill, and the payment by the State of con-
tracts entered into without authority.
The motion to substitute was adopted-yeas
a., nays 27-and the bill read second time
Mr. Stone submitted an unfavorabe report
from the committee of Ways and Means on