Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-04-05
Chaisty to substitute the latter bill being re-

Chaisty to substitute the latter bill being re-
Ijected.
i March 3O-SENATE-The following Senate
bills were returned from the House with a.
mendments Authorizing Calvert county to
subscribe 500. 900 to Drum Point Railroad
Company; amendment concurred in and the
bill passed To weigh grain in Baltimore,
amended in House amendments concurred
10 and the bill passed.
On motion of Mr.. Compton, it was ordered
that map of survey of the Point Lookout
Railroad made under the act of 1868 be plac-
ed in the hands of the Directors of the road.
Senate bills passed TO contribute So, 1000
to Washington monument. Unanimous vote
of all present-14. To authorize the appoint
ment of Commissioner to examine the 6she-
res of the State. To amend the code relat-
| lug to chaucery, sub-titled witnesses and testi-
mony.
House bills passed To build the new court
house in Washington county. To add the
Commissioner of the Land Office to the Oys-
ter Police Board Ceding jurisdiction to the
United States over the site of Fort Foote -
To amend the code relating to smallpox,
establishing State vaccine Office. To incor-
porate the Farmers, Merchants and Mechan-
les Association of Maryland.
Mr. Fields moved that the vote by which
the House bill relative to divorces was indefi-
nitely postponed be reconsdered. Agreed to.
The bill was then passed.
The House resolution asking Congress to &C
cept the proposal of the International Steam
ship Company was passed-yeas IA, nays 2.
The Public School bill was taken up and
passed unanimously. Mr.. Steiner, however,
entered protest against appointment of
School Commissioners by the Judges.
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs.-Jointr resolutions
were passed requesting Hon. Levin Woolford
to revise and systematic the revenue law of
the State, and 10 relation to taxation of ar
ticles used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
The following bills have been passed: To
amend section 6, article SO, title officers. To
create loan to pay overdue debt of the State.
Queen Anne's, Carroll, Calvert, Anne Arun-
del, Prince Georges, Howard, Charles and
Worcester counties. To amend law of fish
and fisheries, subtitle Potomac. TO repeal
tax of nineteen cents on 500 Of stock except
railroad and canal bonds.
The Education bill was returned from the
Senate with amendment, which was adopted
and the bill passed.
April 1-SENATE-The House Appropria-
ton bill for 1872 was taken up, the question
being on the amendment offered by the Com
mittee on Finance to add the following in the
BILL
Edwards Academy in Cumberland, $3.50
Home of the Friendess. $1,000; to st. Vim
cents Infant Asylum, Baltimore, $500; to
House of Good Shepherd, Baltimore, 1000;
to Chdreu's Aid Society, Baltimore, $500
to the Baltimore Orphan Asylum, ST. 900; to
: st. Marys Industrial School, $4,000; to the
Shelter for CoIored Orphans, $500; St. An-
thongs Orphan Asylum, $500; to St. Vim
cents Orphan Asylum. $40O; to the German
Orphan Asylum, $4OO; to st. Marys Orphan
Asylum, $500; to the Union Orphan Asylum,
$780, to the manual Labor School, $500; to
the Boys Home, $500; to the Church Home
and IuGrmary, $4,000; to the House of the
FriendlesS Children in Easton, Talbot county,
$1,000. Adopted-yeas IL, nays 7.
Amendment from committee to strike out
$3.50 to purchase stationery for the Librarian
was adopted.
i Amendment from committee to strike out
the requirement that the counsel for the State
in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
shall carry cases throug ID the Supreme Court
was adopted.
i Amendment from Committee to allow Dam
lei M. Thomas $500 for auditing cases adop-
ted: also, $500 for contingent expenses in cases
adopted, also, $3.50 for repairing State House
circle adopted; also, $3.50 to JAS. S. Franklin
for recording laws oil present session adopted
The rules were then suspened and the bill
| placed upon its third reading, being then open
to amendment from the Senate.
Mr.. Fields moved to strike out $lOO 900
for pensions, and insert 100000. Adopted
Mr.. Fields moved to strike out $25, 600 for
the militia and insert $4,000. Lost.
The vote on the amendment carrying with
it an appropriation to the st. Edwards Acade-
my, of Cumberland, was reconsidered.
Mr.. Blake moved to strike out the appro-
pration to said Academy. The motion was
carried at first, but by Senators changing their
votes the amendment was luss-yeas 8, nays 9.
Mr.. Tuck proposed an amendment that no
part of the militia appropriation be paid for
clerk hire. Adopted.
Mr.. Fields moved to amend and insert g.
900 instead of $1,000 for the Home of the
FriendIess in Easton, Talbot. Adopted.
The bill was then passed-yeas Is, nays
Messrs Fields and Sellman.
Mr. Blake made an unfavorabe report on
House bill to authorize the city of Baltimore
to endorse the bonds OF the Drum Point Rail-
road Company. The report adopted-yeas
8, nays 4.
House bills passed The appropriation
bill for 1868, amended to make 100000 for
pensions instead of 100000. To incorpo-
rate company to build ship canal from
the Chesapeake to the Delaware Bays. To
allow an additional fee to James Revel for
service in Wharton case, amended so as to
appropriate 81 900 instead of $500.
The last bill that passed the Senate was
the House bill to pay Kelly, Pet & Co. for
stationery. At three minutes to twelve it had
not been called up, aud the rules had to be
suspended to put it upon its third reading.
Before the vote on its passage was concluded
both hands of the clock were directly upon
the hour that indicated the end of the Senate
session of 1872. The vote, however, con-
tinued, and the bill became law, after which
the Hon. Barnes Compton resigned his seat
as Senator from Charles county, and the Pre-
sident delivered his farewell address.
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs-On motion of Mr..
Chaisty the Senate bill to redistrict the State
was taken up and passed.