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ANNAPOLIS. Fsbrunrv 9 1879

| ANNAPOLIS, fe0ruG7y y, 1872.
SENATE-An order was adopted, that wher
the Senate adjourufit stand adjourned unit
Monday, at II o'clock NJ
| Mr.. Stephenson offered an order, that thu
Comptroller be requested to furnish the bid,
and contracts for, amounts paid, and to whom
for printing from 1864 to 1868, inclusive; also
for the amount paid, and to whom, for the
year 1870.
| The House bill to give the State the right
of four peremptory challenges was made the
order of the day for Wednesday next at one
o'clock.
Mr.. Miller, from the committee on Judicia.
ry, made an unfavorable report on the petit
ton to increase the jurisdiction of magistrates
| from 500 to 5000, and to increase constables
bonds; adopted.
The bill to authorize the Commissioners oil
Calvert county to subscribe to the stock of the
| Drum Point Railroad was brought before the
Senate on second reading again to-day by a
reconsideration of the vote by which it was
engrosse6 for third reading. 1t was then
referred to the committee fran whence it orr
ginated. 1t was afterwards reported with "a
mendments The amendments were adopted
and the bill ordered to be engrossed for third
reading.
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs,-Mr.T ravers offer
ed an order to grant leave of absence until
Tuesday to such members as may desire to
attend the funeral services Of the late Arch
bishop Spalding; adopted.
A motion to adjourn to Tuesday was laid
on the table.
The following bills were read the first time
To amend section 2, article 81, of Code, relat-
ing to competency and examination of wit
nesses. To repeal section 5, article 5, of Code,
("Appeals," as amended by chapter Sc, act
1870. To continue 10 force act for uniformi-
ty of coustables' fees, chapter 81, acts 1865.
To authorize Commissioners of Anne Arun-
del county to subscribe to the Baltimore and
Drum Point Railroad. To regulate sales of
property for taxes. a
The committee on Judiciary returned bill
to alter the law relating to revenues and taxes.
which was then referred to the committee of
Ways and Means.
The bill providing for building Court
House in Washington county being the order
of the day, Mr.. Whitson offered the minority
report in the form of a substitute, placing the
work in charge of the County Commissioners.
Mr.. Whitson said the County Commission
ers include men of both parties. and urged
that justice demands that the regular repre-
sentatives of the people shall be entrusted
with this work. He called attention to the
bill for the improvement of the Court House
in Montgomery, which leaves the enterprise
to the County Commissioners.
Mr.. Griswold said this was different case
from that of Frederick city lately discussed.
There the reDresentation was wholly ReDub-
licau, in this case Democratic Senator and
Representative come from Washington. Other
court houses have been built in this way with
out objection. And no one else in the county
could take so much interest in the court house
as the intelligent citizens of Hagerstown, such
as were named in the bill.
MIR. Young said that one reason for this
choice was that the compensation fixed is too
small to enable any man to leave his business
in the county and give proper attention to