Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-04-10

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compliance with an order of the SEN
ate, Gin relation to the financial affairs
of st. Johns College Commons during
the administration of Rev. G. X. Mel.
son." which were referred to the com
mittee on Finance.
The bill was taken up, authorizing
the Mayor and Council Of Baltimore
city to submit to the voters of the city
the question of a subscription of $3.50
900 to the Washington City and Point
Lookout Railroad, with an amendment
authorizing the submission of like
subscription to the Southern Maryland
Railroad, which was adopted, and the
bill passed.
The House Revenue bill came up as
the special order, and passed as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Carroll, (PresidenD
Aydelotte, Blake, Brewer, Billingsly,
Crawford, Davis, benson, Fields, Get
ty, Knight, Mudd, Phelps, Stevens,
Spencer, Suit, Tuck, Walsh-1S.-
Nays-Messrs. Claggett, Earle, Lloyd,
McCulloh, Steiner-5.
Senators Tuck and Billingsly pre-
sented remonstrances from citizens of
Prince Georges county against the bill
authorizing subscriptions by that
county to the Southern Maryland Rail-
road.
The House bill to extend the city
limits was taken up, and after a long
speech in opposition to it by Mr.. Da-
Wis, which he concluded at 9.25 in the
evening; it was passed by-yeas 2l,
nays Davis.
The Senate, in Executive session.
confirmed the following nominations
by the Governor: Governors Staff
Andrew G. Chapman, of Charles coun-
|ty, Inspector General; Ferdinand G..
Latrobe, Judge Advocate General; An
drew J. Pennington, Quartermaster
General; Gilmor Meredith, Commissa-
Try General; William H. Grimes, of
Washington county, Surgeon General; |;
George S. Brown, of Baltimore city,
Paymaster General; Edmund L. f.
Hardcastle, of Talbot county, Chief of
Engineers; Thomas ". Campbell, of
Baltimore city, Chief of Ordnance:
John f. Lee, Of Prince Georges county.
Chief of Cavalry; James Howard, Chief
of Artillery.
Drs. Nathan r. Smith, Charles W.
Chancellor, Edward Lloyd Howard, of
Baltimore city; Henry ". Mitchell, of
Cecil, and j. Robert Ward, of Balti-
more county, to constitute State
Roard of Health ]. R. Ferguson. of
Baltimore city, aha ntfIp W. DJw1is.-
of Caroline county, Commissioners of
Fisheries. Thomas H. Hunt, of Chi
cago, and j. NJ. Williamson. Of Phila-
deIphia. Commissioners of Deeds for
the State of Maryland, to reside in the
said cities.
After the Executive session, the fol-
lowing Senate bills were passed: For
the appointment of arbitrators on the
boundary question between Virginia
and Maryland. Appropriating $l5.-
600 to st. Johns College. Also the
following House bills: Ceding juris-
diction over land in Prince Georges
county owned by the United States, in
GLIDING site of Fort Washington
Providing for the sale Of unclaimed
baggage and freight by express COM
panies and common carriers and for
warders. Providing for the registra
tion of voters of the State, with an IA
mendment that the list of voters be
published in two papers of Baltimore
city, to be designated by the Mayor
and Register, and number of private
bills. Adjourned at 11.40 2. NJ.
HOUSE.
The general appropriation for the
State expenses for the year 1875 was
taken up under a suspension of the
rules and passed by 65 yeas, nays.
Mr.. Merryman, from the committee
on Agriculture, reported fayorably the
Senate bill providing general tax on
dogs.
The Judiciary committee reported
unfavorably upon Judge Tuck's Sen
ate bill authorizing appeals to the
Court of Appeals in cases relating to
sales for taxes and prosecutions for the
recovery of fines, &C.; the report was
adopted; also on Mr.. Brattan's bill en-
abling the plaintiff in any Judgment
to acquire lien on the debtors prop
erty in another county; also on the
Senate bill for the protection of credi-
tors; also on the House bill to revise
and codify the laws relating to crimes
and punishment, and the separate estate
of married women; also on Senate bill
relating to surveying meridian lines,
&C.; all adopted.
The bill to pay certain persons for
money enormously paid as outage and
storage ON tobacco, was reported by the
Judiciary committee. Thereport says
the claim for extra outage less the fl
ty cents allowed by law is legal, and
the claim for storage paid by the plant
er or his agent before the tobacco was
sold is also just and legal. The com
mittee did not pass upon the merits of
the claim, as that will be the province
of the Ways and Means committee, the
committee on Claims having already
reported the bill unfavorably.
Mr.. Koons asked a suspension Of the
rules to introduce the following Joint
resolutions:
| Whereas, by the Constitution of the United
States, which is recognized by the fundamental
law of this State as the supreme law of the land
anything in the Constitution of this State to the
contrary notwithstanding, the right to the elec-
tive franchise is conferred upon all citizens ire