Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-03-06
Marylann gtate affairs.
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
sen ATE,

SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25.-The Senate
met at II O'Clock. Twenty-one Sena-
tors answered roll-call.
A petition was presented by Mr..
Longwell, of Thomas Shepherd, John
ID. Clemson and fifty-one other citizens
of Carroll county, for a repeal Of the
law inflicting the death penalty.
Mr.. Earle, from the committee on
Finance, reported the Senate bill ap-
propriating 100000 for the support
of the colored schools of the State, with
amendments. The first amendment
proposed was to strike out the pream-
ble to the bill, which recites that
whereas, the sum of $4,000 approprl-
ated in 1872 for the support of colored
schools was found inadequate to carry
out the purposes and object therein
contemplated, and it was the policy of
true and enlightened statesmanship to
extend the advantages OF free school
education to all poor and INDECENT
within the limits of the State; and the
second amendment proposed to strike
out 100000 and insert $4,000.
Mr.. Billingley urged that $4,000
was Insufficient for the purpose intend
ed, but said if the cxigencies of the
State were such at present that $780,
900 could not be apropropriated, he
would not insist.
DIR. Steiner advocated the appropri-
alton as proposed in the bill, 100000.
Mr.. Earle said he was in favor of
the amount named in the bill, but he
had been instructed by the committee
to report the amendment of $4,000.
The vote was taken on the first a
mendment striking out the preamble
and lost-yeas 10, nays IL.
The vote on the second amendment
to strike out 100000 and insert $780,
900 was carried, as follows:
Yeas-The President (Mr. CarrolD and
Messrs Aydelotte, Blake, Brewer, Brattan,
Crawford, Fields, Longwell, Lloyd, Nc
Culloh, Phelps-11.
Nays-Messrs. Billingsly, Claggett, Den
son, Earle, Getty. Knight, Mudd, Stevens,
Steiner, Suit-10-
The preamble was then stricken out
to conform to the amendment adopted,
and the bill ordered engrossed for a
third dreading-yeas l9, nays 2-Messrs.
Phelps and Suit.
The latter gentleman explained his
vote, saying, if a sufficient appropr:a-
ton could not be had he wanted none.
The bill relating to the valuation
and assessment ofproperty in the State
was reported favorably and on motion
of Mr.. Stevens recommitted to the
committee on Judicial Proceedings.
The bill to amend chapter 209, 1868,
relating to insurance brokers, which
was returned to the Senate last week
with the objections of the Governor,
and the question being shall the bill
pass Notwithstanding the objections
of the Governor, the vote was-yeas 10,
nays II. So the bill was lost.
The third special order of the day,
the House bill to amend section SO, ar
ticle 10, Public General Laws, entitled
':Attachments," by increasing the "a
mount Of the exemption (Mr. Fenton's
bill, was taken up on its third read
ing, and the bill read.
After long discussion, and several
Intellectual motions to exempt certain
counties from the operation of the bill,
the vote was taken on the passage Of
the bill, and resulted:
Yeas-The President (Mr. CarrolD and
Messrs. Aydelotte, Blake, Brewer, Craw
ford, Clagett. Davis, benson, Earle, Fields.
Getty, Knight, Longwell, Lloyd, Mudd,
Mccullough, Stevens Steiner, Suit, Walsh
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Nays-Messrs Billingsley, Brattan and
Phelps.
The Senate then wentinto Executive
session, and after spending sometime
therein, resumed legislative business.
A communication was received from
the Governor which was read return
ing with his objection Senate bill No.
80, to repeal section l article :, Public
General Laws, title, ''Penitentiary,"
regulating the appointment of Direc
tors of the Maryland Penitentiary and
to re-enact the same with amendments.
The Governor. in his veto, says there
is no good to result from the change
proposed by the terms of the bill. A
Similar provision classifying the Direc-
tors as Suggested in this bill was in
corporated in the Act Of 1887, chap
ter 32o, but after long and fair trial
the Legislature Of 1860 amended it
and substituted the present SYSTEM
Under this system the Institution has
been made self-sustaining and its ex-
hibits for two years past should recon-
mend the present mode of appoint
ment to favorable consideration. Gen
tlemen selected by the Governor would
be more likely to discharge their du-
ties. No demand had been made for a
restoration of the old system, and as
nothing was more detrimental to the
public interests than frequent changes
of the laws, he insists that the present
mode of appointment may remain I'M
disturbed. The bill was an innovation
he could not sanction. The Peniten-
tiary was State institution, and the
entire State interested in it, but this
bill provides that the Directors shall
be citizens of Baltimore city. He there
fore returned it with his objections.
When the reading was concluded,
Mr.. Blake said the Governor might as