Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-06
SENATE.


TUEsDAY,~Fe Feb. 3.-The President laid
before the Senate a message from the
House, proposing the appointment of a Sc
ect committee, three from the House and
two from the Senate. to communicate with
the Governor of Virginia on the subject of
the Potomac fisheries. Also a number of
bills passed by the House yesterday, which
were read a first time and referred to the
appropriate committees.
Leaves to introduce bills:-To Mr..
Walsh, to prevent the spread of ''pleuro-
pneumonia and other contagious diseases
among cattle in this State. TO Mr. Brat
tan. TO add new section to article 80
Public General Laws. so that juries and
courts may find for either plaintiff or de-
PENDANT for such sums as they may find
due when set-off has been pleaded.
Mr. Suit submitted an order that the
State Librarian be instructed to procure
complete set of Martinet's maps OF the diff
terent counties of the State tor the use of
the Legislature.
Mr.. Fields demanded the yeas and nays
and the order was lost; yeas Q, nays 8.
The following Senate bills then came up
on their second reading:
The hi il to enlarge and define the pow
ers of the Boys Home Society of Balti
more. The bill incorporates the subscrib
ers to the Boys Home Society of Balti-
more" as body polite and corporate,
with perpetual succession, and section
enacts that the ground and building
thereon erected for said Boys Home shall
be free from tax"
Mr. Tuck asked how much property
would be exempt under this section.
Mr. Stevens said about $4,000 was the
value, and it was already exempt from tax
alton.
Mr. Tuck moved TO strike out section Z.
He was opposed to such unlimited excep-
ton.
\ discussion ensued on the general prin-
ciple of taxation, in which Senators Tuck,
Fields and Davis opposed exemption and
advocated striking ont section :, and Sen
ators Clagett and Walsh opposed striking.
arguing tina: this was charity entitled to
and deserving exemption.
Mr. Tuck modified his amendment by
adding at the end of section the words,
except State taxes" which was accepted
by Mr. Stevens, and the bill ordered en-
crossed for third reading.
Mr. Knight. from the Committee on Mi
litia. reported favorably House joint reso
buttons relative to the sale of old and con-
demned arms belonging to the State, which
was read secoad time.
Bills passed House bill for the defense
Of Officers of Registration and Judges OF
Election who are or may be indicted IN
| United States Courts, yeas Is, nays l Mr.
Steiner; also Senate bill to amend section
! 20. Oh. SO, 1872, regulating the inspection
of tobacco; yeas 1G, nays 10.
/ The hour of one o'clock having arrived
/ the Senate proceeded to the hall of the
/ House to execute the special order of the
day, viz the election of Board Police
/ Commissioners for Baltimore City, in joint
convention of the two Houses. For pro-
ceedings in Joint convention, see House re-
| port.
| At two o'clock the Senate retired to
their Chamber and resumed Legislative
business. The bill amending the charter
of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Delaware
Bay Railroad Company was then taken up
on its third reading, read and passed
| Yeas, Is; nays, 0.
The bill reported by Mr.. Lloyd, from
Committee on Chesapeake Bay, &c, favor
ably; House bill to establish Commission
of Fisheries read a second time.
| The Senate Joint resolutions relative to
respite to Joseph W. Davis were laid O.
yer.
The Senate then, $50, adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House met at II o'clock, and was
opened with pray.
The members ofthe Senate, in accordance
with the order adopted some days since,
appeared in the hall Of the House of Del
egates for the purpose of organizing the
Joint Assembly, to vote for three Police
Commissioners for Baltimore. The Speak
err of the House announced that the Assem-
bly, was called in accordance with the pro-
visions of an act passed by this session OF
the Legislature, and this day approved by
the Governor. Nominations being in Or
der, Mr.. Merryman nominated Major Har-
nv Gilmor for the four years term; Senator
Walsh nominated w. H. B. Fusselbaugh
for the six years term; Mr.. Loane nominal
ed John Milroy for the two years term
Mr. Bird nominated John B. Askew for
the six years term; Senator Suit nominat-
ed Robert Turner for the four years term;
and Mr.. Miller nominated G. G. Fulton for
the two years term. Senator Lloyd and
Delegate Stake We're appointed tellers.-
The Secretary Of the Senate then proceed
ed to call the roll of the Senators, and as
each Senator was called he advanced to
the teller's table and deposited his ballot,
after which the same routine was gone
through with by the Chief Clerk of the
the House, the result of which was that
out of the SO ballots cast, 76 by the House