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

| of tobaccJ4-ss4so bill Incorporating the
Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Com
pany; also fixing the per diem Of the
Sheriff of Prince Georges county for at
| tendance at court
! SENATE.
SATURDAY, April 4.-The Senate met at
1870. Fourteen Senators only were pres
ent at roll call, but all soon took their seats
The House bill constituting the county
commissioners of each county corporation
with full power to appoint judges of cleo
ton, road supervisors, collectors of taxes
and other officers required for county pur-
! poses, and investing them with other pow
er, was passed. Also, House bill to incor-
porate the Citizens Bank of Baltimore.
\ bill making Good Friday a legal hol-
iday was lost for want of a constitutional
majority. Mr. Walsh moved to reconsid
er, which was lost.
| House bill to amend section 7. chapter
/ 50, 1872, amending the charter of the Bal
timore and Potomac Railroad, regulating
tolls through the tunnel in Baltimore city
was passed as follows:
Ieas-Messrs Blake, Brewer, Billings
! ly, Brattan, Crawford, Claggett, Davis
benson. Fields. Getty, Knight, Longwcll
Mudd. MrCulloh, Phelps, Stevens, Steiner
Spencer, Suit, Tuck, WalSh-21.
! Nays-MeSsrs. Carroll PreSidentO Ay-
delotte, Earle, Lloyd.
House bill making appropriations fol
the State Government for 1874, was taken
up.
Mr.. Brattan moved TO strike out 100000
for the payment ofpensiouS, which was de
bated 10y Mr.. Billingsly against the amend
ment and Messrs. Brattan and Earle in IA
yor. The amendment was lost-yeGs .
NAYS Il.
! The amendment reported by the com
mittce on Finance tn strike out the follow
ing charitable appropriations came up =
! To 81. Mary's Industrial School, $4,000; &c
the Aged WOmen's Home. 81. 800; to the
Union Protestant Intirmary $1,000; 10 the
! Home of the FricndlesS, $4,000; 10 the
! Manual Labor School, $500: To st. Jo-
seph's General Hospital. $500 to the Boy
Home, $500; to -. NinCcnt's Asylum
$500: To- the Colo-ed Ohlate Sisters q
Charity, $500; to the Home of the Good
Shepherd, $500; To the Maryland Indus
trial School for Girls, $4,000; to the Bal
timore Orphan Asylum, $500.
| Mr. Earle, when reporting the bill and
amendments, said personally he was in IA
vor of some Of these appropriations, but
( the temper of the Senate seemed against
retaining them. In 1872 they were strick
en- from the appropriation bill. and il was
! deemed eNpedient now in order that uni
| form policy may lie established. they should
not he reinsta,cd NJ this session of the As
. sembly. There was general disposition
among members to discourage these con
stantly recurring applications To the Leg
! islaiure for aid, and an opinion that they
should he self-sustaining or independent
of State aid. Appropriations to some, how
ever, led To applications from others, and
some fixed policy should be determined
/ on.
The amendment was opposed by Mcssrs
| Billingsly and, Stevens, and supported by
Messrs. Fields Earle and Brattan, and ii
as ! 1 sesa'-T' ~ ~: il4+rrus,v.,r,,.,,,
by Mr.. Brattan. to appropriat. $1,000 Il
the Home ofthe Friendless, on the Easter
Shore (at Eastoul, was adopted. Also, 81,
000 To the Church Home and Iufirmary o
Baltimore.
An amendment By Mr.. benson, appro
/ priating To the Hebrew Orphan Asylum
$500 annually for two years, was adopted
The bill was then passed.
At the night session the Senate bill I,
provide for the taxation of railroads in tn
State tor county and municipal purposes
was passed.
House bill authorizing Prince George
county 20 subscribe to the capital stock @
the Washington and Point Lookout an,
southern Maryland Railroad, coming VI
on its third reading, Mr.. Carroll argue,
against its passage, on the ground that /
was not only not asked, but opposed b,
the tax payers of the county.
Mr.. Earle opposed the bill. He hEt
voted for a similar hill for Charles count,
because no objection or opposition Ia,
come from the Taxpayers of that county
but il was different in this case. Her
there was opposition and remonstrancc
To the bill 10y the taxpayers, and he Wa
unwilling 10 submit the question to an ir
Irresponsible majority who paid no take
and would decide il by voting.
| 1T Is due to the tax payers of Charlie
county to say that the bill was sprung upol
the Senate SO suddenly and acted upon 5,
promptly, that they had not time to &c
up petitions against the measure and t,
send them on in time TO check its progress
through the Senate
Mr. Tuck called attention to the memo
rials and circumstances received her
against the bin sent by tax payers.
Mr. Earle opposed the bill as onerou
and oppressive IN the taxpayers of Prime
Georges, and not asked for 10y them.
The roll was called on passing the bin
and resulted: Yeas-Messrs. Aydelotte
Brattan, benson, Getty, Mudd, McCulloh
Stevens, Steiner--S.
Nays-Messrs. Carroll (PresidenD, Brew
er, Crawford, Davis, Earle, Longwell
Lloyd, Tuck, Williams, Walsh-10.
! \ message to the House was adopteC
proposing joint committee to notify tn
lGovernor that the two Houses would adj
ljourn at - midnight, Monday. April 6
and to ascertain whether his EXcellenc,
had any communication to make; anG
Messrs. Tuck and Longwell were appoint
ed on part of the Senate.
1t was now II o'clock, and several Sen
ators left to take the Ills =. NJ. train 70
Baltimore, leaving bare quorum. Sew
eral local bills were passed, and the Sen
ate adjourned to Monday morning.
! HOUSE.
Mr.. Rooms presented the following res
olution, which was referred to the com
mittee on Federal Relations:
! Whereas, 1t is proposed to fittingly celebrate
the centennial anniversary of the DeclaratioI
of the Independence of the United States from
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