Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-03-29
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.

In the Senate, Monday, favorable report
was made on the House local option bill for
Laural and Mechanicstown. The bill provid-
ing for direction OF the House of Correction
was passed The bill authorizing the city
| council of Baltimore 10 fund the floating debt
of the city to the amount of 81 500, 900 was
passad also bill reducing the number of
managers of the House of Refuge from twenty
TO fifteen also the bill to prevent cruelty to
animals in Baltimore city. The bill for a
monument to ex-Gov. Pratt was defeated -
| The House in regard to insolvents was defeated.
! The bill making appropriation for the sup
| port of the House of Correction failed for lack
of constitutional majority. The school bill
also failed-ouly L votes being recorded in
its favor. The House bill for promotion of
mechanical arts and the bill to provide for
commitment of dissolue females to the House
of Good Shepherd we're passed.
In the House the joint resolution providing
for revision of the criminal code of the State
was effectually quashed. Joint resolutions
were passed asking aid from Congress for the
Maryland and Delaware ship canal. A bill
was passed authorizing Baltimore city coun-
Gil to fund its floating debt by issuing bonds
to The amount Of 81 100000. The judiciary
committee reported favorably a bill 10 extend
the powers and duties of the comptroller of
Baltimore city, requiring him to countersign
all warrants on the treasurer, and directing
him rot to allow any appropriation to be
overdrawn under penalty of fine and imprison.
ment The bill repeating compulsory inspec-
lion of tobacco was passed.
In the Senate, Tuesday, bill was reported
to repeal all the State laws as to war pension
ers, it being argued that acts of Congress
cover all proper cases in the premises. On
considering the nine months appropriation
bill amendments we're adopted restoring The
usual appropriations to the State Normal
School and the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege The sum of 10, $50 was inserted in the
bill for support of the State Deaf and Dumb
Asylum instead Of $40, $50, stated in the
bill. The sum of $40, 900 was appropriated
for improvements Of the peniteniary. The
House bill appropriatng one thousand dollars
per annum for five years to Charlotte Hall
school was passed.
In the House a bill was favoraby reported
10 pay $40, 1874 80 on account of Slate House.
repairs. On consideration of the nine months
appropriation bill the salary of the supervisor
of tobacco inspectors was stricken out The
State Normal school appropriation was stricken
out--yeas 81, nays "a also the appropriation
to colored normal schools; also to change the
appropriation 10 State Agricultural College
from Sc 900 to ST. and TO Withdraw the
remainder of the college endowment
The appropriation for the Boys Home, Balli-
more, was fixed at SIS, OO0 The appropria-
ton for the Colored House of Reformation was
placed at SO, 900. The bill was passed-yeas
65, nays @ The appropriation bin for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1878, was
passed. bill was passed to provide for
funding the debt Of Anne Arundel county,
and large number of local bills were passed
In the Senate, Wednesday, the nine month
appropriation bill was passed-yeas 10, NAYS
3. Amendments were inserted prohibiting
the sale OF articles in The State produced by
convict labor at the penitehiary, and the ad
mission of convicts from other States. Also
there was inserted an appropriation of $50 900
for colored schools, TO be separate from the
appropriation for white schools The appro-
pration bills for 1879 and 1880 were reported
and are open TO amendments.
In the House bill was passed incorporat-
ing State board Of managers for the House
of Correction. and appropriatng TWENTY-FIVE
thousand dollars per annum for expenses
The bills appropriating twelve thousand dol
lars per annum 10 st Johns College for two
years, and appropriating seven thousand eight
hundred dollars to Western Maryland College
for Two years, were passed The bill provid-
ing for tax commissioner for The State was
passed The bill providing for a State loan
of five hundred Thousand dollars was passed
The Senate bill authorizing the managers oil
the House of Correction to hire convicts to the
Maryland Canal Company was passed