Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-02-08

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ss s H 80 a2-@~- -.
sUMMARx. 49,.
Togalexpensesfor rs ~. S359, 5I IA 90
Totalreceipts fog 1851, SIS, $40 So
Actual loss 70 the State, 13,6G8 -
Instead Of this loss Oh 81, 668. rs to
the State. their contract On the same
business. they claim, VIII PrOdnee The
following, viz:
&c ffih q gross receipts,
=, : 9s8g. see * So szaa 2f
Deduct iveipspeesors' s1l-
aries, OF @. 600 each, for
three years. 30. 200 90
which leaves net eash Sc
State, e37, 769 81
Adding TO wkssh The de6-
cheney paid by States e13, 66S Is
Making difference in favor
Of State q, sSl, 4s4 a
The bali offered BY MP. Brown, Of
Carroll, last session, and which passed
the House, but failed in the Senate, was
then read a. basis for amendment or
re-enactment. II provides for Q more
eeoaomical method offunning the ware
houses by redueingths salaries q The
employees. s1s e. s5l 81
Mr.. Brown stated that he wasln IA
vor Of making the tobacco laws entire
ly free from obseurity. The present
laws, to some extent, were conflicting,
and from personal experience be knew
that the inspectors were tied by the
laws As they now stand. The commit
tee had met to discuss the matter thor
oughly. and he hoped those present
would give expression 60 their views.
Mr.. Ricards said he was preseat as
the representative Ofthe shipping inter-
est. and asked that no plan Of action be
decided upon until memmorial, which
b being prepared in Baltimore, Is re.
ceived. II would fully embody his
views and the interests which he rep
resented. He thought il would accord
with the views Of the committee and
was sure Il would not conflict with the
interest Of the State. fraEa el'
Mr. Thomas, from the State Grange,
then made an address, in which he IA
vored the repeating Of all the tobacco
laws Of the State as 4 preliminary step.
The whole system oftobaceo inspection.
he said, was wrong and contained fea-
lures which must germipste political
corruption irrespective Of party. He
advocated making tobacco notes nego-
table like elevator receipts, and also
provision for the Identification Of their
ownership.
He said in New Orleans and in 9TH
er sections Of the South the issuance Of
.o55acco and cotton receipts or notes
were largely availed Of as q means Of
procuring money, and such plan here
would prove equally beneficial TO PLAN
tiers. As regards the section Furnishing
false packing Of tobacco, il was aimed,
he said, at the owner, when in reality
the fraud, IL any, was pFacticed by eth
er the tenant or an ignorant negro farm
hand. He thought this unjust, and urged
the revival of an old Law Furnishing the
prepetrator Of the fraud instead Of mere
w the owner.
Mr.. Thomas submitted the following
resolutions. which the committee win
take into consideration. via: a'nss
Resolved, Thatthe tobaeco warehouse
property with all wharves and appurte-
nances thereto belonging are held by the
State in trust for the cole use and bene-
fit Of the tobacco interest, and should be
so managed; that the tobacco fund ques-
ton should be thoroughly sifled and the
proper disposition Of the same be
promptly made; that the present sys-
TEN Of public inspection be abrogated,
and that system Of free inspection
based on that Of Cincinnati, New York,
or some analogous system, be ct once
put into operations; that the iniquit0us
penalty for shipment beyOnd the State
lines, without previous inspection, be
abolished, and that tobacco notes be
made negotiable by law. The act he
proposes II as follows: An act 60 in
crease the facilities Of che tObaceo. mar
ket Of the State. BY giving effect and
nekoiiability 10 tobacco notes.
SEcTIos 4. Be if eaaefsd By kGe Gsn-
srsl .fsssss6iy Of Maryland, That all re-
ceipts for tobacco given BY any inspec.
tor Of tobacco in the city Of Baltimore
and known.in commercial circles a. To-
bncco notes shall heneeforth, for all
Purposes Of sale or ether desperation
whatever, be held 20 invest and imply
title 10 the tobacco represented by such
notes N the persons 10 whom or 20
whose order such notes shall have been
issued, aid to vest and imply absolnte
title In all subsequent holders 70 whom
such notes shall have been passed BY
or under any contract or transfer, valid
or bOns fSe, as between the parties
SecTroH Q. Ind Be Il enacted That
all laws OF parts Of laws, II any, co.,
llieting with the provisions Of this act
be, and hey are hereby, repealed.
Mr. Osborne, Of Prince Georges,
submitted bsll to abolish the ofice Of
Supervisor ofInspeeiions. Whiehhs will
introduce IN the House m q esy or
two. ss
A nnmbeF II The eommitles expressed
themselves in favor, in IN e. onOmsesl
method. Of continuing the State inspec-
don Of tobacco. and 4 10 likely q aaw
viii be framed doing away with com.
PulseFy inspeetien and Plseing The Stale
warehouses On . competitive footing
with prisais inspeeaiaa. vita segulsf
6xed changes. .4x
Ths eepmittee aSiengns6 suhieet %
he eel e The ehaiTm8n, ~. Brown.