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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10
JURIES AND JUDGES.

/ The following curious facts are men,
/ toned III recent lecture by Chief Justice
! Horton. of Kansas before the Atchinson
/ Institute:
-Four hundred years ago, at least, the
! present jury system was adopted IN old
tract says the jury Of twelve was because
the pronni.iiI:ss We're twelve. the apostles
! numbered twelve. there were twelve jew
| ish Judges. twelve pillars Of the temple.
! twelve patriarchS. twelve tribes of Israel,
/ twelve stones in Aaron'S breaSt-plate.
! twelve gates of Jerusalem, twelve months
| of the year, and twelve signs in the zodiac
In all times the number twelve has been
regarded as an important number. In
the early ages the oath of twelve persons
was necessary to convict.
| When juries were first established, the
| Judge took the jurors about with him in
cart until they agreed. If they ddn'
| agree, they were fined and imprisoned
| W lillian Penn " as once pro secuted in Lon
don for street preaching. The jury was
locked up without meat. drink or fire to
find L verdict They declared Penn not
guilty. and the Judge sentenced each of
| them to pay Il fine. Juries are not now
! compelled to agree.
An Ohio Judge was fatalist, and used
to determine perpleXng cases by chance.
An Indiana Judge once had number of
cases to pass upon. and he gave decision
turn about for plaintiff and defendant.
declaring afterwards that they We're the
hest decisions he ever made, rs every one
Of them was sustained by the Supreme
Court. General Bella VI. Hughes told an
anecdote Of David Il. AtchinSon who was
Il Senator from Missouri and Y ice i'resi-
dent of the ntrG t .tcs. lie was a dis
trict judge III Missouri before he was a
senator, and was holding Il term of court
III 4 frontier county. The lawyer for the
plaintiff quoted Blackstone. The obpos-
ing coAnsel, in reply. said hc wSs aston
ishcd that his learned brother should
quote from an English law-book. written
by al EGglsh nobleman, in an American
court Of ju>ticc-a book written by a man
Nlio had kissed the bloody hand OF
George Ill. At the close of his speech
Judge Atchinson declared that he was
surprised at such Il proceeding in his
court. He gave Judgment 10Y the lefen-
dant. and declared that il the attorney
for the plaintiff ever again read in his
hearing Il book written by relocated
Troy he would fine him for contempt
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THE DEVIL HAS 1T AT LAST.

SO said my father, some years ago. on
returning from marketing load of corn.
well, mother, the devil has got it at
last. Mr.. d., distiler, had been to
my father several times to purchase his
corn, offering for it sixpence more Il
bushel than anybody else. But he did
not like to have his corn turned into
whisky. and so sold it to good mer-
chant. 4 deacon in the church Of which
my father was a member, for the six
pence less. On delivering one of his
loads of corn to the merchant ware
house, Mr. DIS team was there. and took
the corn from my fathers to his own
wagon. And so the flea in my father $
ear. and his remark to my mother.
Now there is this question of conscience
rising AT every corner of our lives. and
in So many branches of industry at the
present day. that christianity can hardly
keep from getting hegrimed by living in
! the world anywhere. Is he a farmer ,
If he raises corn. the diStiller will ret it ::
| barley. the matters will get it: hops. the
brewers will get it: tobacco. the men will
chew and smoke it, and women will snuff
1t. If he keeps COWS. the butter and
cheese factories VIII manipulate the milk
on sundays: and he must milk his cows
twice day. drive up, and turn away the
cows: and where shall the farmer put
! down the stakes. SD he can go to meeting
on the Sabbath and sit down to the table
Of the Lord with clean conscience.
The druggist. too-what shall he do g?
! Liquor is a medicine. Careful as he may
he, he will be imposed on by suzziers.
! If moi very conscientious. OF pressed to
! the wall pccuniarily, he may shut his
| eyes and sell, asking no questions for
| conscience sake or profit sake. Yet he
! is Il deacon in the church, and am Il
I member. and SO next Sabbath he passes
! the bread and wine to me. What am |
/ to do?
/ 1t seems to me this pitch an '""' Is
/ tubing itself on all of ~ IL rue OH
this railroad. I ~ r,atronlzing Sabbath
hre.l;.-. institution. If | commune in
-..dt church. am catering to that dane
ing school, and countenancins christians
who support and patronize such vanities.
do no, see any place short of heaven
where | can get clear of these inconsis-
tencies; for when turn my eyes within
1
Pray, what shall this poor sinner do-tor
there is cheating i'll every trade but his {?
B1"h"drd, in v. J. E'r"rqclixt.
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tChaptcr %, page idi.)

To amend the twenty first and twenty second sec
tons Of the tiity-siXth Article OF the Code OF
Public General Laws. relating to the Licenses
of Hawkers and PcdderS.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
Scmbiy of Maryland. That the twenty-iirst and
twenty-Second sections of the titysiNth Article of
the Code OF Public General Laws. rcatin" to the
license of hawkerS and peddlerS be and the same
are hereby repealed. and the following sections
enacted in lieu thereof:
Twenty-onc. For every such license. not to cx-
tend beyond the county in which the same may lie
issued there shall be paid the following rates. to-
wit: For every license TO travel on foot, the sum
of forty dollars: to travel with horse other
beast OF burden and wagon or other vehicle. the
sum of seventy dollars. For every such license TO
extend over the Whole Western Shore. there shall
ne paid the following rates To wit: Fur every Ii
to travel on foot. the sun OF sixty dollars:
to travel with horse other beast ot burden. or
one horse or other beast of burden and wagon or
other vehicle. the sum OF one hundred dollars:
; with two horses or other beasts of burden and Il
wagon or other vehicle. the sum Of one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Twenty-Five No such license shall he granted
TO any other than Il white person. or to any hawker
or pcldler in the maine and style OF II partnership
or company, and but one person shall act under
such license.
Section =. And be it enacted. That this act
shall take effect the day OF its passage.
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Amendments 20 the License Laws Passed
at January Session, 1865.
tthaptrr $40. page 6i2.
AN ACT

AN ACT
10 repeal an act entitled An Act To regulate the
ISSUING "i license for the r..le of <,,iritupus on
ierh"ntri !ilnnr- within the borough of SurtI,
East IN Cecil county, passed at January SEES
son eighteen hundred AMI siXty-tour, chapter
three hundred and fort eight and 20 cuacr the
following in lieu thereof.
section /. BE it enacted hy the General Assem-
III! "i Mar! land, TIT the Act entitled An Act
spritnomS -St,r issuing 81 IftsiissIo r the sale OF
OF Nes.~-UT iermcntcd liquors within tn n"r"u.h
'orth East, in C'; county. passed lit I'M. ,aall-
ary Session. eighteen hundred and Sixty-tour.
chapter three hundred and orty-eight be and III.
same is hereby repealed. and the following enact
ed in lieu thereof:
Section =. And he it enacted That the lu.l.,.
vi the circuit court Tor Cell county shall before
the first day OF May in each ans! every year AT ,r
the passage OF this act furnish 10 the clerk Of the
circuit court tor Cecil county. the names of two
persons, houSehodcrS in the village OF North East
10 whom and 10 whom only the clerk shall issue an
ordinary license to ycnd iermcnt"i AMI SprituouS
liquors, which person shall comply with all the
pro- i>ionS OF the code with respect 10 ordinary
licenses.
Section 5. And he it enacted. That this act
shall take effect from the date Of Its passage
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Amendments to the License Laws,
Passed by the General Assembly Of Mary land u
tie Regular Session commencing .ianu-
AIRY. 1852, relating To Licenses.
(thapter ~. page So
AN ACT

To amend the orty-sccond section relating 10 the
granting of Licenses to traders. OF Article fifty
SIX OF the Code OF Public General Laws:
Section l. BE it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, that the forty second section OF
Article itty-siN OF the Code of Public General
Laws relating to the granting o; Licenses to
traders. be and the same is hereby repealed. and
the following enacted n substitute therefor:
~. When any person. body polite or corporate,
shah propose to sell or barter anything mentioned
III the preceding section, except sprituous or fer
mented liquors he shall apply 10 the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the county III which he may re
side. or il he resides the city OF Baltimore to
the Court of Common Pleas for a license therefor:
but no license to trade 10 sell spr!tuouS or fer
mcnted liquors. shall he issued by any Clerk OF Il
Court to trmc corerf or to person under the age
OF twenty years. without the special order oi
the Judge OF the Court. but no Judge shall give
such special order to issue licenses to sell Spiritu
Gus or icrmentcd liquOrsi udleSs upon the recon-
mendation of ut least ten respectable rccholdcrS.
resident OF the ward or district wherein the place
OF sale may be. and whenever any licenses shall
he issued to trLR3 COrtTt minor the said tf1ic
c0rerf minor shall be responsible Tor all con-
tracts made in the prosecution Of their business
under such license and shall be Liable to be sued
therefor in any of the courts of this State and the
said fe1ie C0rcr may be sued or indicted and
prosecuted in case OF violation by her of the
license laws of this State. or in case she should
keep disorderly house. as if she We're tcme sole;
and if Judgment he obtained against her any
contract execution shall may issue in the ordi-
nary way to affect her separate estate: prOrided.
h0r'rer. that such responsibility shall in no man
ner affect or impair the responsibility OF the hus
this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day of
Arril
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tCnaptcr lis. iage >G3.


Ia add 10 the tenth section Of article iitv-,i;
the code OF Public General LAWS u subsection
requiring license II enable. any person To :,c
~ IL Real Estate Broker
Section l. Be il enacted by HI. General Assem-
lily ni Maryland. That there H.. added t The! trutl
section of article ii;tr a. thu -, L.. o! Publ.
,;cncr;ii Laws. St!->cc: ION u read - !olius:
Subsection l. Any lrrSon aHhiyin" inr tn,
SANG. ana paying III" sum oi MY dollars. ina
obtain license iuT carrying OT the business u
Real Estate Broker. and any Individual r,-,.:,r;
nership OF firm who shall carry III" basin, - OF
Real Estat" Br"rrr. without license shall il.
subject I" the penalties iinl,">"i mIrt her hrok
"r> ny section seventeen OF thi- article.
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IN ACT

TO ado! an additional section to article i!tv-sy OF
the cod" Of Public General Laws entitled Ii
censeS. 50 aS 10 empower trader to sell tn,
licenses to trade with the >to-k of FOODS
Section :. j; II enacted lay III" General Assem-.
bly, o! Maryiand. That the 10. luw!n: section h,
added I" article iiity-siN "i The code OF Pubic
General Laws. ent!tl",i " Licensees
!. Be i; enacted. Any trader who has taken
out license to sell goods cattlrS. wares merchant
dtSc. Spiriuous or i"rncnied liquors. CT lager beer
IN this State shall have the privilege To sell oal
SAID li"ri't 10 any party purchasing his stock OF
goods ana purchasing "r ryni!n@ i!i- p.c" % bus
mess and the pIrt5 purchasing: may rpntln
20 sell Under the ii.-Se O !ii- predecessors il!
Business until the expiration .! said license.
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OWNERS OF STATIONS OR
jacks.

The owner keeper of every stallion or Jack
shall. 3liorc being permitted 10 stard or station
Sc!i animal. pay 10 the Clerk 81 the Circui Court
OF some OF the counties in this State the highest
which lie intends to ask or receive for the
season Of one mare; and the receipt of the said
Clerk, with the seal uf bis Court attached thereto
ior said sum, shall he the License for stationing
0r standing such stallion or Jack for one year from
The date thereof; pr0Cided, that in no case shall
the sum directed to be paid by this section for
such liserse be less than ten dollars; and that
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(Chapter III. page 100.
AN ACT

nv
To amend the fity-siNth Article of the Code ii
Public General Laws relating 10 licenses. by
adding thereto the following" section relating to
partnerships taking out licenses:
Section l. BE it enacted by the General Assem-
hly OF Maryland. That the following section he
and the same is hereby added To the tlty-SXth
article of the Code OF Public General Laws. to
follow the second section thereof:
Any license may be obtained by partnerships or
firms we'll as by individuals: hut in all eases
the names OF all the partners al any firm shall he
set forth in lull in the license. and no license shall
protect any person pretending 10 act under the
same unless he is named therein. or is entitled
representative or ASS .nec. under the provisions
hereinafter contained in this article and the
Clerk issuing the license shall enter upon the
record OF license the luil names OF the IcmbcrS OF
ii co-partncrShip TO which such license is issued.
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LICENSES TO ORDINARIES AND TAv-
ERN KEEPERS.

The License t0 OrdinarieS and Tavern Keepers
10 sell Spritaou> and ternentcd liquors or lager
beer. in quantities less than pint. ut any one
time. as follows: Provided that the applicant
shall first he recommended to the Clerk by twelve
respectable irecholdcrS OF his immediate vicinity.
and shall make oath before said Clerk that he has
bong .hde (and without intending to evade the re-
uuremcntS OF this article.) provided and expects
to maintain six good beds. with sufficient covering
tSereior-and three rooms more than sufficient Tor
private use of said ordinary keeper, with Stabling
and pcOvcndcr for five horses ut least: and il said
applicant resides in the city Of Baltimore that he
mas provided and expects to maintain twelve good
beds. with covering as aforesaid and six rooms.
The said applicant is also 10 make oath before
the Clerk To the rate OF rent annual value OF
the house at or III which the business to be author
wed lay the License. may be done intended IN
be done.
Ii the rental or annual value is not
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(thaptcr lis. page 2@s.)

70 amend section one o: Article fiity-six Of the
Code of Public Genera! Laws entitled License
relating to the issuing OF licenses by Clerks of
Courts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly Of Mar!
sand That section on" Ut Article itty-SiN OF the
Code OF Public General LlwS entitled License.
h" amended and re-enacted as TO TcId a. fol
lows:
All licenses shall he granted by the ticrf" a!
the Circuit Courts of the counties and the CLERK
OF the Court OF Common Pleas in the city Gt Bal
timorc. cxcep, where different mode is specially
provided. and all licenses granted hy the said
clerks shall expire on the first day % Na'''"tS"
thereafter except license? tpr -. ''dF' = rave
licenses, and il 'rr'---.e eu 'i'teioi.
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OYSTER AND EATING HOUSES

LEc License t" ic paid 10y the keepers of strrs
ana Eating Houses ~ so. 20 throug bout the STATE.
~ SSH section "i the code which rsauirr,! ~
:"Pirani i"r license 10 open oyster or eating
houses. IL procure the recommendation ., two
nt,"hh@rlG4 .rrclioi,lerS. and also to make oath
e!"r" 'i,2 tI": 81 the Circuit Court of his conn
-, g.. - /" the annual value OF house Is re
is.Ti,,'.
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MIlLIN z RS,

'nIhie> vending Millinery and other small ar.
tele'. whose stock i g0t over $500. pay License
"i 800 only but il over that amount they are re
'!liir'i 10 ray iii" same Licenses as other persons
pith 10 b. made a. to the amount Of stock at the
principal season of the year.
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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS,

TNHE School Commissioners of Cecil
u county will meet at their Office. in Eikton.
for the transaction of current School business on,
the SECOND TUESDAY of each and every
month. JOHN SQUlER,
May Q, ls74-tf Secretary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10

every stallion or Jack upon which the sail taN i:
paid shall be exempt from ali ntner State laN.
Any owner or keeper Stati"ning or standing any
stallion Jack without n license shall forfeit and
pay twice the sum authorized and required 10 be
paid in The last preceding section one halt to the
State and the other half 70 the iuIvIIntr.
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The applicant must either make oath, a, hereto
lore before the Clerk OF the Circuit Court Of the
county where he is engaged in business of the
amount OF goods kept on hand Al the principal
season of sale: or the oath may be administered
by Il Justice of the Peace. when the person want
ing license applies through an agent. Ii the
latter course be adopted, the following form will
ne deemed Il sufficient compliance with the act:
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SHER|FF'S LICENSE NOTICE,
NOTICE TO
MERCHANTS, TRADERS,
AND OTHERS.

A Ii. persons and bodies corporate or
1Epolitic, in Cecil county. who shall be
exercising or pursuing any business. OF shall be
doing any act or thing, shall be in the occupa-
ton Ot any house place for any purpose for
which license Is made necessary by the laws %.
Maryland. are hereby warned TO obtain u License
or renew the same
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10

No License shall be granted to sell Spirituolis ~
tFrm"nt'd Liquors or lager beer. T'6btain Fl.
- II N a pm. tar. thattelS wares and merrhan
"'-G' pa!lnS therefor the sum hcreinbeforc pre-
HI3!cn according t" the amount of stock in tr,iJe
ilt { !efk shall not issue License to any narSn,
i, sell SPirituouS and iermented liuuors rom,
"Honi t'!e 'irand Jury has recommended Il III
rilEe 10 ne withheld. or To person whose Licensn
ny 'eeh suppressed by the Court without n sne
cal order OF the Court 't''-
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On Or before the LIST day Of Nav enSDing,
TRADERS LICENSE.

under the penalty prescribed by said laws for the
iriraction thereof.
Those interested are notified of the following
requirements OF the license laws:
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CccH comfy, TORT:

ON this - day of -. 1850, before the sub
Scriher. a Justice Of the Peace of the State of
Maryland in and for said county, personally APP
pcarcd - and declared that he intends to apply
for Traders License. under the second section of
the act of January Session. 1855. to the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court for Cecil county. and made oath
that the amount of the stock OF goods generally
kept ON hand by him Tor by the concern in which
he is engaged. in case it he Partnership at the
PRINCIPAL season of sale Cor if the applicant has
NOT previously engaged in SrIch trade) that the
amount of goods which he intends to keep &C..
docs not Tor will not exceed $.
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The amount to he paid by traders for a License
tthe amount of stock at the principal season OF
sale to hc given under OATH is as follows:
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II.
lc rental or annual value is not
LICENSES TO RETAILERS Or SPIRIT
UoJS OR fERNENTED LIQUORS
OR LAGER BEER

ThCalnouuts of License 10 he paid ny Retailers
~ Spirituous or FSrmented Liquors and Lager
Beer. are as follows:
If tho value of stock in trade he S5lD
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CHAPTER 2Sl.

nc Hei OF Assembly passed n; the. session mi
$50 aiic;l'lS and nlo,ltcS the above law a. foi
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As IsaNlocs VIVA A soesan ni
AIleas ais. AFksusas. u,nwageA wtth D
srsz ora 50 raas hsF hnahana psasss ~
4nNgA ~ rtstths iraitai ~ rrh.
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r1sn uas ~ st ste naa tas stf ttEr
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HOSPITAL! f!
f7ua sdf ~ 9muu iufss89
PORT TOWNSEND. w. T.
yn y'f,R lcL oal ai!fi. = npl

hIg ssgUi 1lS1I no gAte.-
The above INSTITUTION having pest placed %
permnnent footing, az the United States Hos
pital ior Marine Patients on Puget Sound, the
proprietor taxes pleasure In anuon ncing that
no pains or expense will be spared In miHis-
tertng l., the connfort and 'conyHuiDnce OF Pri-
vate patienia
Thlsis the largest General Hospital north OF
San Francisco, and by far the MOST complete
Ia &c ulpnIent.J it has been thoroughly rehtted
and refufnished. Its general wards have ac'
conlfnOdauons 'or about one hundred patients
and are peculiarly adapted Tor cases requiring
ths most careful tteatnn ent and constant SUI
pervlsinn NJ lniied expense. Those who de"
sire Them Will NO Furnished with prvate rooms.
entirely separate aud distinct, at asiight addF
uonAi Ost, st.tf. 400
kyrhe attention OF Mill owners, and those
inielvsio IN Ihippii x. IN called u the iant thai
seHnien suffering ifOin contagious diseases Will
" 'raaied VuisA,ig tue Hospital without eI'
penss "a the vessel.
Thomas T.. Minor, NJ. H.,
A4f ManRSlng surg on.
Daily Republican., 1880-12-03
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books. "My OpiAious and Bstsey Bob
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expect rare treat when the volume Ia
out. The book will contain about sou
pages with over 106 illustrations. 1t
will be sold only by su description.
Agents are wanted.
Daily Republican., 1880-12-03
" EGISTER'S ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE.

NEW CAs.LR COUNTY, Nov. 5, 1888.
Upon the application of Joshua Conner
Executor OF James Conner. late Of
WilmInaton Hundred, in said county,
deceased, it rs ordered and directed
by the Register that the Executor afore-
said give notice Of granting OF letters Of
Testamentary upon the estate of the de.
ceased, with the date OF granting thereof, BY
causing advertisements to be posted wtthia
forty days frsm the date OF such letters In siz
Of the most public places of the county OF New
Castle, requiring all persons having demands
against the estate to present the same. OF
abide py an Act OF Assembly In such case
made and provided; and also cause the same
to be inserted within the same period In the
DAILY REPUBLICAN, newspaper pub
Iishel in wilmington and to be continued
therein three weeks, 10 Od.
Given under the hand and Senl
T.. q. of office Of the Register aforesaid ut
~. New Castle In New Castle county
aforesaid, The day and year above written.
s. O. BIGGS, Register.
NorIeR.-All persons having claims against
the estate OF the deceased must present the
same duly attested to the Executor ON or
before NOV 5, 1881, or abide the Act Of
Assembly In such case mate and provided.
JOSHUA CONNER, Executr.
Address Wilmington. Del. ue