Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-04-15

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Below We give . Inst Of the pnnfipal
bills which have passed and been APP
proved or are stall awaiting the sigma
ture Of the Governor. and also list Of
the most important among those ihs,
tailed 10 pass.
BILLS THAT nAsg PASSED.
The two tar bills. one defining what
property is subject totaxation and what
10 exempt, and the other taxing corpo-
rations doing business on their capital
stock; the insolvency bill; amendments
70 :he Insurance law, 80 as 10 tar for
eign companies; providing for the cleo
ton Of judges Of the courts IN this state
in 1889; the anti-gambling bill; incorpo-
ration Of three companies for the con-
struction OF the Maryland and Delaware
Ship Canal; reducing salaries Of the
oyster police force, and providing in
creased penalties for violations Of the
oyster laws; providing for new loan Of
| %, 0OO, 600, 10 redeem the Maryland
Defence loan; repeating the bounty
laws; authorizing the Mayor and City
Council to fix the rate Of loans hereaf-
ter to be issued ct less than Eve per
cent. premium; authorizing the Mayor
and City Council 10 issue . loan Of
! $500. 600 for new paving loan; au-
thorIzing the Mayor and City Council
10 appropriate a sum OF money for the
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give the consent OF the state 20 the
purchase Of certain lots oil ground in the
city by the United States government
for post-ofFice; authorizing the city 10
issue bonds 10 the amount Of $3.50, 600,
for the improvement Of Hartford Run;
regulating Communication Of sentences of
imprisonment IN the city jail; accep-
lance OF the Pikesville Arsenal; res
tricting the operation of writs OF habeas
corpus TO the circuit OF the Judge issu-
ing them: incorporating the Chamber Of
Commerce Building Company: to settle
the controversies between the state and
the Northern Central Railway Company;
incorporating the Sovereign GrandLodge
I. o. o. F.; increasing the number ofno-
iaries public; punishing profanity andob-
struction of highways; Furnishing drunk
enness; Furnishing tramps by imprison.
ment in the House Of CorrectiUn; au-
thorizing The Baltimore and Hanover
Railroad Company 20 consolidate with
other roads; providing for the meeting
Of electors for president and vice pres
ident, aud the declaring of the vote; pro-
hibiting the obstruction Of aislea in
places OF public amusement by camp
stools, chairs, &c.; legalizIng the Re-
vised Code Of Public General Laws
regulating costs in peace cases: repeal
ing the law granting appropriations 10
agricultural societies; authorizing the
Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore to
impose Q tar on vehicles used for basi-
ness or pleasure; local option laws for
PrinSe Georges, Carroll, Charles,
Washington. Frederick, Montgomery
and Cecil Counties; prohibiting May
or and City Council from appoint
ing TO or continuing defaulters in Of
Ace; making violations Of city ordlnan-
cses and certain slate laws criminal Of
fences; reducing pay Of iurors TO $3.50
day in Baltimore; recognizing State
Board Of Health: authorizing the May
or and City Council 10 accept q deed
for Home wood Park: authorizing police
magistrates to commit disorderly females
to the Maryland industrial School for
Gsrls; compelling itinerant traders in
horses 10 take out license before sell
ling horses in the state: encouraging
manufactures in the cities oil Baltimore,
Cumberland and Havre de Grace BY
permitting the MUNICIPAL authorities 70
abate taxes on plant used for manufac-
lures; authorizing the commitment Of
persons to The House Of Correction in
certain cases, who are now required 10
be sent 10 the penitentiary; authorizing
q reorganization Of the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Company; enlafging
The powers OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad 10 enable II TO purchase and
lease other roads, hold stock ia dry
dock or other commercial and manufac-
turing enterprise. and be represented on
The boards Of directors; reducing the
salary Of the adjutant general to ST.
500; preventing elevated railway CON-
panies from obtaining charter under the
general law; exempting the shares Of
stock Of building associations from tax
alton; making Good Friday legal holi-
day; refurnishing The Executive Man
sion; defraying the expenses ofthe trials
of registers OF votersand judges OF cleo
tions incurred in the federal courts; APP
propriating 81. 900 Tor Knapp's Deaf
and Dumb Institute; regulating traders
licenses: amending the general incor-
porations act with regard to cemeteries,
50 as 10 prohibit the location ofany eem-
eteFy within 1000 yards Of Druid Hill