The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-04-10

ed nForebly the faiiowlng House bills -
Repealine the tax on commissions Of exeen,
tors and aaministratoFs; appropfia.ing $1,000
for the relief Of certain owners Of tobacco
destroyed by FIRE 10 1875 in tobacco ware
houses Nos. and =, all Of which were read a
second time; also iayorably House bill amend.
ing the laws relating 10 insurance companies,
with an amendment increasing the license TO
foreign companies from $500 to $500; the
amendment was agreed to and the bill read a
second time; also favorably House bill author
izing the coanty commissioners Of Baltimore
county 10 levy 81 900 TO repay Columbus J.
Shipley and two sufeties for moneys erro-
neously paid into the county treasury, with an
amendment providing that ample proof, TO the
satisfaction ofthe commissioners, be first made
to them Of the errors claimed to have existed
in the payments specified; the amendment
was adopted and the bill read second time
Mr.. Fisher reported nnfavoraby from the
Judiciary COMMITTEES House billto regulate the
compensation Of the States attorney for Car
roll county, and the report was adopted.
Mr.. Fisher reported House bill amending
chapter 81, Of the acts Of 1874, providing for
the defense Of officers Of registration and
judges Of election in United States courts and
compensation Of counsel for defending such
officers, and asked to be discharged FROM It's
further consideration, and that the bill be re.
ferred to the committee on finance, and il
was so ordered
House bill transferring an old appropria.
ton Of S5S,0O0 from the Elkton and Massey's
Railroad Company to the Elkton and Mid
dletown Railroad Company was received
from the House, read a first time and referred
Senate bill authorizing the appointment Of
a commission to set of widows dover in GER
tain eases was taken up and passed,
The Senate then took up as unfinished bus
mess the general appropriation bill, which
was amended in several places aud passed.
One amendment fixes the appropriation for
the Maryland Agricultural College at So, 900,
| instead of s..
porations, reported iaYorably the bill giving
authority to regulate fares and the park tax
on the city railways.
Without action on the report a recess was
takea until o'clock, p. m.
At The evening session Mr.. Fisher endea
vored TO have the city railway bill read a Sec
Ond time, but the effort failed. The bill was
then made the special order for II o'clock
Saturday.
After the car. fare bill was postponed an uu-
favorable report on the FIRST bill for the taxa.
ton Of mortgages was adopted, and the enact.
ing clause struck out Of the other.
In the House, House bills to pay the va
rious newspapers in the State for publishing
lists of deiaulters, to punish pawnbrokers,
secondhand dealers and junk dealers for pur-
chasing from minors without acertifeate from
their parent or guardian failed to pass for
want Of q constitutional majority; to provide
tor lsraelite marriages, to impose tax on all
vessels engaged in carrying oysters in the
waters of this State we're passed.
Mr.. Hayes, from the committee on rules,
reported the following additional rule, to be
known as rule 47:-"It shall not be necessa.
ry in organizing the House Of Delegates to
require the presence Of any former officers
except the chief clerk, the reading clerk, the
sergeant.at arms, two doorksepers, postmas-
ter and two pages, aHd that no other Of the
former officers shall receve compensation for
their attendance Adopted
House bill TO authorize the board OF public
works to lease the State hay scales coming up
on its third reading, on melton Of Mr.. Nc.
Cosker the House went into committee of the
whole 10 consider amendments Mr.. vandi.
yer took The chair.
DR.. Donavin then offered al amendment
to insert Governor, Comptroller aad Treasnr.
er in place Of the board Of public works.
Several other amendments were offered, but
rejected.
On motion Of DIR. Donaviu, the committee
rose and the bill was reported TO the House
without amendment
The roll was then called upon the passage
Of TIE bill and it was passed; yeas 81, NAYS s. |
The joint resolutions asking for an appro- |
priatiou Of $4,000 by Congress for the loca |
ton aud preparation OF the Choptank and |
Delaware ship canal line, and for the survey |
aud location Of the Chesapeake Bay aud Pc. |
tomac River tidewater canal hue, were read |
and passed.
The committee on federal relations re.
ported fayorably Senator Vanderford's joint
resolutions in reference to States rights, |
the United States election laws aud the |
recent decisions Of the, Supreme Court,
and they were passed
Mr.. Scott, Of Hartford, from the Pearre
committee, presented report declaring that
the testimony furnished no ground for the
impeachment Of Judge George A. Pearre,
and exonerating him from any imputation
that may have been cast upon him. The re.
port was adopted.
Mr.. Snowden presented the report of the
committee, under section "a, article s, OF the
constitution, in reference to the canal inyes.
tigaiion, and Mr.. Hayes moved the adoption
OF the report, which was concurred in. He
mittee to sit during the recess; read and laid
over until Saturday. a'
Gov. Hamilton's veto Of the bill providing
for the election Of judges was unanimously
sustained after which new bill was passed |
providing for . constitutional amendment
providing for such eleslop.
House bill TO appropriate $4,000 a year
for Two years to ST. Johns College was re.
jected; House bill to make valid deeds made
under powers contained in mortgages passed.
Senate bill providing for the Leasing of the |
State cattle yards and scales coming up oni,s
third reading, Mr.. Roberts offered as an
amendment an entirely new bill, with the
compulsory inspection clause stricken out. |
This was adopted, and the bill was then passed
unanimously-yeas 81, nays o,
At the evening session the registration bill |
was taken up. May amendments we're OF. |
fered, and Of II O'Clock the House adjourned |
without finishing the bill.
Saturday, Apri Son motion Of Mr.. |
Bond, the Senate took up the House bill pro- |
viding for leasing The State TOBACCO warehouses; |
and the inspection Of tobacco, the question |
being on the adoption Of the substitute for the |
House bin reported on Friday night from the |
committee on Inspections. The substitute |
retains the laws Of 1872 and 1878, amended |
so as 10 permit tobacco not sold in Baltimore |
to be shipped out Of the State without being
inspected, providing that no money shall be |
taken from the State treasury TO pay any |
employees in the warehouses, and reducing the |
oulpge 10 $l.60 per hogshead-
Several gentlemen spoke on the bill, after |
which il WAS passed
Mr.. Fisher called up the order Of the day, |
the bill reported by Mr.. German authorizing
the mayor and city council Of Baltimore 10 !
regulate car fares and the park bonus.
Mr.. Sulliyane moved TO refer the bill 10 the |
committee on judicial proceedings, as il in. |
volved the question Of the delegation Of au.
thority- He then read authorities and cited |
decisions 70 prove that the legislature could
aot delegate authority vested BY the constitu-
ton ia itself alone.
Mr.. Fisher argued that to refer the bin |
would be 10 defeat ii, and that such legislation
was not an unconstitutional delegation Of au. |
thorily, &c, speaking an hour and a half in
favor Of the bill.
Mr.. Suliyane withdrew his motion 10 refer, |
and moved that the whole subject be indef. |
niiely postponed, which was rsiectsd--yeas |
4, nays n; not voting, Mr.. Hepbron.
The reading Of the bill by sections was pro.
ceeded with.
Mr.. Fisher offered rs an amendment. 10 |
stand as a new section, provision that the |
books, reports and accounts 81 each Of the /
city passenger railway companies shall be al All /
times open 70 the inspection Of the comntroi. i