The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-28

/ to he sold by the board of public works
and the proceeds to be paid into the treas
ury OF the State. Referred 10 commit
tee on Chesapeake bay and its tributa-
l'ies.
T REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND
DEATHS.
/ The seventh. ninth. tenth. and elev-
I entli sections of the act of 1868. chapter
/ 100. imposing certain duties on the sec
retarv OF the Senate connected with the
registration of births, marriages., and
deaths. and providing salary of $1,000
/ per year to said secretary for such ser
/ vices. ought to be repealed. Referred to
/ the Judiciary committee.
J SUPERINTENDENT OF TELEGRAPH LINE.
/ \ telephone linc having been estab-
! lished between the House of Correction.
/ the State penitentiary. and the police
headquarters in Baltimore city, the office
of superintendent of the construction and
operation of said line ought to be abol-
ished by the repeal of the section Great
i'll. it. the said section being the third
section of the act of 1878, chapter 2322.
Referred to committee on finance Of the
Senate.
MINE INSPECTOR.
( That section of the act of 1871. chap
ter 151. prescribing the salary OF the mine
( inspector for the counties of -illcgany and
! Garrett, shall be SO amendcd IL, to reduce
the salary of such officer from 81. 800 per
annum to 5000 per annum. Referred to
] committee on finance OF Senate.
STATE FISHERY FORCE.
. That provision ought to be made by
/ law for the reduction of the State fishery
force. and the salaries of those managing
/ said force That it is recommended that
the Chesapeake bay should by law be
opened to licensed dredgers. and that the
Governor. comptroller. and treasurer he
requested to frame and submit proper
bill or proper bills to give effect to these
general purposes. Referred to the com
mittee on Chesapeake bay and its tribu-
I tareS.
wEIGHER OF LIVE STOCK. HAY AND STRAW
To promote economy and to insure the
administration If our inspection system
upon unonjcctiouabic principles. it is
recommended that revision be made by
law for greater economy in the weighing
of live stock and in the weighing of hay
and straw. and for deriving greater reve-
nueS to the state from such inspections.
and from the property owned by the
State, which is applied to the uses of
such inspections. Referred to commit
tee on inspections.
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
DELEGATES.
/ That provision be made by law for as
certaining and limiting the number of
/ employees of the Senate and House of Del
! erates Referred to committee on con-
tingent expenses Of the Senate.
BOUNTY LAWS.
! That the Senate bill now pending in
/ the House of Delegates in relation to the
! repeal of the laws authorizing the pay
/ ment of bollnties ought to become law.
I Referred to finance committee.
! TAXES IN ARREARS.
/ That complete provision ought to be
/ made for the enforcement of the prompt
( payment into the treasury of taxes which
! have been OF NAV be collected by agents
OF the State. Referred to finance com
mittee
/ STATE TAN COMMISSIONER AND STATE IN
SURANCE COMMISSIONER.
That the Office of insurance commissions
er creates no charge or burden on the
people of the State and is believed to be
necessary and important to the majority
of those who, in fact. pay all the charges
required for its support.
That the office of State tax commission
en- has proved i'll the brief time allowed
I 60, no nt n vn1IIl 1,1n nn1
sary adjunct to the taxing power of the
State. That its abolition would require
the substitution of clerical aid in the val
uaton of stocks in form as extensive as
the present system, and not as response
bic. And Il continuance of the present
system is therefore recommended. 1t is
also recommended that at the expiration
of the respective terms of the present i'll
cumbcnts their successors he elected by
the vote of the people of the whole State,
if it be then deemed cXpedient to contin-
nc them. Referred to the committee on
finance.
EDUCATIONAL. INSTITUTIONS.
That the appropriations now given lay
acts of Assembly to educational instiin-
lions ought to be discontinued and rcvok-
ed, and provision be made only in eases
"lltlt ii l'Np'ttDit toiltl li'N tSlStS
with any such institution which requires
that IN appropriation shall he made by
the General Assembly for such purposes.
That the common ffee school fund should
be reimbursed by an aot Gipsopr,atipg
the necessary amount for the moneys lost
to it by the settlement made with the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
And that the treasury officers be instruct
ed to prepare such bills as will give eff