Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-01-04
THE LEGISLATURE.

This august assemblare Of lecisl,,;r
diviucs By virtue Of the con u,;tu,;a.
convened on Wednesday, January 4.
Bird, and thus begun the session az i
legislature Of 1884, which promises 70 /
cventful in many respects. Hon. Hem,
Lloyd, Of Dorchester was chosen !.
President Of the Senate. and j pa.
broke Thorn, was elected Speaker Of Il.
House. Rarely has legislature boo,
composed Of better material, or Tho noo
pie had the great trust Of making lsw
for their prosperity and welfare renoso,
~ more skillfal and capable hands Z
And it is well that this is so. for pno,
it will fall many grave, and irksoma A.,
ties that only men Of ability aud experi
ence can confidently hope to handle will
honor to themselves, and with good !,
the people. One of the first duties th.,
will come before this body will be to r..
ceiyo the Governors Message, and II.
reports Of the different State officer.
Aud on the 18th of January, the a.,
[ set apart by law will deyo've upon !,
the election Of a United States Senator
TO succeed Groome in the Federal S.n..,
The election Of a man, whose vote,
shall speak the sovereignty of Maryland
in the Federal Congress in no triain,
task The contest has already begnn
with considerable vim, and the gam,
hand of the boss is already seen maplpu.
lating in favor Of some favorite Of II,
own, but unless the choice falls pnor
one capable in every way Of ftly div.
charging this trust, howl may expected
to be heard from the masses who ara
watching with care aud anxiety the re.
suit 4 State Treasurer will also be elect.
ed TO succeed Mr. Compton. Should h.
succeed himself, he will be elected a,
citizen of Prince Georges, and nat II
Charles County as before. MANY i'm.
portant legislative matters will also be-
before the Assembly. both Of general
and local character. Of the general
laws needed, we shall not make ment;o,
at this time, but there is some local lee
isldtion sadly wanted which is worthy Of
a hasty mention We want law that
will prevent the heavy loss annually sus-
tanned by our farmers in having their
sheep killed by worthless dogs. During
the session of 1870, through the instru-
mentality of Senator Lancaster, who was
then membe- ofthe House, law Of this
kind was passed for our county, but under
the opnion-of the most prominent law.
ytrs Of the county, it was declared defec.
tive and imperative, hence, it has re-
manned dead letter upon the statute
book From that time to the present.
although the necessity of such law ha.
been urged both. by the press and BY a
number of citizens, no action has been
taken in the matter; whether our rep
resentatiyes in the legislature have been
prevented through fear of losing popu.
larity with their colored contituency or
some other imaginary cause. from
i giving us the relief asked in this parte,
ular, we cannot conjecture. Cortainilss
we need the law, and our Representatives
should lay aside all personal consdera.
tons and give it to US.
The crow and hawk bill law passcdat
the last session should be repealed as It I
only acts as burden upon the tax
payers and is productive of no good
Hundreds of dollars of the peoples mon
ey is annually expended to encourage
the killing of crows and hawks because
they are Obstructive to crops aud the
poultry rooot. While it may be productive
of some good in this way the good
is not equal in proportion to the amount
of money expended, and besides it gives
encouragement to a set of worth es,
yagabonds to scour around the county
pilfering when an opportunity presents
itself and living at the public expense
There are many othe- matters Of local
concern to which the attention Of our
legislators should be directed but for the
present we will he eoutent with men.
tioning these as the most important.
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