The Cecil Whig., 1886-01-16
THE WEEK AT ANNAPOLIS
Maryland Legislature at Work-What Has
I;een Done at the state Capital.


The General Assembly of Maryland sat
on Monday. Gov. Lloyd, President War.
field, of the Senate, Speaker Seth, of the
House, and a number of the members OF
Legislature went to Annapolis in the
afternoon. Among the chairmansh ips
OF Senate committees were the following
Corporations EUsk, of Baltimore city
Judicial proceedings, Hayes of Baltimore
city; federal relations, Rayuer, of Balti
more city; finances, Turpin, of Queen
Aane's, h5 being the senior Senator
elections, Bowlus of Frederick: educa.
non, Lane, of Washington; printing,
tuidsbUrough, of Caroline: eugrossed
bills, joh,sun, of Dorchester; agriculture,
Peter, OF Montgomery: inspections, Sling
iuh, of Baltimore county; Chesapeake
bay and tributaries, Edelin,, of Charles:
militia, Mckaig. OF Allegany; hygiene,
DR. SappIngton, OF HirIord; library, Nc
Cuilou,h, OF Cecil; public institutions,
/ Iunls, OF Talbot. 5 nator Rlyner gets
place on the finance committee Speak
er Seth announced his committees in the
House OF Delegates, ani the committee
on organization. Gen. Chapman, char
man, met to report the employees of the
House,
TUESDAY
Senator Rlyner's bill which he intro
dnced IN the Senate on Tuesday, for the
annexation OF the Belt to Baltimore
city, raises this old question once more.
The limits proposed 5l Senator Rayner' S
bill lan easterly one mile from East
street. northerly two miles from the
boundary, westerly one mile from Pay
son street, aud Snuthurly to the southern
shore o. the p.tap-cp. The bill pro
VideS that the rate Uf taxation in tie
B 1t, to be asscssable to the city, shall
not. xceed the county tax rate OF 1856
until the year 1900, except on improved
property. which, duriug the same period,
shall not exceed - per cent. of the city
Iat". IL also provides tlat the money
expended by the city in the Belt shall
not exceed the revenue derived there
from. The bill does not propose the
representation in either Baltimore coun
ty or Baltimore city. The bill also pro-
VldeS tldt the election t, determine
whether the Belt shall be annexed sha |
b. held on the iilst Tuesday of May,
loS6. Senator SiingluIf. of Baltimore
county. on the other hand, has bill to
increase the number OF county commits.
slonera from three to five, two of whom
shall be residents of the Belt. What
are you going to do then if the Belt is
annexed? , the Senator was asked. "Why
we don / intend that the annexation shall
take place-that's S all, )" replied the Sena-
tor with a laugh.
TIE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Senator Lane, of Washington county,
who is one of the leading exponents of
ez-Gov. llamilton's ideas, sprung the
new constitution question in the Upper
House on Tuesday. He anticipated the
bill which the ring intended to bring
forward, which would tend to hurry a
constitutional convention through in a
year. Senator Lane believes in more
conservative course. He maintains that
the provision OF the present constituL .on
which delays taking the sense of the
ticn until the general election of 1887
should be complied with. The principal
opposition to Senator Lanes bill will
probably come from the Baltimore city
ring" Rasing and Morrison and their
lientenants may be expected to be on
hand when the fight arrives. The sooner
a new constitution is adopted the sooner
the independent Judiciary in Baltimore
city with all its attendant evils in the
sight OF the ring will disappear. Sen
ator Lanes bill is entitled IAN act to
provide for the taking at the general
election, to be held in 1857. the sense of
the people i'll regard to calling conven-
t!un fGr altering the constitution and
framing new one, according to the pro
visions of Article II. Section ,, Of the
Constitution The bill says nothing
about the election of delegates to the
convention, as the constitution says that
the Legislature of 1SSS shall provide for
holding the convention III case the peo-
PIE vote that they want new constitu
ton.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
Both houses of the Legislature were
il session Wednesday. In the Senate
President Waltield announced the stand
ing committees. a petition was received
from citizens of Frederick county asking
for the passage of a law fixing the CON-
Tensat on of a surveyor for that county
at 500. Bill, were offered to amend the
divorce law of this State, to prevent the ,
pnlIt.i IN of " vater used for domestic ur-