The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-30
Friday Morning, March 80, 1888.
The Legislature Drawing to Close.

Inc heSIsiatuTc DTaNlhS W OlOSe.
The session Of the Legislature is rapidly
drawing 10 a close. On Monday night next,
April I'd, both Houses will adjourn sine die. 1t
is almost too soon to sum up the results of
the session. and while much has been done
that ought to have been left undone, the SEES.
sion has not we hope, been altogether barren
of good results.
The congressional redistricting bill, which
was opposed so vigorously, epecal by West
ern Maryland Democrats, after having
passed the House, on The 22d instant, was
recalled from the Senate, on Wednesday, and
referred to the Committee on Elections where
twill be pigeon holed and see the light no
more this session.
The bill to extend the term of the Mayor
Of Baltimore city is also meeting with much
opposition, and the chances are that it will
be defeated
1t will be refreshing to tax payers to know
that the House Ways and Means Committee
have agreed to reduce the State tax from
49, to 1T cents on the 800. The reduction
Is not much, it is true, but tax payers are in
clined to feel grateful for any reduction in
the tax burden.
The Hartford county high license and pro-
hibltory bill passed the House last week and
passed the Senate on Wednesday. 1t
will give the voters of Hartford county an
opportunity Of deciding, next November,
whether they will any longer continue TO at
tempt to enforce an expensive and apparent
lyuseless prohibitory law or substitute high
license law which, if 1t works here as it is
said to work in other places, will decrease
drunkenness at the same time that 1t de-
creases taxes.
The new election law was among the acts
passed. On Monday the Governor appoint
ed Joseph b. Stafford and Hiram G. Dudley,
Democrats, and Robert Cathcart, Republi-
can, as Supervisors of Elections for Balti-
more city, under the new law.
The bill to provide for the preservation of
fish In the waters Of Hartford and Baltimore
counties was reported favorably in the
House, on Monday.
Mr.. Preston's bill to allow shooting from
sink-boxes in Bush river one day in each
week failed in the House, on Monday, for
want of a constitutional majority, and upon
motion of Mr.. Preston the vote was recon-
sidered and the bill made the order of tue day
for Tuesday II was taken up and again
failed for the want of constitutional majority.
The bill to resubmit the question Of prohi-
bition or high license to the voters of Cecil
county, and the bill requiring property
qualification for voters in Elkton, both failed.
The bill introduced in the House by Mr..
Hannibal to make 1t unlawful to catch fish In,
the waters of Baltimore and Hartford coun.
ties with seines, drag nets, set nets or pound
nets or TO land any such nets on the shores
without consent of the owners or occupants
of property, under the penalty ola fine of
from $40 to 800 for each offence, was indef-
nitey postponed
The following bills have been passed.
To prevent domestic animals from run
ming at large in Darlington.
To authorize the County Commissioners
of Hartford and Cecil counties, in their dis
erection, to subscribe to the stock of com.
pany to build bridge over tue Susquehan-
ma river.
To authorize the Clerk of Hartford county
to make general index of all the land re-
cords in his office
The bill to relieve the County Commission
crs OF the care of the streets of Havre de
Grace. This bill, we understand, entirely
relieves the tax payers of Havre de Grace
from the payment Of road or bridge taxes to
the county.
In the Senate, on Monday, gu motion of
DIR. Sappington, the appropriation for the
Fish Commissioner was stricken out of the
appropriation bill.
Senator Lindsay's bill to prevent decep-
ton in the sale or use of butter and cheese
finally passed the House on Wednesday,
after debate, and 1t now goes to the Cover
nor. 1t is in effect bill to prohibit the
manufacture, sale or use of oleomargarlne or
butterne in this State 1t forbids the manu-
facture of any article designed to take the
place OF butter or cheese out ofany oleaginous
substance other than unadulterated milk or
cream. 1t prohibits the manufacture out of
any animal fat or animal or vegetable oils
any article in imitation or semblauce of
natural butter or cheese produced from pure
milk or cream No person shall sell, keep
for sale or offer for sale any article, substance
or compound made or produced in violation
of this act. No person shall manufacture,
mix or compound with or add to natural
milk, cream or butter any animal fats or anil
NAL or vegetable oils, or shall have the same
in his possession, or offer the same for sale.
No person shall be excused from liability ON
account of want of knowledge of the nature
or ingredients of the product so in his DOS
session, sold or offered for sale by him. No
keeper or proprietor of any bakery, hotel,
tavern, boarding house, restaurant, saloon,
lunch counter or place of public entertain
ment, or any person having charge thereof,
shall keep, use or serve therein, either as
food for their guests, boarders, patrons or
customers, or for cooking purposes, any arti-
Gle made in violation of the provisions of the
act. The several penalties range from $50 to
$500 and Imprisonment from ten days to one
year.
Death OF Chief Justice Waite.