The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-01-30
The Maryland Legislature.
JANUARY I'D.

| JANUAR1 z-u
In the Senate Mr.. Hubner introduced bills
to limit the sessions of the grand jury IN
Baltimore county and TO allow the state at
torney TO find informatons upon an order
| Of the court and to regulate proceedings
Hereunder. Mr.. Writ presented bill to
amend the local laws of Baltimore city, so as
TO make registers of voters also judges OF
| election. ,u
In tie House Mr.. Sellman presented bill
to add two additional sections to Article y
of the Code of Public General Laws, title
| Crimes and Punishment, subtitle Railroads
| Obstructing.H Some local bills were given
a first and second reading. Both houses
adjourned until Tuesday evening.
JANUARY %.
Both houses met at clock, aud but bre
| sessions were held. In the Senate the Senate
Joint resolution authorizing the destruction
| of the exchange loan bonds acquired by the
sale of the preferred stock of the B. x o.
Railroad, and authorizing the destruction OF
the treasury relief loan bonds held for the
sinking fund, was passed Leaves to intro
duce bills were granted in the House to a
number of members.
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Among the bills introduced in the Sena e
was one by Mr.. Hayes to appropriate $4,000
per year for two years to provide for further
publication of the Archives of Maryland.
Mr.. Writ, from the committee on rules, re-
ported favorably the order providing for a
new standing committee to be known as the
committee on roads and highways. The re-
port was adopted, and the President appoint
ed the following as the committee Messrs.
Toadvin. Seibert, Hepbron, Hubner aud
Coffin. A number of bills were given a
second reading. Among the bills passed
were those to amend the law relating to re-
ceiving stolen goods, so to authorize the
sentencing to the penitentiary, House of Cor
rection or Jail, of party convicted of receiv-
ing stolen goods under the value of $50 i:
prohibiting the use of explosives in the
chesapeake bay and tributaries for the pur-
pose of catching fish.
The House sent message to the Senate
asking for the appointment of "a joint com
mittee to visit institutions or factories where
binding cord is manufactured and report as
to the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing its manu-
iacture in the Maryland penitentary, as rec
commended in Governor Jackson S recent mes
sage. Messrs. Collins and Garner were so
appointed. Among the bills introduced was
one by Mr.. Haines, of Carroll, to repeal and
re enact with amendments section 16 of
article I, Public Local Laws, title Carroll
County, SUBJ title Circuit Court. This is
Mr.. Walshs's bill to distribute jurors to all
districts, according to population &c.l Mr..
Collins, of Talbot, offered an order that the
ways and means committee be instructed to
include the taxation of mortgages in the new
assessment bill Mr.. Collins explained that
his purpose in introducing the order was
only to get the sentiment of the House on his
question. He moved that the order be made
the special order of the day at ! o'clock on
Friday This was adopted.
JANUARY %.
In the Senate Mr.. Toadvin presented a
bill providing for the appointment of county
School Commissioners by the Governor.
Some bills wers given a second reading, and
the bill limiting the sessions of grand juries
in Baltimore county to ten days was passed.
In the House the Senate resolution for
daily sessions except on Saturdays and Sun
days was not concurred in. Numerous leaves
to introduce bills were granted, among them
to Mr. Haines for bill submitting the question
of local option in Woolery's district to the
decision of the voters there.