The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-03-18
DONGS At ANNAPOLIS.

1t is the impression among members of the
Legislature that an assessment bill of some
kind is almost cerlain to be passed. but it will
not be the bill presented by the Ways and
Means Committee. This bill, it is claimed,
was one-sided in that it conferred extraordi-
nary privileges upon railroad and other cor
porations and was not likely to secure fair
and complete revaluation of property. Lead
ing Democrats recognize the fact that the
Democratic party must comply with its
promise and pass fair assessment bill.
Speaker Vandiver made an appeal. last RI
day, to exempt from taxation canned goods in
the hands of Hartford county packers, but a
motion to this effect was lost.
In response to the order introduced by
Speaker Vandiver directing Attorney General
Poe to inquire into the reason for the total
discontinuance of transportation on the Sus-
quehanna and 1idewater Canal, the Attorney
General has submitted a statement in which
he says that the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company claim that it has com
piled with its agreement to maintain the
canal in good order and condition and is pre-
pared to transport over it all the freight which
may be offered to it for that purpose. Unfor
tunately, however, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has withdrawn from the canal all
the coal tonnage which that company former
ly sent South over the Susquehanna Canal,
and which for number of years constituted
of being transported over the canal, is now
loaded at Columbia into cars and sent to its
destination by rail. Under these circum-
stances The Attorney General does not see
how steps can be taken by law to compel the
lessee to resume transportation on the canal.
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Governor Brown has signed the bill appro-
priating 5000 to repair the Havre de Grace
hay and cattle scales Also the bill prohibit
ing the use of explosives in the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as a means
of taking fish. Likewise the Garrett county
and not more than So for every day any person
shall permit Canada thistles to grow to seed
on property owned or rented by him.
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Delegate Stearns has leave to introduce
bill to provide for the acquisition of property
by the Baltimore Forwarding and Railroad
Company.
The Governor has vetoed the bill to incor-
porate the Baltimore County Electric Light
and Power Company, for the reason that the
powers granted in the bill are too broad, too
general and too closely approaching mono
poly of the rights of citizens of Baltimore
county. The Governors head, evidently, is
level and he keeps a close watch upon the
interests of the people of the State.
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Mr.. Sans bill providing for the leasing of
certain waters OF the Chesapeake Bay for the
cultivation of oysters was unfavorably report
ed, whereupon Mr.. Sans moved that the bill
be substituted for the unfavorable report and
it was made the special order of the day for
March 22d.
The Governor has approved the act author
izing the County Commissioners of Hartford
county to pension Bridget O'Donnell.
So
Senator Robinson has leave for bill to
sanction the bequest of five acres of land to
the Wesleyan Chapel Methodist Protestant
Church in Hartford county, contained in the
will of Franklin Smith.
So
An interesting debate took place in the Sen
ate, on Wednesday, on the bill to take the APP
pointment of school commissioners out of the
hands of the courts and give them to the Gov
ernor. Among those who opposed the change
were Senators Brown, Pearre, Hubner, Waters,
while Senators Writ, Wootton, Rogers and
others favored it. Amendments were offered
exempting Baltimore, Queen Anne's and Allie
gany county, but they were voted down. The
bill was made the order of the day for Thurs
day.
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The assessment bill of the Ways and Means
Committee was still under fire I'm the House