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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER 4O2.

1Ihi AfIt fVAs
AN ACT no ADD AN ADDITIONAL SEC
TON TO ARTICLE ~, OF THE CODE
OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, II TIE
"tRIMEs AND PUNfsHMENTS," SUB
TITLE "SENTENCE," TO BE DEsiG-
MATED SECTION 30l A.
SECTION J.. BE IL enacted by he General
assembly Of Mdytand, That an additional
section to be designated Section 30i A, be and
tho same is hereby added TO Article ~ of the
Code of Public General LAWS, title "Crlmes
and Punisbmenta," subtitle "Sentenee' to
follow Section 30i, and to read us follows;
1904 A. In any case In which person is con-
ylcted, before any court, Of larceny or false
pretenees, or any other offence not capital,
and no previous conviction IL proved against
him, II 1t appenrs to the court before whom
he Is 10 convicted, that regard being had TO
the youth, character md antecedents OF the
offender TO tho MIXTURE of the offence. and to
any extenuating circumstances under which
the offence was committed, II is eypedlent
that the offender bc releaged on probation OF
good conduct, the court may, instead OF SEN
fencing him ut once to any punishment.
direct that he be released on his entering Into
recognizance, with or without sureties; and
during such period MS the court may direct
to appear and receive judgment whom called
upon, and In the meantime to keep tho peace
and be OF good behnvior; and the court may,
II II thinks 1t, direct that the offender shall
pay tho costs OF the prosecution, or some
portion OF the same within such period and
In such installments as may be directed by
the conrti and ut any timo within such period
but not afterwards the court may, upon being
satisfied by information on oath that the
offender has falied to observe any Of the con
ditions of his recognizance, issue process for
his apprehension, and thereupon without any
further proceedings, impose sentence upon
him.
Approved April 6, 1894
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker Of the House OF Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy OF an Act Of the General Ar
sembly OF Maryland, passed January Session,
1894. ~
J. ROGER McHHERRY,
Secretary 81 the Senate,
b. L. LMITH,
Chief Clerk Of the House OF Delegates
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
oHApMER 4ls.

AN ACT TO REPEAL AND Rll-ENACT WITH
AMENDMENTS. SECTION "a "a AND
"a "B" or ARTICLE27 OF THE CODE or
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF MAhY-
LAND "TIrLE GRIMES AND PUNISH.
FENCES, RELATING 40 TRAUDs AND
FALSE PRETENCES, UPON HOTEL
AND LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS. AZ
ENACTED BY THE ACT OF 1899 CHAP=
TER a."
srcrlos /. Do h cnqeied by Ae deae',d
Assembly Of Maryland, Tint Section "a
Code ofPuhlic General Laws OF Mhtylands1rl-
flo Grimes and Punishnients' shb4titlqi 'FaiR
Pretences MS enacted by the Act 81 1907
Chapter Az arc hereby repealed and fe-ena
acted to read Us follows FIJI
"a A. II any person with intent 10
cheat or defraud shall by any false or
fraudulent approximations or by any false
show OF baggage goods or chattels which arc
calculated to deceive amy hotel proprietor,
keeper or manager, obtain lodging or credit
or the use of any horse or vehicle or food anti
stabllng for n horse or horses In any hotel In
this StHte, or from the keeper OF any livery
stable, and shall subsequently refuse, decline
or fail TO pay for his credit board or lodging
or use Of horse or food and stabling for horse
furnished him, the person 40 offending shall
be guilty Of miHdemeanor, and on conVie-
tion, be sentenced to pay d 0ne not exceeding
one hundred dollars or undergo Nh imprisona
ment In Jail for term not exceeding three
months or both, or either III the discretion 81
the Court.
! "a B.-Every person who shnli At any hotel,
receive or cause to be furnished my food or
accommodation, for man or beast with intent
to defrnud tho owner, Keeper, or proprietor or
manager ofany hotel or owner or hooper OF
my livery stable out Of tho Value or price OF
such food or Accommodation and every person
who shall obtain credit mt my hotel or livery
stable by the use OF any false pretence or device
or by deposting nj such hotel nny baggage
or other ehattel or value OF loss than the
amount OF such credit or OF the bill by such
person incurred with such fraudulent intent,
and any person, who inter obtaining an ae4
commodation, for man or benst, ut any hotel
or livery stable, shall abscond from such hoe
tel, or livery stablc, md shall sirreptitioualy
remove his baggage or property thorefron,
without discharging the debt 10 Aforesaid ins
CURED, shall upon conviction be adiudEad
guilty Of d p,lsdemeanor andupoii conviction
shall DO punished by imprisonment In jail
for Il term not longer than three tioatha on Wy
fne OF not more than One htindred dollars
or both or either ut tho discretion OF tho
court.
Approved April 0, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, doyorhor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
PRECEDENT Of the senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify TINT the aforagoing ie o
correct copy of an ACT Of the General Ar.
sembly OF Maryland, passed danuary Session,
J. ROGER MosHERRY,
: secretary q tho Senate,
Chief Clerk Of the House OF Delegated
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER sa2.

+ OhhI ood.
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 4, OF THE
CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS, TITLE
Getty OF BALTIMORE" SUBTITLE
"COURTs," HEADING ."sUPERloR
COURT, COURT OF oMMON PLEAS
AND BALTIMORE CITY COURT, BY
ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION
TO FOLLOW SECTION 179, AND TO BE
NUMBERED SECTION 173 A.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by he General
Assembly Of Maryland, That Article 4, of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title Baltimore
City," subtitle Courts, heading "Suporior
Court, Court Of Common Pleas and Baltimore
City Court" be and tho same Is hereby
amended by adding section thereto TO fol-
low Section 173, thereof, to be numbered Sec
ton I73 A, and to read MS follows:
173 A. Whenever the record Of proceed
ings In any suit, action or issue pending In
one Of the Courts of Common Law In the
City of Baltimore shall DO directed to DO
transferred for trial TO some other such court
of tho said city, In accordance with Article 4,
Section 8, OF the Constitution, II shall BIO the
duty OF the clerk OF the court from which the
said record OF proceedings is 30 directed to | 0
removed to Immediately deliver to the clerk
OF the court to which the same Is 80 directed
to be removed; all the original papers In the
said cause, together with certified copy Of
all docket entries relating to the same, which
original papers and copy Of docket entries
shall constitute such record OF proceedings
for the purposes Of such trial and 1t shall
thereupon become the duty OF the Judge OF
the Court to which the said suit, action or
issue shall be removed Immediately by spec-
ial order to assign the same for trial to such
day, or In sequence to such other causes rs
he shall consider just and proper.
Approved April 9, 1894.
FRANK BROWN Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President OF the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is II
correct copy OF an Act OF the General Assem-
bly, OF Maryland, passed January Session,
1894.
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary Of the Senate.
B. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk ofthe House Of Delegates
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER 900.

CHAPTER 900.
AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT
WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION 8, OF
ARTICLE 81, OF THE CODE OF PUB
Lie GENERAL LAWS OF MARYLAND,
TITLE "JURIES," AS AMENDED BY
THE ACT OF 1890, CHAPTER 593.
SECTION /. Be 10 enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That Section 8, OF
Article 81. of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Juries'' as the same was repealed
and re-enacted by the Act of eighteen hum
dred and ninety, Chapter 533. be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted SO as
to read as follows:
SECTION 2. When said list OF names select
ed as directed in the preceding section IS
made and certified as therein provided Tor
Immediately thereupo1 the said Judges oil the
said respective courts in the presence OF the
members OF the bar as aforesaid and such
otner persons as may think proper TO pe
present shall cause all the names selected and
placed on the list as aforesaid to be legibly
written upon ballots which shall be OF equal
size and Of the same color and appearance
and shall be closely rolled or folded and in
each OF the counties except Baltimore, Fred
erick, Montgomery and Carroll counties,
placed by the said Judges with their own
hands Immediately before the drawings here
IN provided for into a cubiform box with a
siding top of the square of eight inches to be
procured for that purpose by the clerk o.
said court under the direction of the said
sad box shau be closed and the said Judges
shall then cause the clerk or one of his depu-
ues whom the said Judges shall designate
neither the one nor the other who may be so
required to act to be present at the writing.
Ioiilng or folding and depositing said ballots
INTO the box as herein directed. to appear be-
lore then and then and there in the presence Of
me said Judges and such other persons as may
SSnoose to be present after well and thorough
shaking said box so that the ballots be well
mixed to draw from said box through such
opening made by removing the sliding top
hlereoI as viii only conveniently admit the
Hahd and without in any manner looking in
sald box, one by one. forty-eight OF said
iIalloss and the names appearing on said bal
''s as drawn shall be duly recorded by said
Su1ges or by the clerk in their presence and
uhuer their direction In the order in which
my snail be drawn, and in Baltimore county
s ooA shau be procured as Aforesaid, Of the
b iolu Aforesaid and Of sufficient size and said
~, DoA small be divided into thirteen compat-
,s.i which shall be numbered to correspond
n @,sh ehe district Of the said county, and the
ssam es Oh the persons selected as aforesaid
eau ,aa pc placed by the said judges in the said
,hsl slr.ments OF the said box respectively,
,vh .sn peas the numbers of the districts
'1e me person. SO selected respectively re-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER 29s.

SnAI LEN ZJC.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 40 OF AR
TICLE II OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS TITLE "CLERKS OF
COURT" SUBTITLE CLERK OF THE
COURT OF APPEALS AND TO RE,
ENACT THE SAME WITH AMEND
MENTS.
SECTION /. And be ii "a, acted by The General
Assembly of Maryland. That section 40 Of
Article IL, of the Code of Public General
Laws. title "Clerks of Court" subtitle "Clerk
of the Court of Appeals be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted 30 as to read
as follows:
Section 40, The Clerk of the Court of Ap,
peals shall have the custody Of all the records
pnd papers in the Office of the late Court of
Appeals of the former Court Of Appeals
and of the General Court, he shall
receive salary of $4,000 per annum for
which sum to be paid out Of the Treasury,
the Comptroller Of the State shall draw his
warrants that said Clerk may appoint subject
to the approval Of the Judges Of the Court OF
Appeals such deputy clerks as the require
ments OF this Office shall necessitate who shall
perform such duties as shall be prescribed by
the said Judges and Clerks and shall receive
such salaries as tho said Judges and Clerk
may determined to be just and proper COM
pensation for their services, to be paid In the
same manner as Is hereinbefore provided for
the payment of the salary of the said Clerk
OF the Court of Appeals, the said Clerk Of the
now prescribed by law fall fees, emoluments
and receipts of his said office and shall pay
the same to the Treasurer of the State as now
required by law. The Clerk of the Court OF
Appeals shall provide his Office with such
records, books, dockets etc. las may be suitable
and necessary and the sum of Eighteen hun
dred dollars or so much thereof as may be
necessary is hereby appropriated to pay for
the same and such other necessary Office ex-
penses as he may incur. The record Of
causes pending in said Court shall BIO printed
under the direction Of said Clerk and the
briefs OF Counsel may be printed In like man>
ner or may be printed by said Counsel at their
option. and In every case the actual cost Of the
printing of said record and briefs at currant
rates and no more shall be taxed In said
causes as the cost of making copies of said
records and briefs, he shall give certified
copies under the seal of said Court Of all
papers and records of which he shall have
custody as aforesaid and such copy shall be
evidence In the same manner as other cert,
fed copies of record are. g.
SIC. 2. And be ii enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON.
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is q
correct copy OF an Act Of the General Assem-
ply OF Maryland, passed January Session,
1894
JRoGER McSHERRY,
Secretary Of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk ofthe House Of Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04

AN ACT TO REPEAL SEXTON Z, AS
REPEALED AND RE-ENALTED BY
CHAi TER SIS, OF THE a CTS OF 1892.
AND SECTION g., OF ARTICLE a OF
THE CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL
LAWS, TITLE "PUBLIt EDUCATION"
AND TO Rh-ENA, Z SAID SECTION
WITH AMENDMENTS.
SECTION 1. Bet endcte Jy The General
A sseDlbly Of Maryland. That Section q, as
repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 5l5, Of
the Acts Of 1892, and Section 81. OF Article ~
Of the Code Of Public General La 5. title
Public Education be and the same are
hereby, repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments so as to read as follows:
Soction7. The Board OF District School
Trustees shall be composed Of three persons
who shall be appointed by the County School
Commissioners on tho first day Of May, or at
their first meeting thereafter, In each year.
and who shall meet wStlysi-ss,irfy days after
their appointment, and enter upon the duties
assigned them in Chapter 5, Of this article.
At their first meeting they shall appoint .
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS



AN ACT TO ADD TWO SECTIONS TO
ARTICLE z OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS OF MARYLAND
TITLE .BANES" TO BE DESIGNATED
AS Sc TOM A AND7 B. $500;
SECTION |. BE il enacted BY he Gencrc.
Assembly of Maryland. That two additional
sections designated as Sections I A and p;
be added to Article IL, of tho Code of Public
General Laws OF Maryland, title .sBanks' to
follow after Section seven, and to read as
follows: -
IA. In tho month Of October in the year
1895, and In every second year thereafter, the
Treasurer Of every Savings Bank or Savings
Institutions in the State of Maryland, shall
deliver to the Comptroller q written state
ment, sworn to by him or by the President OF
such Savings Bank containing the name and
amount standing to his or her credit OF every
depositor who shall not have made any de-
post therein, or withdrawn any money upon
their accounts for the period of twenty years
next prior to the first day OF tho preceding
September, provided that this section shall
not apply to the deposit made by any person
known to the said Treasurer to be living,
The Comptroller shall communicate the state
ments which shall DO so delivered to him to
the General Assembly in his next report :.
7B. Any Treasurer of any Savings Bank
In the State Of Maryland, who shall fail or
neglect to comply with the provisions OF the
preceding section, shall be subject to q fine
Of Five hundred dollars for each failure or
neglect, to be recovered by indictment In the
Circuit Court for the County where the said
Savings Bank may be located, or in the
Criminal Court Of Baltimore City, as the case
may be. ,. -
SEQ. .. And be il enqoted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage:
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK Known, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President OF the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker Of the House o. Delegates. J.:
We hereby certify That the aforegoing IS
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, passed january session.
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary OF the Senate.
D. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
cnAp1Eh 44l.

tHhflEH al.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE A SUM Oh
MONEY TO PROVIDE FOR THE IN
DEXING OF CERTAIN VOLUMES Oh
THE PROCEEDINGS Of THE PRER0d.
ALIVE COURT or THE PROVINCE OF
MARYLAND, AND ADMINISTRATOR
ACCOUNTS, INVENTORIES AND
BALANCE BOOK, AND For THE RE
, ARRANGEMENT or ORIGINAL WILLS
OF EARLY SETfiERS or MARY
LAND, AND THEIR PREsERVA--
lion AGAINST DESTRUCTION BY
FIRE. WHEREAS THERE ARE Al
THIS TIME IN THE OFFICE OF The
REGISTER OF WILLS or ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY, FORMERLY BE-
LONGING TO THE OFFICE OF THE
CoMMISSARY GENERAL or THE
PROVINCE or MARYLAND, FORTY-
SEVEN VOLUMES OF THE PROCEEF-
INGS OF THE PnEhOGATIYE COURT
or THE SAID HOVIKCE; ALSO IA
VOLUMES OF ADMINISTRATORS AC-
COUNTS, 1876 VOLUMES OF INvEH-
TORIES AND @ VOLUMES or FINAL
DISTRIBUTION ON BALANCE BOOKS
FROM ALL THE GOUNTIES or THE
STATE IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, CONTAIN
ING VALUABLE HISTORICAL NATTER
NOW INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
PROPORTION or SAID VOLUMES ARE
WITHOU i INDEXES; AND WHEREAS
ALSO THERE ALE ON FILE IN THE
SAID REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE
AT THIS TIME III, 900 ORIGINAL WILLS
OF THE EARLY sET1LEiti5 OF THE
PROVINCE or Maryland, COVERING
THE PERIOD FRO u 1885 TO TIT A. D.,
ALSO OF GREAT HISTORICAL INTER-
EST. BUT WHICH FOR LACK or SUTTA-
BILE APPLIANCES FOR THEIR AR
HANGEMENT AND EXAMINATION ARE
ALSO VIRTUALLY INACCESSIBLE TO
THE PUBLIC; AND BECAUSE OF THE
FLIMSY AND CONBUSTIBLE cHARAC-
TER OF THE ROOM WHERE THEY ARE
STORED ARE IN GREAT ID NIGER OF
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, THEREFORE,
SEcrIox /. Be Il oaacted Jy ne General As
seDtJty Of Mdiyid,id, That the Register Of
Wills OF Anne Arundel County and the Gov
emor Of the State be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered 70 hive indexed
In proper books 70 be purchased by them for
that purpose the Aforesaid AZ volumes Of
the proceedIngsof the Prerogatiye Court OF
the Province Of Maryland, seyenty-four
volumes OF the administration accounts, ono
hundred and twenty-six volumes Of Inyen-
tories and six volumes Of Distribution or
Balance Books and TO arrangein patent Ole
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER lO5.

AN ACT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SEC
TI0N 10 ARTICLE 80, OF THE CODE or
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS or MARY
LAND. TO COME IN AFTER SECION 1926,
AND TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 32G A.
SECTION ]. BE IL enacted by he General
Assembty Of HdrgfaHd, That an additional
Section be added to Article 90, Of the Code Of
Public General Laws, to come in after Sec
ton 32G, hpd n be known as Section 326 A,
and 70 read a. iolIows:
SEcTi0E 32g q. No will, testament, eodiciI
or Other ics.asnentary paper shall be subject
to cayeat Or glaer objection 10 its validity
after thu efplfut!oh Of three years from its
probate.
sEcTIoN 9. And be Il further enacted, Thai
this Act shall tals effect from the date Of Ia
passage.
Approved AprI 0, 1894
FRANK BROWN. aoYsnoE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 40 OF AR
TICLE II OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS TITLE "CLERKS OF
COURT" SUBTITLE CLERK OF THE
COURT OF APPEALS AND TO RE,
ENACT THE SAME WITH AMEND
MENTS
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-22
CONDENSED SPORTING CHAT.

Jim Corbett has made a pronounced hit
in London and seems on the way to make
considerable money. He says his fight with
ring.
The Paris papers refer to Ives as the
worlds billiard champion, as he is known
by his transatlantic friends"
First Baseman Goeckle of the University
of Pennsylvania nine will join the Philadel-
phia League team June 4.
Peter Jackson, the pugilist, has found a
long lost brother in Boston in the person of
James Jackson.
1t is said that there are only 24S, sos, 211 $40
different ordinations that may be played
in dominos.
Prominent American yachtsmen, includ-
ing A. Carey Smith, favor cash prizes for
er trophies. Nearly all the prominent re.
gattas in France and England are sailed for
substantial monetary considerations.
Pigeon shooting is an expansive sport. In
a 100 pigeon match each coitcGtant's birds
cost him $35, and besides this cost the
sportsman must pay for his cartridges, fee
the men who manipulate the traps and pro
vide himself with refreshments.
Wellesley girls are very fond of rowing
year. AHarvard student has been engaged
as coach by one of the fair crews.
Wheeling is growing rapidly in popular.
ity. Over 40 authorized race meets will be
held in the United States May 3d.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-22

EX-SENATOR PALMER of Michigan, who
last year gave out an Authoritative state
ment that Mr. Harrison would not be a
candidate for a second term, now an
nounces that he saw the ex-president ION
the night before he left New York." when
he reiterated the statement that he was
not a candidate. These annual dis
Chalmers are a trife mystifying. Are we
to infer from the second that the first had
expired by limitation? Or can it be that
the two negatives are coy Indiana way of
intimating an affirmative? Mr. Harrison
has repeatedly declared that he has seen
no reason why an ex-president should be a
mummy. If he had anything on his mind,
or any message he would send to the peo-
pie, why trickle it out by indirection?
Why not open his own mouth and speak
out like man.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-22
WORK ON THE TARIFF.

There is nothing like presenting united
front to the enemy for convincing them
that business is meant. The senate just
now presents a striking confirmation of
this assertion. Just as soon as every dem
ocratic senator in Washinaton signed an
agreement to remain in their seats each
day until Senator Harris should move to
adjourn the republicans saw that the fill
clustering jig was up. unless they were pre-
pared to remain in their seats for an in
definite period to keep it up, and there was
little probability of success even then, as
the silver republicans publicly gave notice
of their intention to aid the democrats in
keeping quorum and in getting a vote on
the bill, and there are other republican
senators who privately expressed the same
sentiments. The filibustering died hard,
but when Senator Harris's motion for the
senate to meet at 10 o'clock was made no
negative votes were cast.
This does not, of course, mean that re-
publican opposition to the bill has been
withdrawn, but that it has been forced by
the united front of the democrats down to
legitimate basis and that extended de-
bate is no longer expended upon minor
items IN the bill. The democrats have no
desire TO stife debate on the really i'm
portant sections of the bill and the pro-
posed amendments, and they expect that
reasonable amount of time will be con-
sumed when the sugar schedule, the in
come tax and other really important por-
lions of the bill are reached, but they do
not intend that debate merely for delay
,hall play any further part in the con-
id, ration of the bill, and in that deter
.ninatIon they have every reason to be-
iieve that they are supported by nine
terths of the people of the country, re-
5ardItss of politics. who want this ques-
ton settled at the earliest possible mo-
ment, in the interest of a resumption of
buGineSs