The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-01

Governor Lowndes on Wednesday sent II
message to both houses urging PROMPT action
on the Election, Civil Service and Reassess-
ment bills. The message was short. Lut to
the point, and read as follows:
''Gentlenen of the General Assembly:
The people of onr state at this time par
ticularly expect ana demand Il reasscssment
law, IL fair election law and a civil service
law. My views ON these measures have cen
expressed in my inaugural, and most earn
'stly recommend them for your prompt con-
sid' ration and enactment.
an any laws covering these subjects, the
executive is usually required to uominat".
ana the Senate to confirm. various appointces
upon who's" r&pability ana efficiency the
success Of such reforms will in great mca-
sure depend Thc early passage of sucn
laws Will inrrrAs" tho aith of the people in
their chosen representatives. IL well rs i'll
sure ample time to nominate and confirm.
LLOYD LOwEnEs.
"Govcrnor.'
When asked what prompted him t. send in
p!i ID: ''lf the pledges made by our party
during tn" last campaign are to be fulfilled,
II II ;, c5 Il that lh'le she u d be o isl IT: on
on all matters most affecting the peoples in
tcresls ami OF these, those relating to the
elections, II rcasscs smcnt of property, and the
evil service are oI the greatest Importance.
Nearly thirty days OF the session have been
consumed. AMI in order that proper consider
zion be- given these subjects. 10 time should
be lost in getting thcm hrlOre the legislature
1t will lac ne, ,5-ary. in ease laws are enacted
that / shoulC make the appointments, so that
the provisions of the acts may be carried out
and | cannot well do this at ;he last moment.
in case the bills are th, II hurried through. |
do not want to convene the Senate in extra
session il it can hc avoided, yet this may
b. necessary IL the legislature fails to act
promptly Should the as,e5S ncnt bill become
Il law, | Will have Il number of assessors to
hpI ONT. Th" same argument applies to
civil service and election laws. Up to this
time the Senat" has not even undertaken to
consider the reassessmcnt question, and the
bills in the House have rot even been dis
cussed in committee An election bill has
been introduced in the Senate, but nothing
has been done in the House. Some little
progress has been made in the Senate on Il
Civil Service bill, but here again the House
has been inactive. 1t was, therefore, with
the view of squirting on the members in both
houses and Fastening action on these i'm
portant meas urcs that sent in the message"
IT STIRRED UP ONE COMMITTEE
The message bore fruit at once Immedi-
ately after the adjournment of the House the
Assessment Committee get together, and
spent nearly four hours considering the bill
introduced hy Mr.. Bankard. Every section
was read and considered, and with the
exception of a few minor changes, which do
not at all affect the provisions of the bill, no
alterations were suggested Eight of the
nine members of the committee were present
and all appeared favorably impressed with
the measure. Another meeting will be held
tomorrow, when action may be taken on the
assessment bill proper. Supplemental bills
were not considered. Mr.. Bankard. who is
the chairman of the committee. believes that
the bill will be favorably reported in few
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