Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-02-11
Maryland Legislature.

Maryland Legislature.
Both houses Of the General Assembly OF
Maryland met on Monday night.
Bills were introduced In the Senate BY
Mr.. Clagett, for the erection and equipment
of high school at Laurel, Prince Georges
county. BY Mr.. Herring, to change the name
of the Second Hospital for the Insane and
to authorize the issuing of $3.50, 900 State
bonds for the erection and equipment of ad =
dtions buildings. Among the bills that
were passed are these: Prohibiting gaming
or betting on race tracks In Cecil county !;
providing for the destruction Of all gambling
paraphernalia seized from violators of lot
terry and policy laws and the payment of
money so taken TO the several school boards
In the counties and the police commission
ers in Baltimore city. President Randall
appointed the committee on fish and game
presented petition from citizens of Baltl-
more asking that law be enacted to pre-
vent the sale of medicines and chemicals by
unskllled and unqualified persons. Leaves
TO introduce bills were granted: To Mr..
Quinlan, to regulate the size of barrels used
for the shipment of apples and other agri-
cultural products; to place married wo-
man on the same legal standing as man
in reference to her right to own and dispose
OF real and personal property.
MIR. Day, of Howard county, will intro
duce In the Senate bill providing for the
issue by Howard county of 100000 3
per cent bonds, to make macadam roads
throughout the county.
Mr.. Doblers bill for civil service in Balti-
more city will be reported favorabIy in the
Senate.
Speaker Schsefer has announced the re
mainder of the standing committees. The
members from this county are assigned as
follows: Anderson. Corporations; Gould +,
Rules Ayton, Temperance, Education, and
Currency.
Mr.. Gould in the House Monday night
presented petition to eliminate the word
"male" from the State Constitution, the OBJ
ject being TO give women the right to vote.
The transmission of the petition to the leg
isIature was decided upon by the Woman
Suffrage Association of Maryland on Janu.
airy 3lst The petition is signed by Mary
Bentley, president, Ednor, Md and Mar
garet Smyth Clarke, recording secretary,
Baltimore, Md.
Both houses OF the General Assemb OF
Maryland were in session Tuesday. In the
Senate bills were introduced
BY Senator Smith, prohibiting super
visor OF election from being candidate for
office.
By Mr.. Crothers, to regulate the practice
of pharmacy
By Mr.. Putzel altering the law of guar
antee, 80 as to dispense with the necessity
OF stating the consideration in the written
guaranty; to render all the property of
married woman trader liable for her debts
to relieve husban from liability for the
debts of his wife and rendering her solely
responsible therefor; to authorize tenant
who remains in possession after the termlna.
ton of his lease under renewal of the same
10 remove fixtures.
BY MIR. Bouic, providing that in future
six school commissioners shall be elected in
the counties of Baltimore, Carroll. Frederick
and Washington, and that three shall be
elected in the other counties of the State.
Referred to the committee on education.
The bill regulating the testimony in cases
where the original party to the suit has since
died or become insane was passed.
In the House leaves TO introduce bills
were granted: To Mr.. Lenderking, amend
ing the mechanics lien law; providing that
creditors can obtain attachments against
debtors for necessities of life furnished or
for house rent due; regulating the sales of
property sold at public auction for taxes.
To Mr.. Baldwin to prohibit the use OF
acid and other injurious substances 10 the
manufacture of tin cans used for the pack
ing of food or food products and to appoint
an inspector.
Mr.. Gould offered an order providing that
a committee on fish and game laws, to con
sist of nine members, be added to the regu
lar standing committees of the House, and
that TO such committee shall be referred all
bills, whether local or general in character,
designed to regulate the times and manner
of taking, killing or trapping game or fish
within the State, except bills intended to
apply exclusively to the catching Of fish and
oysters. The order was discussed at con
siderable length, Messrs Gould aud Under
wood for the order, and Messrs Writ, Han
son, Prince and Wilkinson against. The
latters motion, that the order be referred TO
the committee on rules, prevailed, and the
order was so referred
Mr. Anderson presented an order to fur
nish to the office of the register Of wills of
Montgomery county copies of the Code of
Public Local Laws of the State OF Maryland.
Referred to the committee on library.
On Wednesday, in the House of Delegates,
Mr.. Anderson offered an order that two
hundred copies of the bill TO create the office
of Treasurer Of Montgomery county and to
DTONIuC iOt tHt JOliCCtipu w thAC9 NO piihh
ed by the State printer. Referred " the
committee on printing
The EpwOrth League The Epworth
Leaguers Of this section Of the country are
very cordially invited To attend mass
meeting OF leaguers under the the aus
plces of the Epworth League Union OF
Washington and vicinity, to be held in the
Southern Methodist Church, Rockville, on
Friday evening, February Is, for which
meeting the following program has been
announced
Address-"'The Objects Of the Literary
Department" Rev. j. o. Knott, of Wash.
ington; "The League Library" by F. f.
Wood ward, of Washington; a paper, "Lit
erary and Social Meetings" by e. b. Kemp,