The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-31

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Wednesday in honor of the ami
verSary of the birth of President
Mckinley The Governor issued
a proclamation that the dav be
fittinglv observed and the Legis
lature accordingly did not hold a
session. They reasSembled on
Thursday evening.
The "inSuranrer bill. which has
been the cause of so much trouble
in both House and Senate. finally
passed both branches of the Legis.
lature Tuesday. was signed by
the Governor and is now a law.
The report of the committee ap.
pointed to confer with a commit
tee of the Senate upon the amend
mentS To the hill laid its report
before the House. In effect il
recommended that the four Balti
more companies be assessed 81. 500
per annum: that the other United
States companies he permitted TO
conduct business in the State of
MARYLAND free of charge. and that
those companies organized in
foreign countries be taxed $500
per wear.
A special to the Sun Wednes
day SAYS:
Having lust gotten rid of one
insurance hill. that occupied
most of the time of both houses
during the last ten days. the Leg
i>lature will have to grapple with
another case that bids fair to
create almost as much stir. al
though in a different way. The
new bill is designed to compel
the insurance companies to pay
the full face value of all policies.
and provides that there shall he
no adjustment bv which less than
the face value can be paid when
there is a total loss 1t will be
introduced in the Senate Thurs
day night by Senator McCul-
lough. of Cecil County. who be
lieveS it will correct a serious
abuse and in many cases prevent
injustice.
On Thursday Senator Rohrhack
intoduced two bills affecting Fred,
erick City. The first bill was to
amend the laws relative to the
City Register. giving additional
powers in the matter of collecting
taxes which are in arrears. while
the second bill was TO authorize
Frederick City to issue bonds TO
redeem the issue of 1898. amount
ing 70 $4,000. Both bills were
referred To Senators Rohrback.
Belts and RavenScroft.
Delegates Nicodemus, of this
county. introduced a bill provid-
ing for an increase Of the license
of saloon keepers of Frederick
county $500 per annum and that
hotel keepers $500 per annum
Half of the money from such
licenses was to be applied TO
the Improvement of the roads of
the county while the other half
was to go to Frederick City for the
betterme MT of its streets.
\ favorable report was made
in the Senate upon the bill intro
dueed by Senator Rohrback to
amend and add TO the corporate
powers of the Sisters of Charity
of ST. Joseph. at EmmitSburg.
this county. so as to authorize the
institution to confer degrees and
issue diplomas. The bill was
passed on Friday.
The Frederick City bills. relat-
ing to the refunding of the bound
ed indebtedness and an extension
of the time in which the City
Register shall settle for taxes col
lected by him. were reported
favorably in the Senate, add
ordered engrossed for a third
reading.
Senator Rohrback introduced a
bill q prohibit domesticated ami.
mails from gazing on the Mono
cacy aud Urbana turnpike road
or any public highway within one
and one-half miles of Urbana.
this county.
Senator Rhorback introduced
bill to sanction certain be quests
of Maria Wrestling. and also a
10 amend the charter of the Balti-
more and Frederick Electric Rail
road Company.
Senator Rohrback will intro
duee bill 10 increase the power
granted to the Baltimore and Flee
trio Railroad Company.
The bill sanetioning the bequest
of Mary c. Bsdner was passed by
the Senate and now goes 10 the
House for consideration.