Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-02-19
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
ROUTINE OF THE HOUSE
AND SENATE.
Favorable And Unfavorable Reports From
Committees Received-A Large
Delegation Of Ministers
Before The Leg
isIature.


islature
The Senate met at noon tcday with al
the Senators presem except :nstor Nc
Cullough. Prayer was offered by the
Rev. DIR. Miller.
Senator Williams introduced two bills.
one providing that the local guard boat
OF the oyster navy. stationed in Herring
bay, be kept in service the entire year
instead Of during the oyster season only,
10 protecl the oysters from being taken
up and rep1anted, the expense to be born
by the State and county. and one to pro.
vide for a "S'ate Building and Loan
Commission with power TO investigate
the standing OF all building and loan
associations in the State.
There was considerable discussion upon
the second reading OF Senator Beits' bill,
which provides for emowering the County
Commissioners Of the various counties
with authority to levy tax Of 7 per cent.
in municipalities and OF per cent in
the coun,ies outside for establishing and
maintaining tree public Libraries. The
bill was ordered engrossed for a third
reading after several Senators had added
amendments excluding their counlies.
Anne Arundel county was not excluded.
The Senate took a recess at 2 80 D. m.
until 3 p. M. when they will 20 into
executive session to hear the plum drop
from the Executive Chamber.
The committee from the Taxpayers
Association OF Eastport waited upon Sen.
ator Williams this morning and he agreed
to grant their request, hence the reap
pointment OF Magistrates Nj. ID. Clancy
and Samuel s. Hatch will be held up.
TIE list of executive appointments for
Anne Arundel county were not handed
in to the Governor today, which were re-
quired to be in by IL o'clock, noon.
HOUSE.
The House met this morning at IL
o'clock, and was opened with prayer by
the Rev. A. J. Weishaar. Eighty-nine
members were present at roll-call.
A large delegation of ministers from
Baltimore city and the counties appeared
before the Committee on Temperance in
relation to certain temperance legislation
now pending before the Legislature.
Leave was granted Mr.. BToening to
introduce a bill appropriating 500 900
for the ST. Louis Exposition, 1903, and
authorizing the Governor to appoint a
commission from Maryland to same.
Leave was granted Mr.. Leatherbury,
OF Anne Arundel. to introduce a bill APP
propriating a certain sum of money to
pay James H. Jones for services rend. r.
ed the State.
BY Mr.. Watts--To make valid certain
interest bearing certificates of indebted-
ness heretofore issued by the County
Commis sioners Of Anne Arundel county
and to authorize the issuance OF the in.
terest-bearing certificates by the County
Commissioners OF said county, which was
read the first time.
BY Mr.. Shipley-To prohibit the prac-
tice OF glove priz .-hghling in the State,
which was read the first time.
Mr.. Shipley reported favorably from
the Anne Arundel delegation House bill
to prohibit the sale of spirituous or fer
mented liquors or lager beer within two
miles OF white public school No. s in the
Fifth district, which was read first time.
Mr.. Brashears reported favorably from
the Anne Arundel delegation House bill
to add new section to Article OF the
L
Arundel County, Sub title County Com.
mssioners," making it penal off .nse to
use profane language in the presence oi
the Board during their sessions. which
was read first time.
The unfavorable report of the Com.
| mittee on Corporations on House bill to
compel the United Railway Companies
OF Baltimore city to sell six-fare tickets
for twenty FIVE cents, after considerable
| discussion, to substitute the bill for the
unfavorable report and TO refer the bill
to the Baltimore city delegation, the lat
ter motion prevailed by a yea and nay
vote of AZ to SO. and the bill was SO
referred.
The unfavorable report OF the Com.
mitiee on Judiciary, House bill intro.
duced by MIR. Culver to add a new Sec
ton to Article IT OF the Code of Public
Local Laws OF Wicomico county, title
"Crimes and Punishments." sub title
"Llbel and SANDER. was adopted.
The remainder OF the morning session
was taken up with the special order oi
the jay, being the Senate bill No. z8
entitled IAN act TO repeal and re-enaci
with amendments Section SO. of Article
43, of the Code OF Public General Laws
title Health. sub title Practitioners Of
Medicine as the same was amended by
the Act OF 1892, chapter 2o6.'
At z.Io p. m. The House took a re
cess TO . p. m.