The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-07
THE MARYLAND
LEGISLATURE

Delegate LETTERS bill empowering
the town of ElSton to levy 2 cents for
the maintenance of Singerly Fire
Company, was passed in the House on
Tuesday.
Delegate Mearns, on Wednesday, in
troduced bill to define the qualifica-
tions of an administrator and execu-
tor.
the Town Council of Rising Sun, to is
sue bonds for water works and electric
light plant, has passed the House.
Delegate Mearns' bill requiring auc-
tioneers in Cecil county to take out
licenses came up for its third reading
Tuesday evening, and was passed in
the House.
Governor Goldsborough on Wednes-
compel all railroad companies to give
telegraph operators, signalmen, lever
with the dispatching of trains and who
Delegate LETTERS bill to authorize
sue bonds for water works and elec-
VI " iiSht pidht has PdooSu Ilt liOuScs
There is large and very proper
of dog law that will be efficient. The
present law is of no use, the dog tax
is not collected, dogs are multiplying
and becoming more and more of a
nuisance, as well as serious handi-
cap to the sheep and the poultry in
dustries. There ought to be some way
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could be cured. The trouble is to find
the way, and on that problem the
Cecil legislators are now at work.
A Bill providing for the distribution
of the surplus funds remaining in the
from tax sales, was introduced in the
House last week by Delegate Davis.
A Bill, introduced last week in the
House, by Delegate Mearns, provides
that all resident auctioneers of Cecil
county must take out license of SIS;
lt-of-county auctioneers one costing
SIS; and out-of- State auctioneers. one
of $25.
has a bill before the Senate whose
purpose is to take more drastic steps
toward stamping out the hog cholera,
which disease has wrought such havoc
of late years in the hog-growing busi-
ness.
Petitions are beginning to pour into
the Legislature from farmers all over
the State, protesting against the kind
of roads the Roads Commission is
building, as being not adapted to the
farmers use and as being entirely too
costly. This seems to be a case of
hindsight rather than foresight on the
part of the farmers, and as a conse-
quence they are "getting busy" a little
late in the game. The CECIL WHIG
has been for several years urging the
farmers to make their influence felt
on the matter of the kind and cost of
our State roads, and while there has
been much agreement with the Wings
position, there has been little coop
GRAFTON.
The political powers that control
this State are facing a hard PROPOSE
tion at this Legislature The popular
demand for no further increase in the
State Tax rate cannot be ignored; on
the other hand the present tax rate
will not begin to supply the demands
that are made on the Treasury. Be-
tween these two rocks the political
captains are trying to steer their craft
without shpwreck. No wonder they
are doing a powerful lot of figuring
and caucusing.
The House has passed Mr.. MitchelPs
Bill, amending the Child Labor Law,
so as to permit the employment of
children in canning factories outside
of Baltimore City, only, however, per-
mitting the employment of children
over ten years old. The Mitchell Bill
is strongly urged by the Gamers of
the counties and will probably pass in
the Senate.