Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-05
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
WHAT THE S0LONS ARE DOING,
To Put An End to Wholesale De-
struc,ioa Of Fish---Keeping An
Eve On Employees.

To put an end TO the wholesale de-
struction OF fish, Senator Archer i'm
troduced a bin in the Legislature yes
terday which prohibits any person.
partnership or corporation from fishing
with purse or buck nets in the Chesa-
peake Bay or any of its tributaries
AS the new law reads. fishing with
purse nets is permitted between Rob
ms Point on Western Shore. TO Han
dy's Point. on the Eastern Shore. The
Justices OF the peace in the counties
and in Baltimore city are given con
current jurisdiction TO hear and de-
termiue all cases in which Violations
are charged.
The penalty is fixed at 500. half Of
which is TO go TO the informer and
the boats, nets and other material are
to be condscated. half to go 20 the
county. in which the case is heard.
The employees Of the House of Dele
gates are on trial. IL they do not per
form the tasks assigned 10 them in the
way the member sof the House believe
that they should be performed. some
heads probably viii fal. Ia order To
give the subject the proper attention
the House has what is called an eff
cheney Committee.
This committee, which is headed hy
Delegate Mitchell, of Charles county.
VIII hold q meeting early next week
and If there are any complaints OF any
the House employees failing to do their
work as they should or not being ON
hand ,,-h,,, t},e,y NO e,,r,r,sa,,a o., d., -.
committee viii investigate
To substitute electrocution for hang
ing in capital cases and have all exc
cutions i'm Maryland take place in the
Penitentiary instead of in the coun-
ties is the object Of q bin introduced i'm
the House yesterday by Delegate Lay
ton, Of Worcester county. The bill
follows the New York law closely.
There is no appropriation in the bill
for installing the machinery and an
paratus necessary for the electrocu-
tions. but it must be done within a
stated period, the warden of the Peni-
tentiary selecting the exact time. The
warden must invite the Judge or jud-
ges that imposed the sentence, the
States Attorney. who prosecuted the
case, the sheriff OF the city or county
where the crime occurred four ply
sicians, not to exceed two ministers.
and he may invite as many as twelve
citizens.
il is, however, declared to be misde-
meanor for any witness to give out
publication any OF the details Of an
execution, although no penalty for the
violation Of this provision is stated in
the bill
Delegate Wnbrow. OF Worcestershire
also is Interested In the Dill, said that
there was on the Eastern Shore a
strong sentiment in favor OF having all
executions take place in Baltimore.
where secrecy and privacy could be OBJ
tanned. The reason for this sentiment.
he said was the publicity and dis
graceful character of many OF the
hangings that have taken place on the
Eastern Shore.
lie called attention to the recent ex-
ecution of Grano for the murder of a
family at Snow Hill Messrs. Layton
and Winbrow said that the hanging
was witnessed by a crowd Of some five
thousand persons, many of whom were
drunk and disorderly, and they recall
ed other instances on the Shore where
hangings. which under the law should
have been private, had been made a
public spectacle, much to the demoral-
ization of the country people and vis-
itora from Virginia and Delaware.
A bill by Delegate Luthardt. Of Bal
timore providing that all executions
shall be by hanging and that all such
hangings shall take place in the Bal
timore City Jail, is also before the
Judiciary Committee Of the House.