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MARYLAND. 



Democratic and Republican Conventions, 479 ; 

 election in November, 480. 



VIII. The Legislature, 451 ; subject of pub- 

 lic schools, 451 ; new system, 451 ; funds, 451 ; 

 studies, 451 ; school year, 452 ; commissioners, 

 452 ; trustees, 452 ; Normal School, 452 ; tax- 

 es, 452 ; school-fund, 452 ; acts of the Legisla- 

 ture, 452 ; Sunday law, 452 ; protest relative 

 to the case of Senator Thomas, 453 ; Freed- 

 men's Bureau, 453 ; letter relative to colored 

 people, 453 ; Republican State Convention, 

 453 ; resolutions, 453, 454 ; its action repudi- 

 ated, 454; a Bolters' Convention, 454; Sol- 

 diers and Sailors' Convention, 454; Democratic 

 Convention, 455 ; resolutions, 455 ; nomina- 

 tions, 455 ; election, 455 ; finances of the State, 

 455 ; assessed value of property, 455 ; property 

 of the State, 455 ; damages by floods, 456. 



IX. Financial condition, 406 ; rapid increase 

 of crime, 406 ; prison statistics, 406 ; establish- 

 ment of an asylum for the deaf and dumb, 406 ; 

 railroads and canals, 406 ; views of the Gov- 

 ernor thereon, 406 ; neglect of the Baltimore 

 & "Washington road to pay to the State the 

 sums stipulated in its charter, 407"; reasons 

 given by the directors of the Baltimore & 

 Ohio road, 407 ; progress of the Western Ma- 

 ryland Railroad, 407; Baltimore & Potomac 

 Railroad, 407; other railroads, 407; school 

 statistics, 408; oyster-trade, 408; production 

 of coal, 408 ; improvement in the harbor of 

 Baltimore, 408 ; meeting of the State Conven- 

 tion of Colored Republicans, 408 ; resolutions, 

 408 ; resolutions adopted at a mass-meeting of 

 colored Republicans, 409 ; resolutions of the 

 colored Republicans of Frederick County, 409 ; 

 Democratic Convention, 410; meeting of the 

 Republican Convention, 410 ; resolutions, 410 ; 

 legislative appropriations, 410; the election, 

 410. 



X. Meeting of Legislature, 467; rejection 

 of the fifteenth amendment, 467 ; school law, 

 467 ; " oyster war " with Virginia, 467 ; rail- 

 roads, 467 ; report of committee of City Coun- 

 cil of Baltimore on Danville & Lynchburg 

 Railroad, 468 ; ordinance granting aid to same, 

 468; railroads, 468; election returns, 468; 

 celebration of ratification of fifteenth amend- 

 ment, 468; resolutions of colored citizens, 

 468 ; communication of Republican State 

 Committee to Governor Bowie, requesting 

 him to call extra session of Legislature, 469 ; 

 reply of the Governor, 469; finances, 469; 



schools, 469 ; expenses and assessed value of 

 property in the several counties, 470 ; statis- 

 tics of city of Baltimore, 470 ; United States 

 census, 470 ; population of ^Baltimore, 470. 



XI. Finances, 485 ; Democratic nominees, 

 485 ; platform, 485, 486 ; Republican, 486 ; 

 election returns, 486 ; apportionment of dele- 

 gates, 486 ; suits against Baltimore & Ohio 

 Railroad, 486, 487 ; railroads, 487 ; Chesa- 

 peake & Ohio Canal, 487, 488; census sta- 

 tistics of 1870, 488 ; school system, 488 ; 

 finances, 489. 



XII. Session of the Legislature, 495 ; new 

 school law, 495 ; other acts passed, 496 ; ad- 

 justment of the claims of the State against 

 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, 

 496 ; revenues of that company, 496 ; finances 

 of the State, 496 ; completion of the Chesa- 

 peake & Ohio Railroad, 496 ; penitentiary, 

 496 ; Woman Suffrage Convention, 497 ; reso- 

 lutions, 497 ; Republican Convention, 497 ; 

 Democratic Convention, 497; convention of 

 colored men, 497 ; its object, 497 ; results of 

 the presidential election, 498; present State 

 government, 498 ; statistics of occupations, 

 498; of agriculture, 498; of manufactures, 

 498 ; of newspapers and periodicals, 498 ; of 

 libraries, 498 ; of churches, 498 ; of pauper- 

 ism and crime, 498. 



XIII. Receipts and expenditures, 465 ; State 

 debts, 466 ; revenue from all sources, 466 ; use 

 of the surplus, 466 ; insurance department, 

 466 ; report of the State Board of Education, 

 466 ; colored schools, 467 ; oyster-fund, 467 ; 

 increase of fish, 467; registration of voters, 

 467 ; receipts, etc., of the Baltimore & Ohio 

 Railroad, 467 ; liabilities, 468 ; completion of 

 other railroads, 468 ; Democratic State Con- 

 vention, 468 ; nominations, 468 ; resolutions, 

 468 ; Republican State Convention, 469 ; re- 

 sults of the election, 469 ; the city of Balti- 

 more, 469 ; receipts and expenditures, 469 ; 

 debt, 470 ; new City Hall, 470 ; Corn and 

 Flour Exchange, 470 ; oyster and fruit-packing- 

 trade, 470 ; loss by fire, 470. 



XIV. Session of the Legislature, 514 ; 

 senatorial election, 514 ; new registration law, 

 514; details, 615; oyster fisheries law, 515; 

 new license law, 515 ; State Grange, 515 ; reso- 

 lutions, 515; second session, 516; resolu- 

 tions, 516 ; congressional elections, 516 ; State 

 finances, 516 ; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 516; 

 Normal School, 516 ; insurance companies, 



