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MARYLAND. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



designated by the Governor when the Comp- 

 troller could not attend. It was further pro- 

 vided that two different keys should be necessary 

 to reach the vaults, one of which should be held 

 by the Treasurer and one by the Comptroller, 

 and that each should record, in a separate book 

 open for public inspection, an accurate list of all 

 the securities in the vaults at all times. 



Marble. There are three marble quarries in 

 the State, the product of which in 1889 amounted 

 to 303,305 cubic feet, the total value being $139, 

 816. The expenses of the three quarries are 

 divided as follow : Total wages, including sala- 

 ries paid to office force, $78,240 ; value of sup- 

 plies and materials consumed, $18,847; all other 

 expenses, rent, taxes, insurance, etc., $15,417; 

 total expenses incurred in producing entire 

 amount of marble, $112,504. Capital invested 

 in land, $259,400; in buildings and fixtures, 

 $50,890; in tools, live stock, machinery, and 

 supplies on hand, $119,914; in cash, $146,700, 

 total capital, $576,904. 



Agricultural College. The Maryland Ag- 

 ricultural College contained about forty students 

 at the end of this year. It is in Prince George's 

 County, on an estate of 286 acres, about eight 

 miles from Washington, and is supported in part 

 by an annual appropriation of $6,000 from the 

 State and by the annual appropriation of Con- 

 gress for an experiment station. 



Boundary Questions. In the matter of the 

 dispute with Virginia over the rights of the 

 State in the Potomac river, the Legislature this 

 year passed an act directing the Attorney-Gen- 

 eral to take the necessary steps to obtain a de- 

 cision of the United States Supreme Court as to 

 the scope and effect of the compact of 1785 be- 

 tween Maryland and Virginia, whether it applies 

 to Pocomoke Sound, and whether the citizens of 

 Maryland have a right, jointly with the citizens 

 of Virginia, to take oysters therein. By another 

 act, the Attorney-General was directed to obtain 

 from the same court a decision that will settle 

 the controversy with West Virginia as to the 

 boundary between Garrett County, Maryland, 

 and Preston County, West Virginia. 



Decisions. On June 19 the State Supreme 

 Court rendered a decision in the case of McAllis- 

 ter vs. State, affirming the constitutionality of 

 the act of 1888 to prevent fraud and deception 

 in the sale of oleomargarine, it being declared a 

 valid exercise of the police power by the State. 

 On the same day, in the case of Emger vs. State, 

 the act of 1886, which provides that no person 

 shall engage in the business of plumbing in the 

 city of Baltimore unless such person shall have 

 received from the State Board of Commissioners 

 of Practical Plumbing a certificate as to his com- 

 petency and qualification, was likewise held to be 

 constitutional. 



The Australian ballot law passed at the session 

 of this year was attacked in the case of Lankford 

 vs. County Commissioners, upon three grounds, 

 viz. : 1. That it was not duly approved and signed 

 by the Governor within the time required by the 

 Constitution ; 2. That it is a local or special act, 

 and as such is repugnant to and in violation of 

 section 33 of Article III of the Constitution : 3. 

 That it violates section 29 of Article III of the 

 Constitution, because the subject of the act is 

 not sufficiently described in the title thereof. 



The State Supreme Court, by a decision reached 

 Nov. 13 (two judges dissenting), found all of 

 these objections untenable, and affirmed the va- 

 lidity of the act. 



Political. At the November election a solid 

 Democratic delegation to Congress was chosen 



MASSACHUSETTS, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Consti- 

 tution Feb. 6, 1788; area, 8,315 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, was 378,787 in 1790 ; 422,845 in 1800 ; 472,- 

 040 in 1810; 523,159 in 1820; 610,408 in 1830; 

 737,699 in 1840; 994,514 in 1850; 1,231,066 in 

 1860 ; 1,457,351 in 1870 ; 1,783,085 in 1880 ; and 

 2,238,943 in 1890. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, John Q. 

 A. Brackett, Republican ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 William H. Haile ; Secretary of State, Henry B. 

 Peirce ; Treasurer, George A. Marden ; Auditor, 

 Charles R. Ladd ; Attorney-General, Andrew J. 

 W r aterman ; Railroad Commissioners, George G. 

 Crocker, Edward W. Kinsley, and Everett A. 

 Stevens; Insurance Commissioner, George S. 

 Merrill; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 Marcus Morton, who resigned on Aug. 27 and 

 was succeeded by Associate-Justice Wai bridge 

 A. Field by appointment of the Governor ; As- 

 sociate Justices, Walbridge A. Field (promoted, 

 as above stated, in September), Charles Devens, 

 William Allen, Charles Allen, Oliver W. Holmes, 

 Jr., Marcus P. Knowlton, and James M. Morton 

 (appointed in September to succeed Jubtice 

 Field, promoted). 



Population. The official returns for the cen- 

 sus of this year are compared with similar re- 

 turns for 1880 in the following table : 



* Decrease. 



The population of the chief cities and towns 

 of the State for 1890 is as follows : Boston 448,- 

 477, increase 85,638 in ten years ; Worcester 84,- 

 655, increase 26,364 ; Lowell 77,696, increase 18,- 

 221; Fall River 74,398, increase 25,437; Cam- 

 bridge 70,028, increase 17,359 ; Lynn 55,727, in- 

 crease 17,453 : Lawrence 44,654, increase 5,503 ; 

 Springfield 44,179, increase 10.839; New Bed- 

 ford 40,733, increase 13,888 : Somerville 40,152, 

 increase 15,219 ; Holyoke 35,637, increase 13,722; 

 Salem 30,801, increase 3,238 ; Chelsea 27,909, in- 

 crease 6,127; Haverhill 27,412, increase 8,940; 

 Brockton 27,294, increase 13,686; Taunton 25,- 

 448, increase 4,235; Gloucester 24,651, increase 

 5,322; Newton 24,379, increase 7,384; Maiden 

 23,031, increase 11,014; Fitchburg 22,037, in- 

 crease 9,608; Waltham 18,707, increase 6,995; 



