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MARYLAND. 



chosen United States Senator. The Legisla- 

 ture elected acting-Governor Lloyd to fill out 

 the remainder of the gubernatorial term. The 

 following were among the important acts of 

 the session : 



The Lane Constitutional Convention bill. 



The Peter tobacco-inspection bill. 



The bill authorizing the issue of bonds by Wicomico 

 County ; authorizing the appointment of two addition- 

 al magistrates in Baltimore County ; sanctioning sun- 

 dry sales, conveyances, and deeds to sundry religious 

 sects, orders, and denominations. 



Eelating to the Sheriff of Baltimore County. 



The billto prohibit opium-joints, and the bill to pro- 

 hibit the employment of females in concert-saloons. 



Bepealing and re-enacting the Anne Arundel tax- 

 collection law. 



Ee-enacting the Queen Anne County wild-fowl law. 



Incorporating the Pocomoke Land Improvement 

 Company. 



Eelating to leaves. 



Providing for printing Labor-Statistician Weeks' s 

 report. 



Ee-enacting the testamentary law. 



Eelating to the attendance and pay of witnesses in 

 court. 



For the better protection of fish in Talbot County. 



Authorizing the sale of the Hall's Springs Eailway 

 Company's property in Baltimore. 



Ee-enacting the law relating to appeals. 



To enforce the law regulating the hours of labor in 

 the mines of Garrett and Alleganv Counties.^ 



Authorizing the commitment of destitute girls to St. 

 Mary's Orphaline School. 



To encourage the destruction of crows, hawks, and 

 owls in Wicomico and Worcester. 



Eepealing the Worcester County wild-fowl law. 



Ee-enacting the Worcester County oyster law. 



To refund overpaid taxes to the Delaware, Mary- 

 land, and Virginia Eailroad Company. 



Eequiring the coal companies of Allegany and Gar- 

 rett Counties to pay their employe's semi-monthly. 



To provide for the enlargement of the State-House. 



To punish the use of deleterious matter in cakes and 

 candies. 



To amend the testamentary law relating to Orphans' s 

 Court. 



To regulate shooting. of wild- fowl in Chester river, 

 Queen Anne County. 



Amending the law relating to the shooting of teal- 

 duck. 



To amend the act authorizing the Governor to ap- 

 point genera] measurers of oysters. 



To punish the manufacturers, publishers, and dis- 

 tribution of indecent and immoral prints and other 

 documents. 



Amending the law relating to landlord and tenant. 



To authorize the Mayor, and City Council of Balti- 

 more to make provision to pension employe's of the 

 fire department. 



To refund certain debts of the State to a lower rate 

 of interest. 



To amend the law relating to partridge-shooting in 

 Caroline County. 



Providing for scientific temperance instruction in 

 the public schools as amended, without the compul- 

 sory feature. 



Kclating to the summoning, selection, and drawing 

 of jurors. 



Bgeulating the sale offish in Baltimore. 



Forbidding the sale of fish under a certain size. 



The oleomargarine act. 



For a tax commission to exempt certain portions of 

 the Chesapeake Bay from the provisions 01 the game 

 laws. 



Incorporating the Maryland Naval and Military 

 Academy at Oxford. 



Appropriating money to pay for repairs to State- 

 House and Executive Mansion. 



To incorporate the Maryland Eailroad Equipment 

 Company. 



Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Balti- 

 more to issue bonds for establishing a public park. 



To add new sections to Article XVI Code of Gen- 

 ral Laws. 



Eclating to chancery. 



Eelating to process. 



The Crescent Club primary election law. 



Eequiring affidavits for marriage licenses. 



To incorporate the Eeal Estate Exchange of the city 

 of Baltimore. 



Providing for changing a person's name. 



To amend the law relating to revenue and taxes. 



Eelating to conveying. 



Eelating to infants in chancery. 



The Annapolis local-option law for submisson on 

 April 28. 



The general lunacy commission bill. 



General law relating to partition of lands. 



To amend the habeas corpus law. 



To authorize the City Council to regulate tenement- 

 houses, lodging-houses, and cellars in the city of Bal- 

 timore. 



Eelating to inheritance. 



To re-enact the law relating to carrying concealed, 

 dangerous, and deadly weapons. 



To amend the law relating to the punishment of 

 frauds upon gas companies. 



To amend the law relating to exemption of property 

 from execution. 



To prevent the sale of cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco 

 to minors. 



Appropriating $2,000 per annum to Baltimore Man- 

 ual Labor School. 



To prevent the sale of gift-enterprise pack&ges. 



The one-dollar marriage license law. 



The general oyster law. 



Eegulating practice of dental surgery, by allowing 

 graduates of reputable colleges out of the State to 

 practice without examination. 



To fix the standard of measurement of shucked oys- 

 ters in the State. 



To amend the mechanics' lien law. 



For the better protection of persons and property in 

 Baltimore County. 



To amend the charter of Frederick City. 



Eelating to the office of register of wills for Freder- 

 ick County. 



Eelating to fishing in the upper Potomac. 



For a recodification of the general and local laws. 



To prevent the sale of liquors to minors in Alle 

 County. 



To protect lives and property of persons at raili 

 crossings. 



The two general appropriation bills for 1887 and!88 



Commercial fertilizers bill. 



Senator Jackson's bill to propagate oysters. 

 To amend the law relating to releases of bills off 

 and transfers. 



To prevent the pollution of streams, wells, springs, 

 and other sources of water-supply used for drinking 

 and domestic purposes in this State. 



For the supression of nuisances and the better pro- 

 tection of the health of the inhabitants of this State. 



To incorporate the American College of the Eoman 

 Catholic Church of the United States. 



To legalize the commitment of destitute and suffer- 

 ing children to reformatories and other institutions, 



'To enlarge the powers of railroad companies by 

 authorizing' them to cross other railroads, and regu- 

 lating the mode of condemning the easements of such 

 crossings. 



The convention bill provides that at the 

 general election, on the first Tuesday after the 

 first Monday in November, 1887, the people 

 shall vote on the question of a call of a con- 

 vention for altering the Constitution or framing 

 a new one. 



