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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (MARYLAND.) 



tinued until April 1. The Senate consisted of 17 

 Democrats and 9 Republicans, and the House of 

 51 Democrats and 44 Republicans. John Hubner 

 was elected President of the Senate, and Noble 

 Mitchell Speaker of the House. Six hundred and 

 thirty-three bills were passed and several resolu- 

 tions. One of these was a memorial urging Con- 

 gress to take action to give recognition to Com- 

 modore Winfield Scott Schley as the commander 

 of the American fleet at the battle of Santiago. 

 There was also a joint resolution for a joint com- 

 mittee to adjust the Maryland-Virginia boundary- 

 line, and to decide upon joint legislation for the 

 preservation of the food supply of the Chesapeake 

 Bay. A resolution was also adopted, urging the 

 acquisition by the Government and the enlarging 

 and deepening of the Chesapeake and Delaware 

 Canal. The more important laws that were passed 

 during the session were: 



Amending the election law and removing some 

 of its defects. It requires notice to all persons sus- 

 pected of not being entitled to registration and 

 an abundant opportunity for a hearing, before 

 their names are stricken from the list. It also 

 provides that no person coming into Maryland 

 from another State shall be entitled to vote until 

 one year after his intention to become a citizen 

 of this State, shall, upon his application, have 

 been inscribed in a book kept for the purpose by 

 the Circuit Court clerks in the various counties 

 and by the clerk of the Superior Court of Balti- 

 more city. The law also provides that the names 

 of the various candidates shall be printed on the 

 official ballots in 12-point (pica) type, one-eighth 

 of an inch high and in depth. At the recent elec- 

 tions the names of candidates in some of the coun- 

 ties were printed in a small, antiquated type for 

 the evident purpose of puzzling or misleading vo- 

 ters who had a meager education, the invalidating 

 of the ballot of the negro voter being especially 

 aimed at. 



Providing that no room or apartment in any 

 tenement or dwelling-house shall be used except 

 by the immediate members of the family residing 

 ther.ein, which shall be limited to a husband and 

 wife and their children, for the manufacture of 

 any article of clothing, feathers, artificial flowers, 

 cigarettes, or cigars. Before such dwelling can 

 be used for such purposes there must be an inspec- 

 tion by the Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Sta- 

 tistics and a permit issued by him. 



A compulsory school-attendance law. A child 

 that is found to be an habitual or incorrigible 

 truant to be committed to a " parental school," to 

 be established in each county and in the city of 

 Baltimore. 



For the appointment of a commissioner to cod- 

 ify the incorporation laws of the State and to 

 prepare a general system of incorporation law, 

 to be submitted to the next Legislature. 



For the appointment of a tuberculosis commis- 

 sion. 



Forbidding the employment of minors under six- 

 teen years of age in handling intoxicating liquors, 

 or in any brewery or bottling establishment 

 where liquors are prepared or offered for sale. 



To prevent the desecration of the national flag. 

 It provides that the flag or coat of arms of the 

 United States or any imitation thereof shall not 

 be attached to or imprinted on any goods, wares, 

 or merchandise, or any advertisement of the same. 



Providing for a State library commission, to 

 consist of 7 persons, of whom at least 2 shall be 

 women; the State Librarian, Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, and the librarian of the Enoch 

 Pratt Library to be cx-offido members, the others 

 to be appointed biennially by the Governor. Its 



duties are to advise all public and free libraries 

 and all committees and persons proposing to es- 

 tablish them as to the best means of selecting and 

 cataloguing books and other details of manage- 

 ment; also to organize and conduct traveling li- 

 braries. 



Placing the primary elections of both parties 

 upon practically the same footing as the general 

 elections. 



Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of 

 Baltimore to issue stock to an amount not exceed- 

 ing $1,000,000 for enlarging and improving the 

 water service. The ordinance was submitted to 

 the voters at the municipal election, and was 

 ratified by a large majority. 



Changing the law for a State board to examine ' 

 persons desiring to practise medicine in the State. 

 Two State boards are now provided for, one named 

 by the Medical and Chirurgical faculty of the 

 State of Maryland, and the other by the Maryland 

 State Homeopathic Society, which are to examine 

 respectively the candidates of the two schools of 

 medicine. Physicians who have been practising 

 in States which allow Maryland practitioners to 

 practise without taking an examination are to be 

 entitled to practise here. 



Prohibiting railroad companies from issuing, 

 selling, or receiving tickets for passage througi 

 the city of Baltimore without coupons attached t j 

 and from the city, and allowing a stop-over privi- 

 lege. 



Providing a pension fund for teachers who have 

 taught in the public or normal schools twenty-five 

 years and have reached the age of sixty years. 

 In the event of their becoming physically or men- 

 tally disabled they are entitled to an annual pen- 

 sion of $200. 



Providing for the issue of bonds to the amount 

 of $600,000, the proceeds to be used for the erec- 

 tion of an addition to the State-House in Annapo- 

 lis, for the removal and demolition of the State 

 Library Building and annexes, for construction 

 of a plant to heat all the State buildings, for the 

 completion of the Fifth Maryland Armory, and 

 the construction of an annex to the Maryland 

 House of Correction. 



Providing for a State Board of Undertakers, to 

 be appointed biennially by the Governor and to 

 consist of 7 members, of whom 5 shall be under- 

 takers of at least five years' active experience. 



Providing for a State Board of Pharmacy, to 

 be composed of 5 persons, to be appointed by tho 

 Governor. The law provides that no person shall 

 open or conduct a pharmacy unless such person 

 has received a certificate from the board, and no 

 pharmacy shall at any time be left in charge oi 

 any person not a certified pharmacist to com- 

 pound prescriptions or sell poisonous drugs. 



Providing for the creation of a commission to 

 investigate the cause, origin, treatment, preve 

 tion, and cure of the disease in horses called 

 bro-spinal meningitis. 



Making the counterfeiting of any kind of deed, 

 will, promissory note, or document of value 

 any kind a felony. 



For the more complete support of the Muiyl.ni. 

 Agricultural College, containing the provision^ 

 necessary to meet the requirements of the con- 

 gressional acts known as " the land grant act 

 1862," "the Hatch experiment station act o 

 1887," and "the Merrill act of 1890." 



Baltimore. The city was able to meet every 

 one of its financial obligations in 1902, and on 

 Dec. 31, 1902, had nearly $200,000 in bank. Tho 

 city comptroller announced that every depart 

 ment lived within its appropriation for the year, 

 and that there will probably be an unexpected bal 



