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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1904
Page
8
Maryland law revises and reenacts sections on general registrations in 1904 1905 and after for counties and Baltimore city. It sets procedures for removal certificates and annual or biennial revisions, with boards of registry duties and special rules for precinct establishment and voter lists including deletions and erasures. The act includes penalties for violations and takes effect on passage.
A proposed bill forbids selling or giving cocaine morphine or preparations containing cocaine except by written dated prescription from a legally authorized practitioner. The order must name patient and be signed by the prescriber. Records must be kept and limited exceptions apply for small quantities.
The Office of the Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates announces a Maryland General Assembly action with B. L. Smith as Chief Clerk. The record notes the passage of an assembly measure and formal clerical processing details.
An act amends Article 77 adding sections 139 140 and 141 under School Attendance. It requires eight to sixteen year olds with hearing impairment to attend a deaf school for eight months or receive equivalent instruction, with exemptions for regular comparable study or impractical cases. Offenses include failure to comply and inducing absence, punishable by fines up to five dollars and fifty dollars respectively. Approved April 7 1904.
Spencer C Jones and George Y Everhart appear as delegates in a local legislative or organizational session. The brief item cites B L Smith in connection with the Houses of Delegates.
The act repeals Chapter 589 of 1902 and reenacts a Maryland wage payment law. It requires mining and manufacturing and railway and telegraph firms to pay semi monthly in US dollars at workplaces within 16 to 14 days. Offenders face misdemeanor charges and fines up to 200 dollars per offense. Effective upon passage, approved March 17 1904.
Chapter 110 establishes separate white and colored accommodations on steamboats within Maryland waters, with no difference in quality. Captains face fines for noncompliance. penalties include fines, possible jail, and ejectment of offenders. act takes effect July 1, 1904.
The document outlines two 1904 Maryland acts. The first validates mortgages and assignments sworn and recorded since March 5, 1902, even if not sworn before proper officers. The second adds Section 198.1 to Article 16 empowering equity courts to mortgage lands for life or fee estates and to direct proceeds for the use of all interested parties, binding those not yet in being. Approved April 8, 1904.
An act repeals and reenacts section 82 from the 1900 Maryland acts. It validates all deeds mortgages releases bonds of conveyance bills of sale chattel mortgages and other conveyances executed after 1858 that lacked proper acknowledgment form certification or witness requirements. Approved March 22 1904.
The act repeals Section 29A of Article 52 and reenacts it with amendments. It sets that partnerships, corporate incorporations, and representative character are admitted unless denied under oath in writing before hearing. In corporations the denial may be by officers. in partnerships by any partner. If denied under oath, the court may adjourn to allow proof.
Chapter 212 adds Section 81B to Article 81 of the Maryland Public General Laws, revising Payment of Taxes by Corporations. It also adds Section 86B to Article 81, clarifying that certain large savings banks or corporations with capital stock over twenty thousand dollars are taxed under state law and do not receive deposits weekly or monthly. The act, approved April 1, 1904, specifies the impact on existing Section 86A provisions.
A Maryland statute repeals and re enacts Article 83 Section 8 of the Code of Public General Laws to change exemptions from execution. It now shields up to 100 dollars in property and all insurance or relief payments for sickness accident or death from debt seizure, with exceptions for breach of promise to marry and seduction. Approved April 7, 1904 by Spencer C. Jones, Chief Clerk.
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