Maryland Act Repeals and Reenacts Register of Wills Clause
A Maryland General Assembly act repeals and reenacts Section 277 of Article 93 to empower the Comptroller to limit and fix assistant clerks and deputies for Registers of Wills. It requires oathful affiants and authorizes appointment, with prior acts ratified. The act, approved February 27, 1906, takes effect on passage. Mineral waters branding and enforcement provisions follow, detailing filing, publication, unlawful use, penalties, and exceptions. Approved March 6, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of
Maryland
Wis
Edwin Wharfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Public General Laws Wills Perpetual Care Provisions
A 1906 act limits wills and burial lots to prevent perpetuities in family gravesites. It voids any devise in trusts for perpetual care of cemeteries and rectifies conveyances to trustees for perpetual interment. The act takes effect on passage and bears approval by Joseph B. Seti.
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Edwin Warfield
Maryland Fish Law Provisions Repealed and Reissued 1906
The document outlines Maryland fish law provisions including penalties for illegal catching and possession during closed seasons, rewards to informers, and limits on selling or buying fish in several counties and Baltimore. It repeals earlier acts, preserves certain exemptions for fish culturists, and states the act takes effect upon passage dated March 27, 1906, signed by Edwin Warfield.
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Circuit Court
Superior Court
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Justice of the Peace
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
General Assembly of
Frederick
Howard, Cecil, Kent
Queen Anne’s
Harford
St. Mary's
Wicomico
Charles, Talbot
Worcester
Calvert
Somerset
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Voter Registration Party Affiliation Rights Cited by Seth
The passage explains that each registered voter must have a column noting party affiliation or the word Declined. In future primaries the voter may receive and vote only the official ballot of their party. After general registration closes the voter may appear before the registry board to change or strike party entries, with the board recording the action and date in Remarks. Signed by JOSEPH B. SETH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Registry
Edwin Warfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Maryland Employment of Minors Act Provisions
The act authorizes Inspectors and public school attendance officers to visit offices and businesses statewide to detect minor employment in violation of the act. They may require employment permits birth certificates or affidavits, report violations to local justices of the peace, and enforce compliance. The Chief of the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information to appoint six inspectors with pay up to 990 dollars yearly plus expenses. The act bans work for wages for children under thirteen from Sept 1 1906 and under fourteen from Jan 1 1908, farm labor excluded, with appropriations of 8000 dollars annually and enforcement starting Sept 1 1906. EDWN WARFIELD
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore
Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information
Edwn Warfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Baltimore City
Board of Health
Principal Health
Maryland adds section to Bills of Lading Law for distillery warehouses
An act to create Section 12 in Article 14 of the Public General Laws of Maryland clarifies that bonded United States distillery warehouses located in the state are treated as warehouses under the act. Distillery warehouse receipts will be governed by this article as fully as other warehouse receipts, consistent with federal laws governing such facilities.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
United States
United States of America
Edwin Warfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Maryland act to amend Kent County Mutual Fire Insurance charter
An 1845 1889 1854 act repeals sections and re enacts provisions for premiums notes and assessments. It authorizes collection by due process, requires annual or board determined solvency checks, imposes a 1 percent assessment on premium notes if needed, and details 60 day payment, forfeiture of benefits, and reinstatement rules for overdue insurance assessments.
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General Assembly of Maryland
General Assembly
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Kent County
A. D
Edwin Warfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Amendments Extend Beverage Provisions to Dairy Dealers
Legislative text proposes extending Sections 306 to 316 of Article 27 of the Code of Public General Laws to apply to milk and cream dealers and their by products, outlining adjustments to criminal punishment provisions and related regulations in the Beverages subtitle.
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General Assembly of Maryland
Maryland Adds Two New Sections to Testamentary Law
A Maryland General Assembly bill proposes adding two new sections to Article 93 of the Code of Public General Laws. The measure would place Section 313A after 313 and Section 322A after 2322 in the Testamentary Law chapter.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Maryland Conveyancing Act Adds Five Release Provisions
An act adds five sections 28A to 28E to Article 21 of the 1904 Public General Laws to govern vendor releases in deeds. It permits releases by vendors or assignees, on record or endorsed, with clerical filing and full effect as an instrument. Executors and assignees may release or assign similarly, applying to all successors. Approved March 8, 1906.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Edwin Warfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Baltimore
Board of County School Commissioners
Board of Education of
Baltimore City
Board of Education
Maryland Fish and Fisheries Reform Act Readied
Chapter 161 repeals and reenacts longstanding trout and other fish laws for Maryland waters above the tide line. It sets seasonal prohibitions on catching black bass pickerel pike perch and California salmon and prescribes gear limits and penalties. Dam and ladder requirements and strict penalties for destructive dumping are included to protect fisheries nationwide.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Code of Public General Laws of
Baltimore Hotel and Apartment Fire Gong Act Passed
The Maryland General Assembly requires hotels and apartment houses in Baltimore to install large fire gongs, one at each stair landing and corridor end, operable from the main office. Owners who neglect compliance face a misdemeanor conviction with fines from 250 to 1000 dollars per offense, with exemptions for buildings containing twelve rooms or fewer. The act takes effect on July 1, 1906.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Edwin Warfield
Joseph B. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Primary Elections for Baltimore City shifted to April first Tuesday
The act repeals and reenacts provisions for mayor and city council primary elections in Baltimore, setting the primary date as the first Tuesday in April in municipal election years and adding party affiliation columns to registration books. It requires voters to state party or decline, with penalties for noncompliance and details on how party data is recorded and used. The measure also adds birth verification, permits, and enforcement provisions for child labor and school attendance, plus related legal procedures.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Second Branch
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Board of Registers
Board of Registry
Repeal and rewrite of Maryland Evidence sections enacted
Bill repeals Section 36 of Article 35 Evidence and adds new sections 36 36A 36B allowing civil actions to obtain testimony from nonstate witnesses and compel production of local documents and papers. Also adds costs provision for surety bond premiums in legal actions. Approved April 2 1906 by Senate President Seth and House Speaker Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of
Maryland
Edwin Warfield
Joseph I. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
Joseph H. Seth
Amend Article 27 adds Section 447A on indictments for murder
Maryland law amends the Crimes and Punishments code to add Section 447A after 447. It allows indictments for murder or manslaughter or accessories to omit detailing the death method. The indictment may state a formula naming the defendant and the act of feloniously killing the named victim with deliberated malice aforethought.
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General Assembly of Maryland
C. D
Edwin Warfield
Testamentary Law additions authorize fiduciaries to safekeep assets
A 1906 enactment outlines new sections to Article 38 and permits administrators executors guardians and other fiduciaries to arrange with their sureties for general or special safekeeping of money assets and property with banks or trust companies in the bond jurisdiction. Withdrawals require written consent or court order, effective upon passage. Governor Joseph B. Seth.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Edwin Warfield
Josephb. Seth
Senate
Carville D. Benson
House of Delegates
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