Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . in earnest. No scarcity of food ever existed. The bay and rivers wereteeming with fish and covered with water-fowl, while the forestsheld multitudes of wild turkeys, deer, bears, and small game. Asfor the corn harvests, they were so bountiful that corn was almostimmediately sent to New England, and there exchanged for saltfish and other supplies. In the proper seasons strawberries andnuts were plentiful. 16, Legislative Assemblies; the People Win the Rightto Propose Laws.—Ha
Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . in earnest. No scarcity of food ever existed. The bay and rivers wereteeming with fish and covered with water-fowl, while the forestsheld multitudes of wild turkeys, deer, bears, and small game. Asfor the corn harvests, they were so bountiful that corn was almostimmediately sent to New England, and there exchanged for saltfish and other supplies. In the proper seasons strawberries andnuts were plentiful. 16, Legislative Assemblies; the People Win the Rightto Propose Laws.—Hardly was the colony firmly established be-fore the people began to make laws under which to live. The first 16 LEADING EVENTS OF MARYLAND HISTORY legislative assembly met at St. Marys in February, 1635, andwas composed of all the freemen of the province. Unfortunately,the records of the proceedings of this interesting assembly havebeen lost, but we do know that a body of laws was passed. Now the seventh section of the Maryland Charter provides thatthe proprietary may enact laws with the advice and consent of the. ST. MARYS FEMALE SEMINARYOn Site of St. Marvs Cityfhom a photograph people of the province or their representatives. This seems tomean that all laws should originate with the proprietary, and thenbe submitted to the people, who could accept or reject them asthey chose. This is just a reversal of the usual method of legis-lation, by which the law-making power belongs to the representa-tives of the people, while the ruler exercises the right of veto(which means, I forbid)- But taking the ground that hischarter gave him this right, Lord Baltimore refused to assent tothese laws. In April of 1637 he directed Governor LeonardCalvert to call an Assembly of the people on the 25th of the fol-lowing January, and inform them of his lordships dissent to alllaws previously passed by them. THE SETTLEMENT OF MARYLAND 17 Accordingly, the Assembly met on January 25, 1638. It wascompo
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