Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-03-21
Maryland Legislature.

Senator Jones, chairman OF the Financ,
Committee, has introduced q bill 10 levy III,
State tax for the year 1908 and 1904. Tn,
rate remains unchanged from that of THU
year, which is II cents. This Is a reduc
tion of three fourths of q cent from last year
The items OF the levy are changed somewhat
and are as follows:
For the public school tax, 10i cents on
the 800; for school books, II cents; fol
interest and sinking fund, penitentiary loan
one-half Of cent; for insane asylum loan
one-eighth of cent; for the State building
and improvement loan, one-half of cent
for consolidated loan of 1899, 81 cents; for
State loan of 1909, three. fourths of cent
total, II cents.
Senator Brewington introduced bill To
pay the census enumerators who worked
overtime. The bill carries an appropriation
of $4,000. The House the other day killed
bill appropriating 5000 for getting sta.
tstics of school population out of the State
census and for paying the enumerators.-
Now two bills have been introduced In the
Senate to accomplish both these purposes.
The bill to provide for the election of q
Treasurer for this county has passed the
House.
Mr.. Sellman has introduced In the House,
by request, bill providing for imprison.
ment of violators of the local option law.
Mr.. Johnston has introduced a bill in the
House to incorporate the Montgomery Elec-
trio Light and Railway Company of this
county. The new corporation proposes to
construct railway through the county
from Chevy Chase to various points as far
as Sandy Spring, and is also used to furnish
lights to towns, etc. Mr.. Johnston has also
introduced bill to incorporate the Ken.
sington Trust Company of Kensington.
JIM CROW LAW.
The new "Jim Grow" bill is a law cover
ing the whole State Instead of providing
separate cars or compartments it authorizes
and requires conductors of all railroad com.
panies running in the State of Maryland to
designate separate seats for white and color
ed passengers. No white person shall be
permitted to force himself into seat desig.
mated and occupied by colored person,
and no colored person shall be allowed TO
force himself into seat occupied or desig-
mated for white person.
Any passenger refusing to occupy the des-
ignated seat shall be guilty of a misdemean-
or and fined not more than $50, or impris-
oned not more than 80 days, or both.
The bill does not apply to employees OF
railroads, nurses or officers In charge of pris-
oners. Pullman cars and express trains
that do no local business are also exempted.
REDIsTRIoTING PLAN.
Senator Bryan introduced, Tuesday, q
bill to redistrct the wards of Baltimore into
four Legislative and four Conncilmanic dis.
tricts. He estimates that this grouping will
make two districts safely Democratic and
two Republican. 1t is understood that this
bill will be accepted by the Democrats and
will pass unless the Republicans in the
House defeat it.
Senator Robinson introduced at the same
time the Congressional Redistricting bill. 1t
constitutes the several Congressional dis.
trict, as follows:
First Worcester, Somerset, Wicomico,
Dorchester, Talbot, Queen Anne's, Caroline,
Kent and Cecil.
Second-Baltimore, Hartford, Carroll, thir-
teenth and twelfth wards of Baltimore City.
Thrd-CltY Wards 1, 2, 8, A, 8, 6,7, 8, 10
and %.
Fourth-City Wards Q, 10, IL, IA, 10, IS,
II, 10, 10 and 90.
Fiith--St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert, Prince
Georges, Anne Arundel, Howard and City
Wards 81, %, "a, and 10.
Sixth-Garrett, Allegany, Washington,
Frederick and Montgomery counties.
The Congressional apportionment Is one
representative to 1913, 291 of population. The
division is, therefore, as near that as posi-
BILE.
All the districts are more or less affected
as to their territory by this bill, except the
Sixth, which remains as 1t is. The First dis
trict is made more strongly Democratic by
putting Cecil county with the other Eastern
Shore counties. Last fall DIR. j. W. Herring,
Democratic candidate for Comptroller, car
ried all nine counties which now compose
this district. Democrats estimate that the
amount Of party strength which has been
given to the First has been taken from the
Second and that politically the other dis
trlcts remain abo ut as they were.