Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-02-18
Legislative Matters.

Delegate Jas Z. Duvall has introduced
a bill directing the County Commissioners
for Montgomery county to issue bonds in
the amount of $4,000 to raise funds for
the erection of high school building at
Damascus. Mr.. Duvall, himself teacher
of experience. asserts there is urgent need
of such an institution at Damascus, and
expresses confidence that his bill will be-
come law
To prevent an accumulation of work at
the close of the session and to compel a
clearance of the calendar each day, Mr..
Henderson last Friday introduced an order
providing that the Speaker shall not en-
terrain motion to adjourn until the bust
ness of the day has been entirely disposed
of. The order was sent to the Committee
on Rules. ITO my mind" said Mr.. Hen
derson, there is no reason why the House
should not wind up its business each day,
without leaving anything over until the
next. and thus permitting an amount of
work to accumulate which may swamp us
toward the close of the session. The plan
will give ample opportunity for full discus
sion Of all measures. both now and later,
and will prevent bills of Importance being
either slurred over or put through with a
rush" The order would also avert such
hasty adjournments as that which devel-
oped the other day on an unfounded rumor
that former presiding officer had died
The Maryland Senate has confirmed the
appointments by Gov Crothers of Charles
j. Fox, Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Sta
tistics and Information Thomas J. Ewell,
State Fire Marshal, and J. H. Wade and s.
j. Twilley Fish Commissioners.
Mr.. Henderson has introduced in the
House of Delegates bill to regulate the
fares of the Washington and Rockville
Railway Company in Montgomery county.
which reads as follows:
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the Washing
ton and Rockville Railway Company, a cor
poration operating an electric railway for
about nine miles from the line of the Dis
trict Of Columbia to the west end of the
town of Rockville, in Montgomery county,
shall divide the line of its said railway into
not exceeding three equal fare zones, and
shall not charge passengers on its cars on
said railway an amount exceeding five
cents for each Of said fare zones or part of
zone through which such passenger
may travel.
SEC. z. And be it further enacted, That
for any violation Of the preceding section
the said Washington and Rockville Rail-
way Company shall be subject to fine of
twenty dollars for each violation thereof
and the costs upon conviction by any JUS
tice of the Peace of Montgomery county,
one-half of said fine to 60 to the informer
and the other half to be paid to the Treas
urer of said county, and such fine may be
collected by the Sheriff of said Montgom-
cry county by seizure of any of the pro-
perty of said railway company in said
county and a sale thereof after ten DAYS
public notice.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
service of summons upon any conductor
or motorman of said railway company
shall be sufficient for the imposition of
the aforesaid fine after trial and convic-
ton in due course of law
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the LIST day
Of May in the year 1910