The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-09
The Legislature.

dav last and are expecting TO settle down
10 hard work. from then until the close OF
the session the rush will be on. There
are many bills OF vast importance. which
will require much work by the COM
mittees. and no doubt considerable de-
bate. The work will be condensed seems
to be the impression OF many OF the old
members, this is due to the creation OF
the Public Service Commission.
1t is a fact. that in the past, nearly one
half OF the bills introduced in the LegiSla-
ture effected Public Service Corporations.
The powers of the Legislature on these
measures are bestowed upon the Public
Service Commission. The absence Of
such bills will give the Legislators more
Time 10 consider other legislation.
The report OF the MARYLAND Commits
( sionerS ON Uniform State Laws was re
ceyed in both Houses Of the Legislature.
The commissioners are George White
lock, Levin w. WickeS and Jacob Rohr
back. In the reports the commissioners
recommend the enactment of five drafts
OF acts approved and adopted by the
National Conference of Commissioners as
follows: Uniform divorce act, uniform
act relating to wills executed without the
State, uniform family desertion act, uni
form act relating to marriage and mar
| rage license and the uniform child labor
act.
Senator Emmert. OF Washington
county is preparing Statewide abatoir
/ bill to prevent the killing and sale of dis
/ edSed meat at points not now covered by
/ federal statutes. Following the passage
/ of the bill by the Assembly, it must be
| submitted to a referendum and will only
| be applicable to the counties where 1t re-
| ceiveS favorable vote. The bill pro-
! vides that it snail be unlawful to kill or to
! have in possession any meat not stamped
/ as sanitary by an Inspector from the State
! Board of Health. 1t further provides that
! no meat may be stamped unless it is eX-
amned before and after Strengthening by a
State Board of Health Inspector in A
/ licensed abattoir Provisions is also made
/ for the DESTROYING of all meat diseased or
/ otherwise unfit for consumption. The
bill eXemptS from its provisions all slaugh
Ter houses conducted under the federal
! laws
The first move Of the legislative session
/ against the Public Service Commission
| occurred when Chairman Farmer, of the
Baltimore city delegation, introduced in
| the House a resolution empowering the
. Corporation Committee to investigate the
commission.
Mr.. Farmer says that the commission
has not accomplished the work which
was given it BY the Legislature Of 1910
which created it. and that if the inquiry
shows that it has failed to aid the users of
public commodities and that the law it
self is faulty he is in favor OF correcting
the situation even to The length of abolish
ing the commission
The Farmer resolution was referred to
the Committee on Corporations, no fight
being made for its immediate ConSidera-
ton and passage Chairman lanes A
Dawkins, of this committee, said that he
would not report the resolution either
| favorably or unfavorabIy until after he
had communicated with the Public Ser
vice Commission and Mr.. William Cabell
, Bruce, its ChiefNCounSel and given them
an opportunity of hearing on the resolu-
uon.
Senator Boslev has a bill which has
been approved bv the State Board of
Education to amend Section 81, Article
II of Code of General Laws so as to read
As follows: The salaries of teachers of
each county shall be fixed by the Board
| of County School Commissioners. pro
vldeJ that no white teacher regularly EN-
pIoyed in a public school of the State of
Maryland. having an attendance Of 10 or
! more pupils. shall receive a salary less
than $500 school wear. The present re-
qurement for receiving $500 or more is
an average attendance of IS pupils.
Senator Coady introduced bill pro
vldlng for a State bond issue for the
! Fourth Regiment Armorv.
The expenses of the Legislature up to
date amount to S45,S76
| Senator Matthias introduced in the Sen
ate a bill to compel the Western Mary
land Railroad to place a hagman at the
/ crossing on Carroll street in Thurmont
I Judicial Proceedings.
The House Committee on ConStitu-
! tional Amendments reported favorabv
I bill drafted by Civ Solicitor Fields. OF
( Baltimore CITY, which so amends the
! condemnation laws of the State so that
when property is needed for public pur-
| poses II can be taken upon payment OF
sum fixed by court appraiser Bond is
then given, and if the owner of the prop
erty desires TO 20 through the present
/ legal procedure to get a higher award
then he IS entitled 10 it. and the city is
bound 10 pay the higher amount if
awarded.
The House OF Delegates was invited
by the officers of the Fifth Regiment to
attend a luncheon to the members of the
Legislature at O'Clock, on Friday after
noon, February 10Th
The Direct Legislation Leagues Bill.
which provides for a Constitutional
Amendment putting the system OF init
ia'iye and referendum into effect in
MARYLAND was introduced in the House
OF Delegat $, by Mr. Osborn OF Har-
ford county.
Speaker Trippe's bill, making it man
datory for marriage licenses to reveal on
their face whether either OF the parties
has heen divorced was reported favoraby
IN the House by the Judiciary Committee
and unanimously passed its third read
ing.
The law is designed to prevent di-
vorced persons from being married by
ministers who are ignorant of the fact
that they have been divorced
Governor GoldSborOugh has announC-
ed the personnel of his military staff.
Interest in The prob bic appointments
had been widespread and considerable
gossip concerning the future titled Of
tcers We're INDUCED in during the past
three months in the social clubs and
the other rendezvous of the prominent
Marylanders. The appointments are as /
follows:
General - Robert Gar ,
reit, of Baltimore county