Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-06
LOCAL BILLS ADVANCE
HTHELEGISLATURE
ielsgais Atwsll's Oyster Measure
Now in the Senate
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN TODAY.
sill Rseoavsns again Monday Night
Much SebOoi Legislation To be
Considered

Following briet sessions this morn.
ing during which a number Of add.
,ional bills was introduced, other re.
ported from committees and still
Others passing their third reading,
the Legislature adjourned for the
weekend shortly after noon, 20 re
convene again at 8 o'clock Monday
night
The bill OF Delegate Atwtn, fixing
time limit for the ticking Of oysters
ia Weseand Rhode rivers and their
tributaries, in this county, having
passed the House, was sent TO the
Senate yesterday afternoon, read the
first time and referred TO the Com.
mittee on Chesapeake Bay and Trih.
utaries.
Senator Watkins bill relating to
the county schools has passed its sec
ond reading in the Senate, and order
ed printed for its third reading
Senator Currau., Of Baltimore, has
evolved a scheme fer putting ont Of
business the ordinary beat" who
finds il profitable to cheat his grocer,
butcher, doctor and so forth by put
ting him behind the bars
As he expresses IL, everyone knows
that the State is full Of people who
insist upon having the best in the
land and systematically defraud those
furnish it TO them Il is the hpbit Of
such people 70 run up bills and never
pay for them.
Senator Curran says that the result
is that honest people heve 20 bear
this burden imposed by the dishonest
because the brakeman must get back
the money he loses on bad debts out
of those who pay for what they buy.
His measure, therefore, In a way
Is designed 60 reduce the high cost If
living.
Following are the educational meas.
ures considered at the meeting of the
House committee on education yes.
terday:
A mandatory 3tnte-wide compul-
sorry school attendance law.
Requiring newly appointed teach-
ers, after June 1, 1915, 20 have d. da-
gogic training, at least the equivalent
of summer school course.
Requiring the State school tax of
! 6 cents to be devoted entirely to
elementary schools.
Permitting school boards to send a
percentage of the number of their
teacher to an approved summer school
in lieu Of Kidding teachers insti-
tute
Providing fer the establishment Of
teachers training course as an cleo
tive in one approved high school Of
each county.
An amendment to the present law
removing ell doubt IS 10 the authority
of county school boards to consolidate
schools
An amendment TO the Child Labor
law which will relieve the county su-
perintendent of the duty Of issuing
Ia Dor permits.
The construct m by the State and
Worcester county OF a building at
Ocean City for general educational
meetings.
Increased appropriations for the
maintenance of the three State nor
NAL schools.
Ia the absence of q State architect
to have plans for new school buildings
approved by the State Department OF
Education.
Providing tor medical inspection
of school children at thl discretion of
the county school board.
Providing Increases In the salaries
Of elementary teachers having had
special pedagogic training and also OF
experienced high school teachers.
The staff Of teachers of the local
| public school attended the hearing.