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bill advanced for third reading.

Delegate Starters bill regulating
, the sale of agricultural seed was re-
ported unfavorable by the committee
and lost
The committee having charge of the
following bills of Mr.. Shartzer's re-
ported them unfavorably and they were
lost:
To amend the fish laws of Garrett
county; amending the Charter of the
Community of Mountain Lake Park; to
appropriate $1,000 to build bridge
from West Virginia Junction to Luke,
Md; to increase the term of Office of
Mr.. A. G. Ross, Clerk to County Com
missioners two years.
Mr. Savage's bill to extend the term
of the Clerk to the County Commission
ers to four years, at the expiration of
Mr.. Ross term, was reported unfayor-
ably and lost.
Mr.. STARTERS and Mr.. Savage's bill
relating to the sale of cigaretts to MI
nors was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee. Both of them will be reported
! unfavorably.
Delegate Shartzer's bill relating to
the declaration of intention of voters in
Garrett county was referred to the
Garrett delegation.
Senator Speicher's two bills relating
, to wild animals, and the sale of cigar
cites to minors were reported favorably
and advanced to the third reading IN
the House, both bills having passed the
Senate.
Elk Senator Mccullough Brown of
Garrett county had business in Anna
polls Monday.
Senator Benson has introduced bill
In the Senate to recaSt the member
ship OF the House of Delegates. By
this bill Garrett county would have two
delegates instead of three; Allegany
county 3 instead of 6; Baltimore City
/ 10 instead of "a, and so on, reducing the
membership of that body from l02 to 81.
/ The bill also recommends that the pay
of the legislator be SIS day instead of
S. per day as now. The indications are
that the bill will not pass this session of
the legislature.
Mr.. Thomas Browning, chairman OF
the Democrat StatesCentral Committee
of Garrett County, was in Annapolis
last week pulling some political wires.
From here he went to Washington for
/ the same purpose.
1 Among the last bills introduced in the
legislature was Senator Speichers
bill to allow persons intending to de-
clare citizenship in Garrett county to
do so before the board of registry,
instead of before the County Court
Clerk as is now required.
The legislature will adjourn next
Monday. There will be many bills left
over because of want of time for their
passage. Among this number will be
Senator Speicher's bill for the Oakland
Hospital and the appropriation for
Kitzmiller and Friendsville water pro-
| lection.
Senator Speicher spent Saturday and
Sunday at his home, in Accident, as
also did Delegate Harvey at his home
near Gormana. Both of these gentle
men returned for the Monday session.
Delegate Savage is recognized as one
of the solid legislators of the State
House His manly bearing his courteous
manner, and his cheerful disposition has
won for him the respect of everybody
All Garrett countians will be glad to
hear that Governor Goldsborough has
| signed the bill giving Garrett county
81, 200 year for the public schools of
the County for 1914 and 1915. This is
the bill the State Board of Education so
bitterly opposed and for which Senator
Speicher SO determinedly fought
Delegate Harvey's bill changing the
dividing line between precincts Nos.
and in District No. 8, Garrett county,
has gone to the Governor for his
/ signature.
Mr. STARTERS hog bill passed the
Senate Monday night and has been
sent to the Governor for his approval.
This is the first bill of Mr. Shartzer's
to pass through the legislature and
reach the Governor. Garrett countians
from this on will have to keep their
hogs penned up or be liable for damages.
Mrs Spiker and five sons who are
splendid specimens of Garrett county
boys, are spending the week in
Annapolis and will witness the closing
of the Legislature next Monday.
Delegate Savage's bill to establish a
county home for the poor of Garrett
county passed the Senate Monday night
and has gone to the House for concurr-
ing amendment.
Last Saturday a committee of seventy
members of the Legislature went to
Cambridge to inspect the State hospi-
tai in that city. The trip was made IN
enc of the boats of the oyster navy.
A splendid ride of 40 miles down the
bay and up the Choptank river was en-