The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-03-12
LOCAL LEGISLATION
Status of Treasures Offered-Notes OF
the Session.

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by one of the delegation from Allegany
county to limit the hours of work
I of coal miners in Garrett and Allegany
counties to eight hours a day. and
providing penalty on managers and
employees who violate this act.
Senator Speicher's two bills relating
to the corporation Of Oakland are in the
hands of the Governor for his signature.
1t will not be. many days until the pop
ulation of this city will be increased by
the addition of a number of suburban
properties.
A bill has been offered in the Senate
| to increase the term of the Sheriff
from two to four years, to take effect
from the election of 1915. This Is a
state wide bill.
Delegate.Savage has offered bill to
elect the clerk TO the county commits
sioners for term of four years, in
stead of two years as at present. If
the bill passes it will not go into
effect until after the election of 1915.
The County Commissioners are elected
for four years. 1t is thought that it
would be best to elect their clerks for
the same number ofi'years
Elk Senator McCulloh Brown, Of Gar
rett county was in Annapolis part of
last week lobbying against the repeal of
the oyster bill. The Senator, several
years ago, assisted in making the sur
vey of the oyster beds, hence is well
posted on the subject. The Garrett
delegation so far have voted against
the repeal of the bill.
A bill has been sent to Annapolis
from Garrett county asking for some
changes in the sheriff's Office at the
expiration of Sheriff SCOTS term.
Delegate Shartzer has offered bill to
increase the.term of A. G. Ross, clerk
to the County Commissioners from to
4 years. This bill will be killed because
it is contrary to the constitution of the
State, which prohibits the extending of
an official term, while said official is in
Office
Last..Friday.the Committee on Elec-
tons reported unfavorably on Mr..
STARTERS third bill on election printing
in Garrett county. The report was
adopted and the bill killed. This was
an extraordinary bill, full of contradic-
tons and impossibilities.
Senator Speicher spent Saturday and
Sunday in Oakland and received the
hearty congratulations of his host of
friends upon his successful service at
Annapolis. He returned to Annapolis
Monday morning as did also Delegate
Harvey who had been called home by
the illness of his child.
Mr.. L. A, Rudisil. of the Park, was
week end visitor at his home, re-
turning to Annapolis Monday.
The Attorney General of MARYLAND
thoroughly examined Senator Speicher's
local option bill for Garrett county and
pronounced it constitutional and on last
Tuesday Governor Goldsborough signed
the bill and made it one of the laws of
this great state. Now it is up to the
people of Garrett county to blot out
saloons and saloonism from the county.
Mr.. Shartzer's bill prohibiting fishing
in Bear Creek and its tributaries will
be killed because of the adoption of
Senator Speicher's county wide fish
bill, which is in the hands of the Gov
ernor for signing. Five of Senator
Specimens bills have passed through
the legislature. No other member of
the Garrett county delegation has, as
yet. succeedrd in getting bill through
both houses.
Delegate Shartzer has introduced
another bill. This time it is seed bill,
but as Senator Collier has introduced
similar bill with more safe guards and
in more detail than the Shartzer bill,
it is probable that if either bill is APP
proved it will be Senator Golfers.
The bills introduced IN the House re-
lating to chekweighlng and smithing,
affecting the miners of Garrett and
Allegany counties have been reported
favorably and passed to the third read
ing.
Mr.. HarveV's bill confirming the
boundary lines of Loeb Lynn Heights
which was favorably reported and
passed to the third reading came up
for final action Friday, but to the
surprise of the Garrett delegation the
bill was not passed but was reconsidered
and referred to the judiciary commit
tee. The probability is that the bill
will be amended by eliminating the
B. & ., station and grounds from that
corporation. 1t Is supposed that the
B. & o. R. r. Co. was behind this
movement.