The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-03-17
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

WV
important changes in the Hartford
gdme warden bill passed two years ago,
art made in proposed new law recent
ly Introduced by senator Archer which
has already passed the Senate and been
fAvoraby reported in the House. The
date for appointment of the warden has
been pushed up from May to July / (;
the wardcn's expenses are not limited
in amount rs heretofore: he IL author
ICED to employ counsel mot authorized
under the present lHwD; and he is to
make his report of receipts and dis
bur-cmeut4 to the Clerk of the Court
instead of to the County Commissioners
We have not been able to learn the
reasons for making these changes.
ie-Idcs tins nIll there are number
of other game bills in the legislature
besides the national law. 40 that the
statement of State Game Warden,
James +. Curlcy. in his annual report
T. the Governor Is evidently well found
ed:
State Game Warden, james T. Curlcy,
in his annual report, sent to Governor
Harrington, urges the abolition of the
Flsh Commissioners and the Duckng
Police, and the enactment of n state
wide game law.
"Ihc one great criticism to be made
of the law of our static relative to fish
and game IL the lack of uniformity,
he snys. In other words. instead of
passing -tRte wide lrpI-nrluu, we pass
number,rss hlIs relating to II county.
two or tire" adjoining counties ON Ger
tam rivers
He urges that the fish aud gnme de
partmcnt should be II most useful and
important one to the state. and that
under uniform state law the llcente
would amount 10 81, 600 per annum.
A favorable report has been made
in the House on the bill int reduced by
Delegates TydIngs, Baker and Ward, to
place Prof. Charles 7. Wright on the
retired list of teachers eligible for n
teachers pension. ByH surprising con
structIon of the law the State Board of
Education decided that County ExamIn-
ers teachers of t,achersl do not fall
under the head of teachers
The House Of Delegates has killed
Speaker Lard's bill requiring that the
United States flag shall he noatcd from
every school house on the ground TINT /,
would be troublesome and expensive.
1t would; we know Of nothing worth
while that is not some trouble and ex.
pense 1t is II trouble to eat ones
dinner and an expense to pay salaries tC
legislators, but we do both under tn.
vain delusion that the game IL worth
the candle! Our congratulations tc
the teachers in Hartford who voluntarily
shoulder this trouble and expense,
because they do not work for money
reward alone, and believe that this par
cuIar service il above pIi'e.
1t looks HI though Senator Archer
bill requiring each Of the Associate
Judges in the Third Judicial Circuit t.
sit during at least one term in eacf
| Court will become law.
On Wednesday n large delegation Of
citizens deeply Interested in the con
struction of state rOad from Aber
deem to Convention via the old Pos
road was given hearing by the SENATE
| Finance Committee, and on Thursday
the same committee gave simlla
delegation hearing relative to tn
proposed State road from Highland t,
kee5 Corner.
Delegate Tydings has introduced
bill to divide Hartford county into fiy,
commission districts and otherwis
amend the laws regulating election o
county commissioners. Hartford dele
CATION
Senator Legg, Of Kent county, ha
introduced bill requiring that regis
tiers of wills shall make entries of thei
proceedings in legible hand or wit
recording typewriter. To the aversg
reader this sounds like huge joke, bu
to those familiar with much recording
done in public Offices 1t sounds absolute
ly wise in order to exclude from publ
clerkships men who have done poIitict
service and as reward are given pos
tons they are totally incapable of fill
ing.