Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
Prohibition BiH Passes.

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| Prohibition legislation of 1916 is now
but memory.
The prohibition bill, with two
amendments, passed the Legislature
and win be signed by Governor Har-
ringtOn
One of these amendments is that Of
fered by Mr.. Mcintosh, of Baltimore
The recently formed Machine Gun
Company, attached to First Regiment,
Maryland National Guard, and station
ed in Annapolis, has been brought to
its full strength of so enlisted mea
and a waiting list Of six or eight has
been formed.
county, which gives a separate vote to
each of the wet" sections of the State
namely, Baltimore City. Baltimore
county, Allegany county, Washington
county, Frederick county, Prince
Georges county, Ellicott City, Havre
de Grace, Annapolis and the "wet" pre-
cincts in the Fifth, or Curtis Bay, cleo
tion district of Anne Arundel county.
The other amendment, which may be
called the Norris s-Metzerott amend
ment, provides that distilleries or
breweries now in business may con
tinue to manufacture liquor for sale
in wet" territory, in the event that
the territory in which they are located
goes dry" No new distilleries or
breweries may go into any territory
that goes dry" however.
The vote on the bill on its third
reading and final passage was 81 to Is.
In the wet sections of the State the
question of wet or dry will be sub
mitted at the next general election,
and any territory voting dry will be-
come dry on May 1, 1918.
Confirmed BY the Senate.
Rather unexpectedly the Senate COB
sidered all of the city appointments,
with the exception of justices Of the
peace and notaries and all of the state
boards and others statewide in their
scope. With the exception of the nOmi-
nation for mine inspectors, all Of these
we're confirmed without opposition. To
John L. Casey, Of Allegany, whom the
Governor had named for mine inspec-
tor, Senator Zihlman objected, and he
fought him vigorously, on the ground
that he was a mine boss and did not
come up to the legal requirements that
the official filling this position must
have had five years experience as a
miner.
The fight was an exceedingly warm
one, and at one time Casey was beaten
by the votes of the II Republicans and
Senators Bennett, Jones and DuVall,
but at the last moment the three Dem
ocrats changed their votes and then
asked to be excused from voting. Casey
was then confirmed by 13 to II.
State Roads Board.
In a report submitted by the Finance
Committee the State Roads Commits
sion, now made up of seven members,
is reduced to three to be named by the
Governor The chairman's salary Is
fixed at $4,000, and that of his two as
sistants at $4,000. Provision is made
for minority representation. This bill
meets the approval of the administra-
tion and is therefore expected to pass
without amendment.
Military Elections.
After long delay, the bills designed
to permit the men of the militia to
elect their own officers without inter
ference on the part of the Officers As
sociation, were threshed out before the
House Militia Committee. The bills
were introduced by Delegate J. Frank
Fox, of Baltimore, and make a number
of changes in the present law. They
are a result of the recent troubles in
the Fifth Regiment Archey c. New
drew the bills.
Bank Tax Law Stands.
By vote of 81 to SO, the House re
fused to substitute the Hall bill to re-
peal the 1914 bank tax law for the uR-
favorable report made by the Ways and