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new STATE LAWS GO
INTO EFFECT TODAY
Measures Passed BY Recent Session
OF Legislature Become Effective
The First Day of June.

Under the constitutional amend
ment approved by the voters las
fall, most of the laws enacted by tn
last Legislature will go into effect to
day. This includes all of the Acts o
1916 except those which, having
been declared to be emergency meas
ures, were put into immediate effec
and those which embrace a clause sci
ting forth that they are to become
effective at later date.
7 Also most of the appointments re-
Gently announced by Governor Har
rington take effect today. Arrange
ments are now being made for the
organization of the commissions ap.
pointed. These are expected to be
ready for the transaction of business
within few days, and include sew
eral extremely important boards.
Among the most important laws
becoming effective today are the fol-
lowing:
The law abolishing the Shellfish
Commission and the State Commits
sion of Fisheries, and creating the
Conservation Commission. This COM
mission, consisting of w. Thomas
Kemp, William H. Killian and JED
ward White. will meet and organize
next Monday. In addition to its 9TH
er duties, it will administer the new
crab law which goes into effect to-
day alse.
The law creating the Board of
Moving Picture Censors. The board
named under this act will be COM
posed of Mrs. Thomas B. Harrison.
Charles E. Harper and William F.
Stone, and will organize today,
though Mr.. Stone is in Chicago and
will not return until late in June.
The laws abolishing the Live Stock
Sanitary Board and the State Bureau
of immigration and providing for a
State Board of Agriculture, under
which will be co-ordinated and cor
related the various agencies working
for the advancement of the agricul-
tural interests of the State. This
board has not been named, but will
be perhaps today. 1t will constitute
also the board of trustees of the
Maryland College of Agriculture.
The law creating the Bureau of
Labor and Statistics, which will con-
sist of Charles J. Fox, chairman, land
Harry Willis and one other person
yet to be named, as advisory commits
sioners.
The law recorganizing the Board
of State Aid and Charities, which will
be composed of DR.. Philip Briscoe,
former State Senator Carville d.
Benson, William Levy, John D.
Worthington, Robert Biggs, Frank
A. Furst and the Governor. This
board will organize on Saturday.
The law reorganizing the Board
Commission from seven to three
members. The new board will con-
sist of Frank H. Zouck, G. Clinton
Uhl and State Senator John F.Mudd.
1t will meet and organize today.
Other measures that go into effect
today are the act amending the cor
poration law, the McMullen license
tax law, the act revising the automo-
bile laws and the automobile license
fees, the act increasing the traders
license fees, the act imposing a tax
ON freight lines, the act abolishing
discounts on State taxes, the act
providing for uniform assessments
by the State Tax Commission, the
amendments to the workmen's COM
pensation laws and the act authoriz-
ing a compromise of the judgments
rendered against the State in the
oyster condemnation cases.
Where old boards are being reor-
ganized it is not anticipated that
any material changes will be made in
the Office forces Immediately. The
boards that will organize are expec
ted to elect secretaries, clerks and
assistants. but 1t was said today that
most OF the boards now provided
with secretaries will keep the old
officials for the present.
Philip D. Laird, who has been an.
pointed successor to w. Laird Henry
on the Public Service Commission,
also will take up his duties today.
With these duties he is thoroughly
familiar, as he was a member of the
Commission from the time of it's
creation until two years ago, when
he resigned on account of i'll health.