The midland journal., 1917-07-06
BILLS PASSED BY MARYLAND
LEGISLATURE.
Special Session OF General Assembly
Grinds Out Big Batch OF
Bills.

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ures to put the State on good war
footing adjourned June 27 after
| being in session three weeks.
Following is list of the bills
passed and which are now laws:
Preparedness Measures.
Camp Site Bill.
Maryland Council of National De-
fense Bill.
One Million Dollar Appropriation
Bill.
Maryland State Guard Bill.
Amendments to Militia Laws.
State Farm for Prison Labor Bill.
Authorizing Governor to declare
successive legal holidays.
Authorizing volunteer firemen TO
act as county guards.
Suspending legal proceedings in
favor of persons in military service.
Suspending judgment, etc., against
persons unable to pay on account of
war. (Amended so as to apply only
TO soldiers and sailors.)
Suspending statutes of limitations
in favor of persons absent on account
of the war.
Authorizing prisoners to be work.
ed on public highways.
Providing adequate penalties for
malicious destruction of property.
Providing adequate penalties for
communicating waters and foods.
Authorizing building and loan
associations to purchase federal and
state bonds.
Conservation Measures.
Making Somerset county 5-inch
crab law applicable to entire state.
Oyster Reserved Area Bill.
Authorizing commission to lease
state fishery boats to federal govern
ment.
Amending fish laws.
Miscellaneous Bills.
Authorizing investment of trust
funds in farm-loan bonds.
Appropriating $4,000 to cover
expenses of special session.
Authorizing Motor-vehicle Com
missioner to appoint five additional
motorcycle deputies.
Authorizing State Board of Agri-
culture to fix the pay OF the state
tobacco inspector and employees un-
der him.
Amending health laws so as to en-
able State Board of Health to make
Annapolis camp site sanitary.
Sanctioning certain bequests in
will of John Black.
Automobile Headlight Bill.
Authorizing boys 16 years OF age
to be licensed to operate motor
vehicles.
Local Measures.
Authorizing fredericksburg to issue
bonds.
Providing for appointment of
additional justice of the peace for
Anne Arundel county.
Authorizing Montgomery county
to issue road bonds.
Amending road laws of Allegany
county.
Amending game laws of st. Marys
county (Senator Ches1ey's squirrel
bill.)
These Bills Failed.
Preparedness and Survey Com
missions constitutional amendment
relating to absent voting.
Preparedness and Survey Com
missions bill authorizing the state
to pay to state employees in the mill
tary service the difference in their
pay as soldiers and civilians.
Preparedness and Survey Com
MISSIONS bill authorizing state in
stitutions to acquire additional land
for farm purposes.
Woman suffrage bill.
Senator Browns bill suspending
in part the Child Labor Laws.
Increasing salaries of school
teachers receiving $1,000 or less a
year.
Bill creating Maryland Tubercu-
losis Commission.
Authorizing erection of tubercu-
losis sanatorium for negroes.
Authorizing counties to establish
tuberculosis sanatoriums.
Carroll County School Bill.
Fishers bill directing corporations
to pay employees biweekly instead of
twice monthly.
Chesley's st. Georges Island Bill.
Soldiers and Sailors Vote Bill.
Kaufman's bill amending Fred
erick county game law.
Williams bill to reimburse state
| Armory Commission for expendi-
lures on Elkton Armory.
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