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Tomorrow most of the acts OF the
last Legislature will become effective,
under the terms of the Referendum
amendment to the State Constitution
which makes all acts effective June
/, unless they are declared emer-
gency measures.
Among the measures OF general IN
terest which will become effective to-
morrow is that providing machinery
to carry out the provisions of the
Home Rule amendment to the State
Constitution This act provides that
the counties of the State may take
unto themselves certain defined pow
ers of legislation for local purposes,
which now rest with the Legislature
The law is not compulsory. The use
or nonuse of the powers granted by
the act is optional with the counties.
Those which avail themselves of the
powers will erect municipal corpora
lions and create county councils as
legislative bodies.
Another measure of general inter
est is the Statewide Game law, which
represents the final success of a long
continued effort for State control OF
hunting. Hunters must obtain lcen-
of the Circuit Courts, and, in the
city, from the Clerk of the Court OF
Common Pleas Nonresidents of the
State must pay SO for license non
residents who pay taxes on 5000 OF
property must pay 81 for license to
hunt in the county where the proper
ty is located, and SIS for Statewide
license; a resident must pay 81 for
ho n
which he lives and SIS for a State
wide license. The proceeds of the
licenses charges will go into fund
for the protection and propagation OF
game. State Game Warden LeCom-
pie will name number of salaried
deputies in July to aid him in the
enforcement of the law.
The Statewide Dog law is anoth-
er measure which represents the
fruition of much labor for a sound
conservation law. Under it all dogs
in the counties must be licensed. Ii
licenses are not obtained the dogs
will be done away with. And licens-
ed dogs which kill sheep or poultry
may be killed. The sheepgrowers OF
the State have organized the Sheep
Growers Association, for the purpose
in large part of insisting upon the
rigid enforcement of this law. They
believe that its enforcement will
go far toward making the raising OF
sheep profitable.
The Metzerott Bar and Bottle bill
also goes into effect tomorrow. This
is designed to end the abuses which
have arisen siuce Washington and
other places went dry, due to per-
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wet" towns, obtaining liquor and
becoming disorderly on trains going
back to their homes. The law for
bids the sale of liquors containing
not less than per cent. Of alcohol IN
bottles or receptacles for the purpose
of being taken away, before a. M.
or after 6 p. m. The Merit System
law for the State Roads Commission
also goes into effect, and provides,
in brief, that employees of the COM
mission must be selected from list
of applicants who have passed ex-
aminatlons prepared by board oil
examiners. The Roads Commission
has authority to discharge any en-
ploye, upon filing a written state
ment of reasons.
One phase of the new traffic laws
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the part providing for Traffic Court
in Baltimore city. The Governor has
appointed Edward NJ Staylor to be
judge of this court, at a salary of
$4,000 year. There will be an
assistant judge at $500 year. The
Governor has not selected this Off
cial. The other provisions of the
Traffic law went into effect upon pas
sage and signing.
The Annexation act becomes effec-
tive tomorrow, subject, of course, to
decision of the courts as to its va
idity. However, the actual annex
alton does not take place until Jan
uary 1. The period until that date
is to be used IN making the Access
sorry adjustments. The Soldiers and
Sailors Vote bill will become effec-
tive. if the people ratify the Absent
Voting amendment to the State Con-
stituti0n, which the last Legislature
submitted to the people. The State
tax rate for the next two years goes
into effect October l. 1t will be So
31-72 cents for each of the two fiscal
years.
What thrifty housewife puts in
the soup pot the wasteful cook puts