The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-03-05
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Every secondhand dealer, pawn
broker and junkman would have a
little Bertillon system work il the bill
introduced in the House by Delegate
Hicks, by request, passes, for the bill,
which is designed to prevent traffic in
stolen automobiles and other loot, re-
| Quires the dealers to get a pretty good
and useful line on would-be sellers
life history
He must record, says the bill, the
weight, height, name, address and
| leading characteristics of the would
be seller Of any article, together with
statement showing where he got
the goods to be sold and how he got
them. All this must be recorded in
properly kept book, open at all times
to inspection.
OF interest to savings banks is the
bill introduced by Delegate Duncan
stall vaults and safety deposit boxes
While there is no provision in pres
emit laws which prohibit this, there is
no specific statute permitting it, and
itating to expend large sums of money
for the construction of such recep-
tacles of valuables, have lost patrons
to the Institutions which have them.
Because the banks and trust COM
panies have such vaults, it is said,
persons who rent deposit boxes often
transfer their accounts to the national
and state banking institutions as a
matter of convenience.
The members of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House killed
the bill of Delegate Purkey, of Balti-
more city, providing that the state
bank examiners also examine the
books of the building and loan asso-
Citations. There are said to be nearly
1000 of these institutions in the state
and as nearly all of them use diff
ferent system of bookkeeping, the
committee considered it useless at the
present time to attempt to bring them
under the examination system.
The administration bill creating
central purchasing bureau for state
boards, Offices, departments, institu-
tions and commission was introduced
In the House by Majority Leader Cob
lenz. The measure was drawn by
Secretary of State Perlman under the
direction of Governor Richie.
Explaining the operation of the
proposed purchasing bureau, Governor
Richie said that the bureau is to con-
sist of the Governor, who is to be
chairman, the secretary Of state, the
comptroller, the treasurer, the chair
man of the State Roads Commission,
commissioner of motor vehicles, chair
men of state boards and heads of the
state Institutions.
Whether any attention will be paid
to it or not, the federal administra-
TONS program to sell the German
ships now held by the United States
was called up when the House adopt
ed Delegate Bucks resolution oppos-
ing the sale of the ships for less than
their value or to any one company or
corporation whose vessels do not ny
the American flag. The resolution
had been favorably reported by the
committee to which it had been re-
ferred.
Places on the Maryland Conservation
Commission are being eagerly sought,
the latest candidate being ]. Lee Sim
mons, of Adamstown, a cousin of floor
leader Vernon Simmons. ]. Lee Sim
mons is Democrat, but he is said to
have the support of many Republicans,
as we'll as Democrats. At present
there are Is aspirants for places on
the commission.
Aimed at the use of automobiles for
Immoral purposes, bill was intro
duced in the House by Delegate Burns,
of Baltimore CITY, prohibiting the
transportation in any public convey
ance of any girl under 16 years OF
age without the consent of their par
ents. The bill is drastic in limiting
the travelling of young girls.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House killed the Bonnet bill requir-
Ing all church corporations intending
to appoint committees to enforce the
prohibition amendment to take out pri'
yate detective licenses. This measure
originated in Talbot county, but Mr.
Bonnet introduced it by request.