The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-01-29
CARPETS GAME BILL
Makes Its Appearance as of Yore in
Maryland's Legislature.

ture would be considered having done
its full and righteous duty to the peo-
pie of the state and to those who
reside in Garrett county unless a
game bill with I'll the old-time frills
were at least introduced, whether it
runs the gauntlet of committee re-
ports, recomitments, the vote in the
House and Senate and final action by
the Governor in placing upon it his
approval or disapproval, whether the
measure is meritorious or otherwise.
The present session is just like all
that have preceded it in the many
years that have passed since the hills
and wales cf Western Maryland were
carved from the bosom of old Allie
gany county and new county-Gar-
rett-erected. Hear what your cor
respondent recently sent to his paper
in Baltimore:
Ye shades of Meschack Browning,
the mighty hunter of the glades of
Garrett county, and his trusty rife!
Wild animals are so PLENTIFUL in
the mountains of Garrett that their
determination is encouraged by
bounties provided in a bill intro
dUced in the house today by Mr.. Ken
dali, of that county. If also Mes
chack could return to the glades with
his long-barrel rifle and his unerring
aim he could reap a fortune by taking
the heads Of the varmints at the Court
House at Oakland. The wild animals
have apparently just learned that old
man Browning is dead and buried, as
they are again prowling the forests
in large numbers, while hawks and
owls swoop down upon the poultry.
Wildcats and foxes seek innocent
lambs and even calves as their dainti-
est morsels. We9sels and mink also
prev upon poultry. .'
Farmers are tireing of the losses
of their lambs, their pigs, calves and
chickens, and are demanding relief
Hence the prospective offers of
bounties. The losses by the destruc-
ton Of ring-tailed pheasants are re-
ported to be especially, large. The
raising of pheasants in the county is
new industry whose extinction is
threatened by the prowling animals,
hawks, and owls. The following is
the scale of bounties per head pro-
vided in Mr.. Kendall's bill:
Wildcat, 81.
Fox, 50.
Weasels, so cents.
Mink, so cents.
Hawk, so cents.
Owl, so cents.
No bill has been yet introduced to
protect muskrats in the marshes on
the lower Eastern Shore. Bills
plenty will appear during the session
because of the wholesale slaughter
of the little animals for their pelts,
which are bringing $3.50 each in home
markets.
In the House bills have been intro
duced by the Garrett county delega-
ton as follows
Mr.. Shartzer-Amending the law
relating to marriage so as to raise
to Is years the age at which females
may marry without consent of parent
or guardian. Committee on Judici-
airy.
Another measure which Mr.. Shart-
ger is responsible for provides for
the opening of all public schools in
Garrett county and the payment of
higher salaries to teachers. This bill
was committed to the local delega-
ton. Later the measure was called
out and recommitted to the Committee
on Education. Commenting on this
bill the Sun of the 2Sth inst, had
the following from its Annapolis cor
respondent:
"Mr Shartzer. of Garrett county,
who he's started a great many rue
tions in past sessions, started another
today but got the worst of it. It was
all over local school bill for his coun-
ty. For several sessions the Garrett
members have come here with bills to
have their schools run on some other
plan than the state plan and to get
special sums out of the State Treas
ury. The other day Mr.. Shartzer in
troduced a school bill and the Speaker
referred it to the local delegation. To-
day the delegation, which consists of
three members, made a favorable re-
port and the bill was going through
the legislative machine in the regular
way when Mr. Miles, of Wicomico,
suggested that it be recommitted to
the Committee on Education. 1t was
so recommitted Mr.. Shartzer got up
and made vigorous protest, but Mr..
Miles held his ground and pointed out
that the measure might result in cut
ting Garrett loose from the State ed
ucational system. A motion to recon-
slider the recommitment was over
whelmingly lost"
Mr.. Kendall-Requiring the pay
ment of certain sums of money to the
School Commissioners of Garrett
county out of the State school tax.
/ WAYS and Means.
Mr.. Naylor-Directing the payment
! of bounty for the killing of certain
wild animals in Garrett county. Local
delegation.
Today Mr. Shartzer introduced a
bill recurring the Baltimore and Ohio