The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-04-02

USeu luuOlS0u ny Iu6 OtdLS AuIlllulS-
tration. The maximum weekly pays
ment has been extended from $12 to
SIS per week and the minimum from
| $6 to S.. The period when the dis.
ability becomes effective has been ex-
! tended from days in the original bill
| to days.
Speaker Tydings appointed Dele
gates Gambrill, Miles, McDaniels.
Jones and Simmons as members of a
committee to investigate the methods
| of the Maryland Anti-saloon League to
| ascertain whether the State Corrupt
Practices act had been in any way vio-
| lated by the league.
Delegate Collins, of Talbot county,
moved the appointment of the COM
mittee after memorial from the Tai
| bot County Anti-prohibition League
| saying charges of corrupt practices
| had been made against the dry organ.
| ization.
Ganlbrill was made chairman of the
| committee. The task before the com.
| mittee is a big one and will require
many hearings and much work If car
ried out.
A large delegation of Prince Georges
| county tobacco growers waited on
Governor Ritchie in advocacy Of the
candidacy of w. Booth Bowie, OF
| Mitchellsville, for tobacco inspector,
to succeed former Senator Charles
Frere, of Charles county. Mr.. Bowie;
who is a practical tobacco grower, is
son of former Governor Bowie.
| Theatres will benefit through the
passage of bill introduced by Dele
gate Grymes, of Baltimore city, per-
mitting children, on presentation OF
certificates from other cities or states,
to appear in theatrical performances.
This applies to children travelling with
theatrical companies.
| The city senators reported favorably
the Norris bill providing for reduction
| of the police commissioners from three
to one member. The appointing pow
er will remain with the Governor, and,
becoming effective at once, will legis-
late out of Office the just recently
named board, composed Of Charles
Knapp, Key Compton and e. Clay tt
manus.
The single commissioner will re-
ceive salary of $4,000 instead of the
$2,5O0 each member Of the threerman
board now receives.
| By a joint resolution introduced in
the House by Speaker Tydings the
members of tho Maryland delegation
in Congress are asked to endeavor to
have the Federal military authorities
permit the people to again fish in
Bush River, 10 miles of which has
been barred because of the operations
Of the Ordnance Department at Aber-
deem Proving Grounds.
Through bill offered by Senator
Mcintosh, something in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 would be added to
state income from taxation of personal
property. The bill requires all per-
sons owning as much as 5000 worth
of personal property to make sworn
statement annual to the Appeal Tax
Court and to the county collector OF
taxes in the several counties Of the
state. At present there is tax ex-
emption on all personal property un-
der a minimum of $500 without any
sworn return such as is proposed by
Senator Mcintosh.
Opposing views regarding the meth
cd of regulating the seafood industry
of the state cropped up when. 1t be-
came necessary for Floor Leader Cob
lentz to move that bill, killed by an
unfavorable report of the Committee
on Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries.
be recommitted to the committee so
that the Conservation Commission
might have hearing and chance to
present arguments in favor of it. The
hill provided tax on each barrel and
box of hard and soft shell crabs and
was opposed by crabbers.
Mr.. Mcdaniel, of Talbot county, In
troduced a bill in the House requiring
that in canning tomatoes only the pure
iuice of the vegetable shall be used.
The object of the bill is to prohibit
the use of tomato skins and dele
terious substitutes.
Colonel Albert w. Sisk, Of Caroline
county, and H. W. Robertson, Of Sails
bury, have announced themselves can
didates for the Democratic nomination
for Congress in the Eastern Shore dis
trict.
Senator Biggs introduced bill in
creasing the salary of the judge of the
Juvenile Court from $4,000 to $4,000
and the salary of the clerk to that
court from $500 to $1,000.
The soldiers bonus bill, favorably
reported by the Ways and Means
Committee, and was made special
order of business for next Tuesday.
The way was paved for the regis.
tration of Maryland women voters who
will cast their ballot should the Fed
eral Suffrage Amendment be finally
adopted by the states when Republi-
can Floor Leader Simmons introduced
bill calling for the registration OF
the women.
Falling 80 feet out of tree while
coon hunting, George Starkey, of Cen.
terville, is confined to his home with
injuries sustained.
Delegate Jones introduced his bill
abolishing the Board of Police Exam
| iners of baltimore City and putting