The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-01-27

Road Commission. Senator Harrison
introduced q resolution asking each
county to report within 80 days to the
roads committees of the Legislature
the amount expended in the last 10
years for roads.
A JOINT resolution introduced in the
House by Delegate Mattingly Of
Charles county calls upon the Mary
landers in Congress to use all proper
means in their power to have the In
dian Head naval proving ground re-
established and continued upon the
basis of its former status at Indian
Head; that is, upon the status it pos
sessed prior to the time of transfer of
ordnance machinery to Dahlgren, Va.
The squirrel hunting season would
be extended a month and 10 days I'M
der the provisions Of bill introduced
In the House by Delegate Parker OF
Wic0mico county, whose measure pro-
vides that the hunting season for
squirrels be opened on the LIST of Sep
TENDER, instead Of on November 10.
Construction of armories for the
Maryland National Guard in Cumber-
land, Hagerstown, Centreville and
| Silver Springs is authorized in bill
introduced in the Senate empowering
| the Board of Public Works to sell
property at North and Maryland ave-
nues originally acquired for the Fourth
Regiment, Maryland National Guard.
The measure anticipates that $780,
900 will be obtained by the sale. OF
this sum $250,000 Is to be devoted to
the four armories named Cumber-
land already has ground for its build
ing, but property will have to be ac-
quired in the other towns.
Cooperative corporations are auth
orized in Maryland under bill intro
duced in the Senate providing for
their formation, powers, conduct, op.
GRAFTON and dissolution. The bill will
add a long section to the Corporation
law Of the State. It anticipates asso-
Citations rather in rural communities
than in the cities and is designed to
enable communities to operate agri-
cultural, dairy, mercantile, mining,
manufacturing or mechanical business
on the cooperative plan. Annual re-
ports of all such associations, 1t is
specified, shall be made to the State
Board of Agriculture
Pension provisions for aged and in
capacitated employees of the city gov
eminent would be extended to include
all employees receiving less than $1,000
yearly, under the terms Of bill In
troduced in the House by Chester Bull
lock, Of the Second District of Balti-
more City. Only those receiving less
than $1,000 now may receive pensions.
The bill was referred to the Baltimore
City delegation.
Thirteen measures prepared for the
Public Service Commission by its gen.
eral counsel, William Cabell Bruce,
were introduced in the Legislature.
Seven were introduced in the Senate
by various Senators, and William Pur-
nell Hall, chairman of the House Ju-
dietary Committee, put six before the
House, which were referred to his
committee.
Drastic supervision of the opera.
tons of commission merchants hand
ling products is provided in bill in
troduced in the House by Delegate A.
Bowdle Highley, Of Talbot county
The bill was referred to the Judiciary
Committee. Every commission mer.
chant, under the terms of the bill,
must be licensed by the Public Service
Commission, which would be made the
regulatory body, and bonds of $1,000
are provided. No commission busi-
ness, it is provided, shall be carried on
after August next without license,
which may be obtained after supply
ing the Public Service Commission
with full statement as to the concern
and its purposes and filing bond. The
commission could investigate applica.
lions and transactions with or with.
out complaint. Hearings ON COM
plants are contemplated. Complete
records, open to the commissions in
spection, shall be kept for one year,
under the terms Of the bill Penalties
provided are fines of 500 to $500, ITO
which may be added imprisonment for
not less than 60 days nor more than
six months"
Correction of the condition under
which employees of the State Govern
ment have been barred from work
mems compensation, except where
their employment was adjudged "for
pecuniary gain," is sought in a de-
partmental measure introduced in the
House The bill proposes to insert in
the Workmen's Compensation law
provision that State employees shall be
entitled to its benefits whether the
employment is "for pecuniary gain or