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| by the House by vote of 78 to 81.
| The bill now goes to the Governor for
| his signature.
| The 81 votes cast against the meas
ure were all Republican, though 8 Re.
| publicans voted for the bill. No Demo-
Gratis voted against it.
There was but little debate over the
measure, though some time was con.
sumed in its passage. Delegate Hall,
House adopt his rs amendments which
would make all appointments by the
Governor subject to the advice and
consent Of the Senate.
| Delegate Wolinger, Republican floor
leader, also failed to have his amend
| ments to exempt the clerks Of courts,
registers of wills and boards of cleo
tion supervisors of the various coun-
ties and the Maryland Agricultural
College exempted from the provisions
| Of the act.
| While the reorganization bills were
introduced simultaneously in the Sen
ate and the House, It was the Senate
bill which the House passed, the House
bill having been recommitted. The
Senate bill contains the amendments
proposed by the Senate Finance and
the House Ways and Means Commit
tees.
| The strength of the administration
forces was indicated early in the aft
ernoon when the Is amendments Of
| NV fo yTi1fo p1lrno1l
Hall were defeated, as were amend
nents offered by Delegate Wolfnger,
| Republican, of Washington county.
the minority floor leader.
The purpose Of Mr.. Halls amend
ments was to have all appointments
made by the Governor under the terms
of the bill confirmed by the Senate. =
| Delegate William Purnell Hall, chair
man of the House Judiciary Commit
tee, introduced in the House the blue
sky" bill, approved by the Blue Sky
Committee and investment banking in
! terests of Baltimore and by Attorney
| General Armstrong. The bill was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
| There are already two other "blue
sky measures that have been intro
duced in the House-one by Delegate
Highley and the other by Delegate
Wolf1nger. The banking interests fear
that either of these measures might
interfere with the legitimate market
ing of securities. The bill just intro
duced is a strengthening Of the pres
ent Maryland law and is In further
ance of what is known as the Mary
land plan for regulating the sale of
securities. The bill would make an
additional Assistant Attorney General.
The salary of the assistant would be
| $4,000 and of the investigator $4,000.
Every dealer in securities would pay
an annual license fee of $50 plus SIS
for each agent, and the licenses would
be revocable by the Attorney General.
though right Of appeal to the courts
is expressly reserved to licensee. Data
regarding every prospective offering
of securities would have to be filed
with the Attorney General, who could
forbid marketing of the issue should
| the statement be considered unsatis-
factory.
| With an amendment giving the Pub
| lie Service Commission authority to
act in a regulatory manner, the bill
providing for the repeal Of the "full
crew" law was reported favorably to
the Senate by the Committee on Ju-
dicial Proceedings. The amendment
provided that the Public Service Com
mission, when it shall have reason to
believe any railroad is operating trains
! without sufficient number Of men
"for the safe and efficient operation
| of said train" shall order or require
such railroad company to employ such
q number of men as will insure the
safe and efficient operation of its
trains. The repeal of the "full crew"
law was strenuously opposed by labor.
Hearings ON the Mining Bill as
drawn by the Commission appointed
by Governor Ritchie and introduced
| in the House and Senate were held
at joint meeting of the Senate Com
mittee on Labor and Agriculture and
] the House Committee on Labor. The
bill as drawn by the Commission, ON
which the operators, miners and pub
| lie are represented, is calculated to
regulate the mining industry In Mary
land and provide the conventences and
| safety appliances for which the min
| ers of the State have been coming to
the Legislature for the past 20 years.
Passage of the bill as drawn by the
Commission was advocated by Senator
Robb, AlleganyA county, who said that
it represented an agreement between
the miners and operators of their diff
ferences and fully protected the rights
of the public.
Closing of all public schools in the
| State on Armistice Day is the aim of
a bill introduced in the House by Dele
gate Taylor, Wicomico county. The
measure is said to have the support
of number of American Legion posts
and officers, who believe with the au
thor of the bill that triumph Of Allied
arms should be f1ttingly commem-
Grated Mr.. Taylor also is considering
a measure to make November IL
legal holiday in order to secure uni
form and sanctioned observance of the
day.
| Washington's Birthday was observed
in the House of Delegates by the read
Ing of Washington's farewell address
by Delegate Stephen w. Gambrill, ma
| jority floor leader. Mr.. Gambrill also
| read the circumstances attending the
delivering of the address by Washing
ton in the old Senate chamber in the
State House here.
| The House adopted the unfavorable
report of the Committee on Labor on