Evening star., 1927-03-31

Continued from First fase.I
cash working fund promptly after
the next tax levy in the counties.
While the original bill carried the
emergency clause, placing In erect
Immediately upon it's enactment into
law. an amendment adopted last
night defers until June ] next the
operation of. section IA of the act.
This section prohibits the recording OF
any land subdivision in the metro;
lpolitan area until after its approval
by the commission, and provides that
such proposed subdivisions shall con-
form to the general plan of the metro
politan district. This section also
gives the general authority to lay out
the general plan of improvement for
the metropolitan district.
+, Membership OF Commission.
Under another amendment last
night all of the members of the pro-
posed Park and Planning Commission
will not come from the metropolitan
district, though that district is alone
taxed to maintain the commission.
The law as amended will provide that
two of the commissioners in each
county shall be residents and taxpay-
ers of the metropolitan district. while
be resident of any part of the coun-
| ty. The effect of the amendment is
to take from the residents and tax
payers of the metropolitan district
the full representation on the commits
sion and to transfer part of 1t to the
representatives of the rural parts of
| the counties.
The provision in the original bill
prohibiting any one from collecting
compensation or damages for the taxi
| ing of or injury to any building or
other improvement built within five
years after the date of adoption of any
highway plan was stricken out This
provision was particularly attacked
| in the House by Delegate Daniel c.
Joseph of the Baltimore district. who
read decisions from the Maryland
| Court of A~Deals. which he contended
upheld him. Another amendment
| limits to six months the time within
which appeals may be made to the
county commissioners against high
way plans laid down by the planning
commission.
Question of Land Sales.
/ There also was stricken out from
the bill by an amendment the provi-
sion prohibiting any one from selling
any land within subdivision by the
exhibition of an unofficial plat and
providing penalty. 1t also struck
out the provision giving the commits.
sion power to enjoin such sales by a
civil suit. 1t also struck out the pro.
vision making IT. misdemeanor for
any county clerk to record a part of a
subdivision without the commission's
approval. The provision in the orig.
inal bill making the Governor OF
| Maryland the mediator in disputes
which may arise over the location OF
out. leaving the general principal pro.
vision that such disputes may be re-
ferred to a State official.
The provision for a coming appeals
board was amended so as to limit the
authority of that commission in
changing coming decisions of the plan
ming commission only to the height
and area of buildings where they
would result in undue hardship. The
section designed to retain other parts
Of the act in the event that certain
sections were declared unconstitu
tional as provided in the original bill
was stricken out and q new section
written In, which says that "if any
clause. sentence, or parts of this act
or of any section thereof. shall be held
unconstitutional, such unconstitution
ality shall not affect the validity of thu
remaining parts of this act or of an,
section thereof. The Legislature
hereby declares that il would have
passed the remaining parts of this ac
or any section thereof If il had knowr
such clause, sentence. part or part.
of any section thereof should be de
, clared unconstitutional"
No Opposition Shown.
When the measure was reached III
the Senate last night, along with Z
score or more of other reports from
committees, and just after a long figh
on a Baltimore City bill, the measur,
: got through without any display o
: opposition from the Baltimore Cit.
delegation. The bill cannot be at
; tackled by the offering of amendment
: which might vitiate its effect and nov
stands in a good legislative position
, for final passage. Nothing could stol
! its passage in the Senate except a rol
call with sufficient negative votes, blu
the test of the Senates vote on tn
S100.oo0 provision in the State deb
bin for parks for the Washington
metropolitan area inkeated that tn
, park and planning b itself will rid
safely through.