Evening star., 1927-03-20
LEGISLATIVE SPEED
/ FOR NEARBY BILLS
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Measures Hold AS
sembIy Spotlight This Week.
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.


BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March ~ -
Measures pending in the Maryland
Legislature affecting particularly
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties will be speeded through the
legislative mill here. next week, 1t was
predicted by the leaders following ad-
tournment over the week end. Neither
house will reconvene until $3.50
O'Clock Monday night but it was
pointed out that the pending Mont
gomery and Prince Georges County
measures will be taken up for discus
sion on Tuesday morning, and Will
keep the floor until passed.
These include the two primary meas
ures, the Park and Planning Commis-
sion bin affecting both counties. and
the measure changing the form Of
government of Montgomery County.
Filibuster tactics Friday against the
Park and Planning Commission bill
upon the theory that it was a State
wide bill were successfully settled
under the leadership of Speaker T..
Brooke Lee. who took the floor to
guide it through the dilatory tactics
and was upheld by a record vote of
100 to /. This vote was taken as
+. test of the sense Of the House of Dele
gates, and indicates to the political
experts that the measure will take
but little time when it comes up for
the third reading and final passage on
Tuesday. The House following this
vote approved a resolution providing
for the printing of 100 additional
copies each of the measures in which
considerable interest has developed.
Possible Fight Foreseen.
The bill amending the Sanitary Com
mission act, which may develop
- Il a ftfnIy yAh
the Prince Georges County delegation
in both houses, as some of the prob
lens involved in this measure were
made campaign issues in the last elec.
ton, and the members are pledged
To see that certain of them are carried
out. However, the measure as intro
duced on Friday is believed TO meet
all objections, and there is strong
,hope that 1t will go through without
any real opposition. which might
serve to get it snagged in the legis-
lative mill to meet death during the
closing hours.
Senator l.. G. Sasscer of Upper
Marlboro has been giving considerable
attention to the study of the measure
during the past week and announced
that he is prepared to make hrm
stand against any of the PROVISIONS
of the measure which are opposed by
within the bounds Of the so-cailed
sanitary district The measure cam
not come up until 1t is printed, and
this will take several days, but the
House leaders are prepared to take II
;up at the first opportunity with the
idea of getting it before the Senate
next week.
VIII Bring Up Bond Issue Plans.
Delegate George l.. Edmonds, Rock
vile, Montgomery County delegation,
is prepared to bring up as soon as the
printed copies are received OF several
measures providing bond issues for
Montgomery County. One OF these is
for the acquisition of site and the
construction of new jail at ROCK
vile, a project which is badly needed
to replace the present antlquated
structure. Another provides for the
issuance of bonds for the improve
ment of the court house. with a view
TO relieving the crowded conditions
prevailing there.
Another measure, fostered by the
Montgomery County Civic Federation,
provides for the elimination of bill
boards in the county. Another meas
ure which is to be pressed prohioits
the use of steel traps for the catching.
of foxes and was introduced at the
in the county. Another measure TO
come up next week, and one fostered
nv the county civic federation, Is that
authorizing the establishment Of police
substations at Bethesda and Silver
Spring and providing for a method
of financing.
The Senate has a number of meas.
ures pending affecting Montgomery
County. These include the House
bill repeating the law providing for
three constables and is to make way
for a new law dealing with the sher-
ifs office and the establishment OF
county constabulary, revision of the
adog law to provide for impounding
stray dogs and for payment of dam
ages done by such animals, empower
ing county commissioners TO NIL va
cancies in the treasurers office from
death or other causes, authorizing
county commissioners to levy for vol
unteer fire departments in Montgom-
cry County $500 annually for each
piece OF apparatus, not to exceed
three pieces, authorizing two addi-
fional county commissioners for Mont
gomery County, empowering the
county commissioners to appoint an
auditor, authorizing the county com
missioners TO issue bonds for emer-
gency purposes not to exceed $500 900,
providing for a police justice at large
at Rockville, and annexing part of
the tenth election district to the sew
enth district. These have all passed
the House.
Would Improve Roads.
The following Senate bills are still
in that body awaiting action: Author
izing Board OF Public Works of Mary
land to convey to town of Kensington
certain plots of land within the cor
porate limits; authorizing county com
missioners to levy for payment OF
bonds 10 be issued for first and third
precincts Of thirteenth election dis
trict for the purpose of improving
certain roads in these precincts, and
providing for a bond issue OF $22,o0o
for this purpose.
An election contest between Frank
Small, jr. of Upper Marlboro and
Kent Roberts Mullikin of Prince
Georges is TO be settled Monday, when
the committee on elections. OF which
George G. Poverty, Mechanicsville, is
chairman, viii begin the recounting of
the votes. Small has taken his seat
in the House Of Delegates. The count
will begin at IL O'Clock, the House of
Delegates having passed an order
directing George $. Dove, Eli Watson
and August Millers, the supervisors
of election OF Prince Georges County,
and Summerfield ID. Hall, the clerk
Of the Circuit Court of Prince Georges
County, to produce before the com
mittee on Monday the boxes contain
ing the ballots east for members of
the House of Delegates at the election
held last November The count is 20
.be made by two clerks, one TO be APP
pointed by each contestant.
There was a disputed tally sheet in
the first precinct at Seat Pleasant
district where the figures returned on